Month: maart 2018

Reading: Ode To The Walking Woman by Tishani Doshi
Tishani Doshi (b. 1975) is an Indian writer, dancer and journalist. I read a lyrical song inspired by a statue by Alberto Giacometti. Ode to the walking woman (After Alberto Giacometti ) Sit - you must be tired of walking, of losing yourself this way: a bronzed rib of exhaustion thinned out against the dark. ...
Goede Vrijdag
Jezus torst zijn houten kruis tot aan die berg daar Het is het volbracht, zegt hij, het is bijna klaar Hoe zou het komen dat mijn vader zei 'bekijk het maar'? Geen idee, maar straks kraait er geen haan meer naar.
“I have made a tribe of my affections, and my tribe is scattered” - Stanley Kunitz
"Attention is the natural prayer of the soul." - Malebranche
Reading: In Memoriam Paul Celan by Edward Hirsch
Edward Hirsch (b. 1950) is an American poet who can emulate many different voices. He was a poetry columnist for the Washington Post. He lives and Brooklyn and he has lost a son, about which he wrote an acclaimed book of poetry, called 'Gabriel'. I read an In Memoriam for Celan: In Memoriam Paul Celan ...
Reading: When A Woman Loves A Man by David Lehman
David Lehman (b. 1948) is a US poet, editor, critic. He teaches at The New School in New York City. Here you can find some biography. I read some stuff about relationships: When A Woman Loves A Man When she says Margarita she means Daiquiri. When she says quixotic she means mercurial. And when she ...
Instagram poetry
Giving in to the social media requirement of visuality and brevity, I also publish poetry on - Instagram. There are a lot of so called "instapoets" but in my humble opinion they are not exactly innovative and their language sounds pretty dull to me. As it happens - and this doesn't contradict my modesty - my ...
Eenzaamheid
Is het gevoel van eenzaamheid voor ons sociale dieren een strategie om onszelf te motiveren een geschiktere clan te zoeken? Of is het de uitdrukking van een onzinnig verlangen naar iets dat er nooit was en nooit zal zijn? Ik ben, wanneer ik over dit soort zaken nadenk, graag streng tegen mezelf. Het verheven gevoel ...
Reading: Buddhist Barbie by Denise Duhamel
Denise Duhamel (b. 1961) is a poet from Rhode Island who experiments with form and subject, and engages in pop culture. Influences are Dylan Thomas and Kathleen Spivack. Today, I read a short and funny observation: Buddhist Barbie In the 5th century B.C. an Indian philosopher Gautama teaches 'All is emptiness' and 'There is no ...