Ship bird land – Skip, fûgel, lân – [MSC Zoe – De ramp op het Wad]
Ship bird land ‘Substitute’, The Who Sliced open, my body lay on the coast below the foaming, scud-spitting horizon. I was a …
Westminster Bridge –
. WESTMINSTER BRIDGE With a red point Siamese on his shoulder a solitary man crosses Westminster Bridge and listens while Big Ben …
The drowned flats – Last night I saw the mudflats drowned.
THE DROWNED FLATS for Theunis Piersma Last night I saw …
The misunderstanding, this departure – It misferstân, dit gean
. The misunderstanding, this departure to a painting by Hieronymus Bosch (Crossroads – Eric Clapton) In boot and shoe he stands before …
Europe, the names – Europa, de nammen
EUROPE – THE NAMES It’s crowded on the coasts of Europe. Tourists, drunk in the sea, swim past wreckage from the boat …
Nij Hiddum & the trade ad infinitum – Nij Hiddum & de hannel ad infinitum
NIJ HIDDUM & THE TRADE AD INFINITUM On drawing boards the turbines rise, higher than Babel in the Nij Hiddum sky, playing …
Reliëf – Reliëf
RELIEF After a painting of Bram Bogart (1921-2012) at the exhibition “Tabula Rasa”, Beetsterzwaag, 2018 With mountains of paint, sand and cement, …
‘It Font’ van Lotte Middendorp en Eeltsje Hettinga op Oranjewoudfestival
(31-05-18) Zondag drie juni presenteren videokunstenaar Lotte Middendorp en schrijver-dichter Eeltsje Hettinga op het Oranjewoudfestival een half uur durend film- en poëzieprogramma. Daarin …
Good as new – As good as new your heart has room
Good as new ‘Almost Blue’, Chet Baker As good as new your heart has room for jazz in young February light. …
The Ditches – De fearten
The Ditches Milk Strike 1943, Oudega Bouke de Vries (1907-1943) Broer de Witte (1923-1943) The day seemed bright as Postma’s days, the …