"Words going backwards are on their way to you: so that you may hear your ears are gone. // Sentences inside out because your knowng is gone. Song to surround you stone against stone.." from Stone Song, a poem by Gerrit Achterberg This week, a 'found-poem' image from N. America called "Circles". Also: five new translations of Lowland poems. follow r2c on twitter |
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Circles, broken and whole . . .le . . .
Idee 90.
't Is onbillyk van 'n cirkel,
den hoek te verwyten dat-i scherp is.
Idea 90.
It is not fair for a circle,
to blame a corner for being sharp.
Multatuli
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Listen in English & Dutch to
FOR A TREE IN THE VONDELPARK (MP3 c. 2' 25")
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[poster for
*Stone
Song*;
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See also: new |
"Straight
roads, Slow rivers, Deep clay." |
A collection of contemporary Dutch poetry in English translation, with commentary and photographs by Cliff Crego |
See also another website by Cliff Crego: The Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke |
A presentation of 80 of the best poems of Rilke in both German and new English translations: biography, links, posters |