Esther Jansma: Invasion
This week's Friday Verses are written by Esther Jansma. We translated her poem ‘Invasion’.
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This week's Friday Verses are written by Esther Jansma. We translated her poem ‘Invasion’.
Mourning. Cherishing the dead. Examining, delaying, outwitting, toying with, and renaming death, in order to finally let go of it again. This is the essence of Esther Jansma's work. She is a past master in bringing home to the reader the co...
Poems by Jan Moritoen (?), Multatuli, Jan Hendrik Leopold, Willem Elsschot, J.C. Bloem, Gerrit Achterberg, M. Vasalis, Christine D'haen, Gerrit Kouwenaar, Hugo Claus, Luuk Gruwez, Esther Jansma and Menno Wigman (in Dutch and English)
Translated poems by Miriam van Hee, Hugo Claus, Lut de Block, Eva Gerlach, K. Michel, Piet Gerbrandy, C.O. Jellema, Frank Koenegracht, Peter Holvoet-Hanssen, Leonard Nolens, Gwij Mandelinck, Hagar Peeters, Stefan Hertmans, Esther Jansma and...
Every other Friday we treat you to beautiful verses by a poet from Flanders or the Netherlands. Sometimes an old forgotten poem, but mostly fresh verses by a young or unpublished poet.