Roger de Neef: The Here
This week's Friday Verses are written by Roger de Neef. We translated his poem ‘Het hier’.
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High Road to Culture in Flanders and the Netherlands
This week's Friday Verses are written by Roger de Neef. We translated his poem ‘Het hier’.
As Poet Laureate of Belgium, Kör wants everyone to feel the power of poetry, especially those who don't naturally come into contact with it.
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 Sometimes an old forgotten poem, but mostly fresh verses by a young or unpublished poet.
Don’t start shouting that ‘we’re back in the 1930s again’, writes Fraihi. That sort of warning is counterproductive and even risks gaining the status of forbidden fruit.