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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 Sometimes an old forgotten poem, but mostly fresh verses by a young or unpublished poet.
This week's Friday Verses are written by Dominique De Groen (b. 1991, Jette). We selected her poem ‘Dreaming of the Sacrificial Lamb - Dream #1’.
This week's Friday Verses are written by Filip Rogiers (b. 1966, Ghent). We selected ‘On the Fundamentalism of Every Revelation’.
This week's Friday Verses are written by Kristien Spooren (b. 1994, Mechelen). We selected ‘Gingerbread’.
This week's Friday Verses are written by Mattijs Deraedt (b. 1993, Kortrijk). We selected 'Brussels'.
This week's Friday Verses are written by Moya De Feyter (b. 1993, Brasschaat). We selected 'On Closer Inspection'.
This week's Friday Verses are written by Ingmar Heytze (b. 1970). We selected 'For the Beloved Stranger' from the volume 'Het ging over rozen' (Podium, 2002).
This week's Friday Verses are written by Mustafa Stitou (b. 1974). We selected 'Palpitations' from the volume 'Mijn gedichten' (Vassallucci, 1998).
This week's Friday Verses are written by Erwin Mortier (b. 1965). We selected 'Letter Twenty-Eight' from the volume 'Uit één vinger valt men niet' (De Bezige Bij, 2005).
This week's Friday Verses are written by Hagar Peeters (b. 1972). We selected "Shall I Walk with You Some of the Way?" from the volume of selected poems 'City of Sandcastles' (Shoestring Press, 2018).
This week's Friday Verses are written by Tjitske Jansen (b. 1971). We selected 'The Snow Queen' from her debut 'Het moest maar eens gaan sneeuwen' (Podium, 2003).
This week's Friday Verses are written by Tsead Bruinja (b. 1974), the new Poet Laureate of the Netherlands. We selected 'Burning House' from the volume 'De geboorte van het zwarte paard' (Cossee, 2008).
This week's Friday Verses are written by Ester Naomi Perquin (b. 1980). We selected 'The Last Unknown Person' from the volume 'Namens de ander' (Van Oorschot, 2009).
This week's Friday Verses are written by Lieke Marsman (b. 1990). We selected 'Big Bang' from her debut 'Wat ik mijzelf graag voorhoud' (Van Oorschot, 2010).
