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Friday Verses

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 Sometimes an old forgotten poem, but mostly fresh verses by a young or unpublished poet.

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literature Els Moors
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Els Moors: everything’s sold or given away

This week's Friday Verses are written by Els Moors, who was appointed National Poet of Belgium from 2018 until 2020. We translated her poem ‘everything’s sold or given away’.

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literature Lize Spit
2 min reading time

Lize Spit: All We Hold

This week's Friday Verses are written by the acclaimed Flemish writer Lize Spit. We translated her poem ‘Heel ons houden’.

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literature Eva Gerlach
1 min reading time

Eva Gerlach: Virus

This week's Friday Verses are written by the renowned Dutch poet Eva Gerlach. We translated a poem from the 'Virus' series.

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literature Alara Adilow
2 min reading time

Alara Adilow: The Café

This week's Friday Verses are written by Alara Adilow, a poet of Somali heritage from Amsterdam. We translated her poem ‘Het café’.

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literature Herman Leenders
2 min reading time

Herman Leenders: Ruts

This week's Friday Verses are written by the experienced Flemish poet Herman Leenders. We translated his poem ‘Spoorvorming’.

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literature Jens Meijen
2 min reading time

Jens Meijen: Luxury

This week's Friday Verses are written by Jens Meijen. We translated his poem ‘Luxe’.

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literature David Troch
2 min reading time

David Troch: this land

This week's Friday Verses are written by the former city poet of Ghent, David Troch. We translated his poem ‘this land’.

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literature Sara Eelen
2 min reading time

Sara Eelen: Genesis

This week's Friday Verses are written by Sara Eelen. We translated her poem ‘Genesis’.

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literature Tijl Nuyts
2 min reading time

Tijl Nuyts: Musti

This week's Friday Verses are written by Tijl Nuyts. We translated his poem ‘Musti’.

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literature Max Greyson
2 min reading time

Max Greyson: Relativity

This week's Friday Verses are written by the Antwerp poet, theater writer and spoken word performer, Max Greyson. We translated his poem ‘Relativity’.

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literature Anke Senden
2 min reading time

Anke Senden: here

This week's Friday Verses are written by Anke Senden. We translated her poem ‘here’.

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literature Lieke Marsman
1 min reading time

Lieke Marsman: Big Bang

This week's Friday Verses are written by Lieke Marsman. We translated her poem 'Big Bang' from her debut 'Wat ik mijzelf graag voorhoud' (Van Oorschot, 2010).

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literature Tsead Bruinja
1 min reading time

Tsead Bruinja: Burning House

This week's Friday Verses are written by Tsead Bruinja, the new Poet Laureate of the Netherlands. We translated his poem 'Burning House' from the volume 'De geboorte van het zwarte paard' (Cossee, 2008).

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literature Tjitske Jansen
2 min reading time

Tjitske Jansen: The Snow Queen

This week's Friday Verses are written by Tjitske Jansen. We translated her poem 'The Snow Queen' from her debut 'Het moest maar eens gaan sneeuwen' (Podium, 2003).

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literature Mustafa Stitou
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Mustafa Stitou: Palpitations

This week's Friday Verses are written by Mustafa Stitou. We translated his poem 'Palpitations' from the volume 'Mijn gedichten' (Vassallucci, 1998).

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