226 POETS ABOUT POETRY
Friday, September 19, 2025
GERRIT KROL
In a certain sense, every difficult poem is an intellectual investment. What derails in your soul today may return tomorrow as understanding.
Also see:
Frozen poets - Sculptures, graves and other traces of poets
Dutch poetry in Indonesian language, translated by Siti Wahyuningsih and Albert Hagenaars
Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry
www.alberthagenaars.nl
HANS VAN STRATEN (2)
The most fascinating poems are often those in which a poet resists his inspiration.
Poets are people who are constantly reinventing themselves.
Also see:
Frozen poets - Sculptures, graves and other traces of poets
Dutch poetry in Indonesian language, translated by Siti Wahyuningsih and Albert Hagenaars
Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry
www.alberthagenaars.nl
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH MAYAKOVSKY
Poetry is like radium; to obtain a gram, it takes years of effort.
Also see:
Frozen poets - Sculptures, graves and other traces of poets
Dutch poetry in Indonesian language, translated by Siti Wahyuningsih and Albert Hagenaars
Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry
www.alberthagenaars.nl
Thursday, July 31, 2025
GERARD REVE
I have never posed as a poet, because I have always shied away from people who call themselves poets.
Also see:
Frozen poets - Sculptures, graves and other traces of poets
Dutch poetry in Indonesian language, translated by Siti Wahyuningsih and Albert Hagenaars
Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry
www.alberthagenaars.nl
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
PHILIP HUFF
A good poem is to me like a good friend: it helps you gain insight. Sometimes that insight hurts, sometimes it comforts, sometimes it makes you laugh, and sometimes it gives you the courage to go on.
Also see:
Frozen poets - Sculptures, graves and other traces of poets
Dutch poetry in Indonesian language, translated by Siti Wahyuningsih and Albert Hagenaars
Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry
www.alberthagenaars.nl
Thursday, June 19, 2025
HENDRIK CARETTE
A failed poem by a great poet is still more captivating than a good poem by a minor poet.
Also see:
Frozen poets - Sculptures, graves and other traces of poets
Dutch poetry in Indonesian language, translated by Siti Wahyuningsih and Albert Hagenaars
Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry
www.alberthagenaars.nl
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
ACHILLE CHAVEE
Surrealism was for me a true liberation, tied to the social and rebellious aspect of the strikes of '32. The synthesis between poetry and my political beliefs came naturally to me.
Also see:
Frozen poets - Sculptures, graves and other traces of poets
Dutch poetry in Indonesian language, translated by Siti Wahyuningsih and Albert Hagenaars
Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry
www.alberthagenaars.nl
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