PAUL VALÉRY (2)

If a bird could exactly say what it sings, why it sings, and what in it is singing, it would no longer sing.



One never finishes a poem, one abandons it.





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



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