ESTER NAOMI PERQUIN (2)

Poetry is a language that matches me. For if you're a little watchful, if you feel the need for an overall picture because it's always a chaos in your head, a poem can be quite nice. For with a poem you can keep an eye on all sides at the same time.



In The Netherlands there really are many fine poets. We really have a rich, healthy, magnificent poetry. It's good to realize this again each year: look, we are a handful of idiots but what good things we have to say!


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HANS SLEUTELAAR

For me active poetry breathes mostly an atmosphere of doubt, danger, fear, revolt, hate (rather than love), heart (or another machine), a punch (rather than a stroke), a cry (rather than a whisper), a leap into space (rather than a stroll in the park); of course this atmosphere is no guarantee, neither condition.


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