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Wij totale vlam by Peter Verhelst (Prometheus)

WE TOTAL FLAME by Peter Verhelst

November 18, 2014
‘On this journey with the beloved, [Verhelst] lets “all corners of any meaning” dance, like the fireflies on the book's cover. When words fail him, he scatters “. . .” around like imagined confetti.’ – jury report for the 2015 VSB Poetry Prize

The poems listed below from Wij totale vlam (We total flame), nominated for the VSB Poetry Prize, were translated from the Dutch by Willem Groenewegen.
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