Poem

B. Zwaal

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flower of flower

flower of flower
complete
never through

© Translation: 2012, Astrid Alben

bloem van bloem

bloem van bloem
gereed
nooit klaar

© 1986, B. Zwaal
From: bos in \'t rot
Publisher: Querido, Amsterdam

B. Zwaal

B. Zwaal

(The Netherlands, 1944)

B. Zwaal (Vlaardingen, 1944) is a poet. For many years, however, he was the director of the celebrated Dutch movement theatre group, BEWTH, which made performances with the architecture of conspicuous buildings as departure point. In 1984 Zwaal published his first collection, fiere miniature (proud miniature), which he followed up with nine other collections and a considerable number of bibliop...

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porta coeli

a drifter catches rivers

riverbank

I turned to her breasts

sea ovulates mastodons

something calls out

wide meuse

flower of flower

cleave the river land

water asks the voice

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flower of flower

flower of flower
complete
never through

© 2012, Astrid Alben
From: bos in \'t rot

flower of flower

flower of flower
complete
never through

© 2012, Astrid Alben

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