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B. Zwaal

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wide meuse

wide meuse
mists the river

© Translation: 2012, Astrid Alben

wijde maas

wijde maas
waas de rivier

© 2012, B. Zwaal
From: wijde maas
Publisher: ser j.l.prop, Terhorst

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

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wide meuse

flower of flower

cleave the river land

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wide meuse

wide meuse
mists the river

© 2012, Astrid Alben
From: wijde maas

wide meuse

wide meuse
mists the river

© 2012, Astrid Alben

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