Poem

Maria Barnas

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MEN

I think of the man I loved
Do I love him?
How many fears does that make?

Our plates became emptier
and on the edge a flower, cut
from a radish. A small exuberant life.

Not meant to eat, he knows.

MANNEN

Ik denk aan de man die ik liefhad.
Heb ik hem lief?
Hoeveel angsten zijn dat?

Onze borden raakten leger
en aan de rand ligt een bloem, gesneden
uit radijsjes. Een klein uitbundig leven.

Niet om te eten, weet hij.

Maria Barnas

(The Netherlands, 1973)

Maria Barnas (1973) is a poet, writer, critic, and visual artist. She studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie and the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. Her poetry debut, Twee zonnen (Two Suns, 2003), won the C. Buddingh’ Prize, and in 2009 she received the J.C. Bloem Prize for Er staat een stad op (A City Rises, 2007). Her collection Ja, ja, de oerknal (Yeah-yeah the Big Bang), was nominated for the ...

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MEN

I think of the man I loved
Do I love him?
How many fears does that make?

Our plates became emptier
and on the edge a flower, cut
from a radish. A small exuberant life.

Not meant to eat, he knows.

MEN

I think of the man I loved
Do I love him?
How many fears does that make?

Our plates became emptier
and on the edge a flower, cut
from a radish. A small exuberant life.

Not meant to eat, he knows.