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Armando

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At the moment I’m teaching beasts to leap
over boulders.
Here comes the sun, the carefree sun.
The sun commands, stares, with open eyes.
Things are starting to move.

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Voorlopig leer ik de dieren springen 
over de rotsen. 
Daar heb je de zon, de zorgeloze zon.
 De zon heerst, kijkt, heeft open ogen. 
Het begint te bewegen.

Armando

(The Netherlands, 1929 - 2018)

Armando has been publishing poetry since 1954. His Collected Poems were published in a considerable volume in 1999 and one might have thought that this part of his varied and versatile oeuvre was complete. After ten years of poetic silence, however, he has published a new collection, Gedichten 2009 (Poems 2009). Although he has received many honours and awards as an artist, including royal dist...

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At the moment I’m teaching beasts to leap
over boulders.
Here comes the sun, the carefree sun.
The sun commands, stares, with open eyes.
Things are starting to move.

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At the moment I’m teaching beasts to leap
over boulders.
Here comes the sun, the carefree sun.
The sun commands, stares, with open eyes.
Things are starting to move.