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Armando

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SURRENDER

It was on the umpteenth day, the arrival
of the armies which hid, decimated.
First the combat gear, then the surrender.

The state of things,
the action never forgets
to catch itself in the act.

OVERGAVE

Het was de hoeveelste dag de komst 
van de legers die zich gehavend verscholen.
 Eerst de bepakking en dan de overgave.

De stand der dingen,
 de handeling vergeet nooit 
zichzelf te betrappen.

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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SURRENDER

It was on the umpteenth day, the arrival
of the armies which hid, decimated.
First the combat gear, then the surrender.

The state of things,
the action never forgets
to catch itself in the act.

SURRENDER

It was on the umpteenth day, the arrival
of the armies which hid, decimated.
First the combat gear, then the surrender.

The state of things,
the action never forgets
to catch itself in the act.