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Gerry van der Linden

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BUSTLE: 8. A woman in torn clothing

A woman in torn clothing
cries heart-wrenchingly
by the store’s revolving door
a married couple comes to a halt
muslim woman sprains her ankle
bags rush past the shopping route
the woman points her sobbed-on claw
at the striped sleeve of a man
listen up where did you get that child?

© Translation: 2007, Willem Groenewegen
Publisher: First published on PIW, , 2012

Een vrouw in gescheurde kleren

Een vrouw in gescheurde kleren
huilt hartverscheurend
voor de draaideur van V&D
een echtpaar remt af
moslima verzwikt haar enkel
tassen hollen over de winkelroute
de vrouw richt haar behuilde klauw
op de streepjesmouw van een man
zeg, hoe kom jij aan dat kind?

© 2007, Gerry van der Linden
From: Glazen jas
Publisher: Nieuw Amsterdam, Amsterdam

Gerry van der Linden

Gerry van der Linden

(The Netherlands, 1952)

One year after publishing her first book of poems, De Aantekening (The Note; 1978), Gerry van der Linden left the Netherlands for the USA. For the next four years, she lived and worked in New York and San Francisco. During that period, she read with Alan Ginsberg, met Laurence Ferlinghetti and continued to write and develop as a poet. A few years after returning to the Netherlands, she publishe...

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BUSTLE: 8. A woman in torn clothing

A woman in torn clothing
cries heart-wrenchingly
by the store’s revolving door
a married couple comes to a halt
muslim woman sprains her ankle
bags rush past the shopping route
the woman points her sobbed-on claw
at the striped sleeve of a man
listen up where did you get that child?

© 2007, Willem Groenewegen
From: Glazen jas
Publisher: 2012, First published on PIW, Amsterdam

BUSTLE: 8. A woman in torn clothing

A woman in torn clothing
cries heart-wrenchingly
by the store’s revolving door
a married couple comes to a halt
muslim woman sprains her ankle
bags rush past the shopping route
the woman points her sobbed-on claw
at the striped sleeve of a man
listen up where did you get that child?

© 2007, Willem Groenewegen
Publisher: 2012, First published on PIW,

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