Poem

B. Zwaal

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the water is vatted

the water is vatted
not in the jewel
it is the water itself
that vat

© Translation: 2012, Astrid Alben

het water is gevat

het water is gevat
niet in het sieraad
het is het water zelf
dat vat

© 1996, B. Zwaal
From: dat vat
Publisher: Querido, Amsterdam

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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the water is vatted

the water is vatted
not in the jewel
it is the water itself
that vat

© 2012, Astrid Alben
From: dat vat

the water is vatted

the water is vatted
not in the jewel
it is the water itself
that vat

© 2012, Astrid Alben

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