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Marije Langelaar

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Slipped in the tub

Slipped in the tub, our clothes
into the shed
outside again and on the horse
we carried on sliding the whole day and nothing
kept us
slipped slippery between the sheets and
whizzed into the box

Gleden in de tobbe

Gleden in de tobbe, onze kleren
naar de schuur
weer naar buiten en op het paard
wij bleven de ganse dag glijden en niets
hield ons
gleden glad tussen de lakens en
roetsjend de kist in

Marije Langelaar

(The Netherlands, 1978)

Marije Langelaar (Goes, 1978) is an artist and poet. She won literary acclaim with her first collection, De rivier als vlakte (The river as plain). For her second collection, De schuur in (Into the shed), she was awarded the biennial Hugues C. Pernath Prize, and the book was also nominated for the Jo Peters Poetry Prize and the J.C. Bloem Prize. Her latest collection Vonkt (It Sparks) won the J...

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Slipped in the tub

Slipped in the tub, our clothes
into the shed
outside again and on the horse
we carried on sliding the whole day and nothing
kept us
slipped slippery between the sheets and
whizzed into the box

Slipped in the tub

Slipped in the tub, our clothes
into the shed
outside again and on the horse
we carried on sliding the whole day and nothing
kept us
slipped slippery between the sheets and
whizzed into the box