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Tonnus Oosterhoff

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I dreamt that I slept

I dreamt that I slept in a howling storm.
On waking up, not a leaf stirred.

Ik droomde dat ik sliep

Ik droomde dat ik sliep in een loeiende storm.
Bij het ontwaken was het bladstil.

Tonnus Oosterhoff

Tonnus Oosterhoff

(The Netherlands, 1953)

The son of a rural hospital chaplain, Tonnus Oosterhoff studied at the University of Groningen. Recognized as a leading contemporary poet in the Netherlands, Oosterhoff lives in the remote northern flatlands where he writes with a view of ‘a dyke (7 cm), sky (155 cm)’.

Working from diverse sources – local anecdotes, newspaper articles, canonical poems – Oosterhoff’s innovative poetry is noted fo...

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I dreamt that I slept

I dreamt that I slept in a howling storm.
On waking up, not a leaf stirred.

I dreamt that I slept

I dreamt that I slept in a howling storm.
On waking up, not a leaf stirred.

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