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Bart Van der Straeten

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Original language

Three slopes 3

chest puffed up
chin pushed forward

go to stand
at the tip of the seesaw

and jump
imbalance

© Translation: 2014, Astrid Alben

Drie hellingen 3

Drie hellingen 3

met de borst opgetrokken
de kin vooruit

op het einde
van de wip gaan staan

en springen
onbalans

© 2014, Bart Van der Straeten
From: Onbalans
Publisher: Vrijdag, Antwerpen

Bart Van der Straeten

Bart Van der Straeten

(Belgium, 1979)

In 2014 Bart Van der Straeten made his poetry debut with the publication of Onbalans (Imbalance) at publishing house Vrijdag. The collection, which was highly praised upon publication, contains poems that try to avert an existential crisis by a very well-built structure. In Onbalans uncertainty is taken for granted. In pure, naked and deep verses, the poet tries to assess the probability of the...

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Three slopes 3

chest puffed up
chin pushed forward

go to stand
at the tip of the seesaw

and jump
imbalance

© 2014, Astrid Alben
From: Onbalans

Three slopes 3

chest puffed up
chin pushed forward

go to stand
at the tip of the seesaw

and jump
imbalance

© 2014, Astrid Alben

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