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Jan Lauwereyns

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CEMETERY MAN

I think, I am
reasonably sure that I don’t know
where I died.

You’ll have to show me some time,

two honest paths with the glory of suffering,
or the third, a slippery curving speedway.

© Translation: 2023, Donald Gardner, Jan Lauewereyns
Publisher: First publication on poetryinternational.com, , 2023

KERKHOFGAST

KERKHOFGAST

Ik denk, ik ben
redelijk zeker dat ik niet weet
waar ik stierf.

Je zult het me een keer moeten tonen,

twee eerlijke paden met de glorie van het lijden,
of het derde, een kromme gladde snelweg.

© 2023, Jan Lauwereyns
From: Zombie zoekt zielgeno(o)t
Publisher: Uitgeverij Koppernik, Amsterdam

Jan Lauwereyns

Jan Lauwereyns

(Belgium, 1969)

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Jan Lauwereyns is a poet, writer and scientist. In a previous life as a neurophysiologist, he performed all kinds of experiments on monkeys, while appeasing his conscience by writing poems. Today he teaches bioethics and cognitive science at Kyushu University in Japan. In his poetry, just like Romantic poets (such as John Keats), Lauwereyns is guided by a rich imagination,...

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CEMETERY MAN

I think, I am
reasonably sure that I don’t know
where I died.

You’ll have to show me some time,

two honest paths with the glory of suffering,
or the third, a slippery curving speedway.

© 2023, Donald Gardner, Jan Lauewereyns
From: Zombie zoekt zielgeno(o)t
Publisher: 2023, First publication on poetryinternational.com, Amsterdam

CEMETERY MAN

I think, I am
reasonably sure that I don’t know
where I died.

You’ll have to show me some time,

two honest paths with the glory of suffering,
or the third, a slippery curving speedway.

© 2023, Donald Gardner, Jan Lauewereyns
Publisher: 2023, First publication on poetryinternational.com,

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