Poem
Gerrit Kouwenaar
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Stasis teems, white, why, in what depthmust one see this to ground oneself, dig
to be here and now, future that wanted flesh
and erred, dug-upshovel
sickle and stonesquare practically rooted, echo
chewed over by teeth that always, no words
other than this the intended, gadfly spring sedge
bloodpeach chokepear nightinggales, perfect
on this paper that’s now getting rained on, now
blowing dry again, date, rest illegible –
© Translation: 1998, Gerrit Kouwenaar
From: helder maar grijzer. Gedichten 1978 - 1996
From: helder maar grijzer. Gedichten 1978 - 1996
onleesbaar
onleesbaar
Het wemelt stilstand, wit waarom, hoe diepmoet men dit zien om zich te aarden delven
om hier te zijn en nu, toekomst die vlees wilde
en zich vergiste, opgedolven spade
sikkel en steenhak haast geworteld, echo
herkauwd door tanden die altijd, geen woorden
dan dit beoogde, blindaas voorjaarszegge
bloedperzik worgpeer nachtegalen, volmaakt
op dit papier dat nu verregent, nu
alweer droog waait, datum , rest onleesbaar -
© 1998, Gerrit Kouwenaar
From: helder maar grijzer. Gedichten 1978 - 1996
Publisher: Em. Querido's Uitgeverij b.v. Amsterdam,
From: helder maar grijzer. Gedichten 1978 - 1996
Publisher: Em. Querido's Uitgeverij b.v. Amsterdam,
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Stasis teems, white, why, in what depthmust one see this to ground oneself, dig
to be here and now, future that wanted flesh
and erred, dug-upshovel
sickle and stonesquare practically rooted, echo
chewed over by teeth that always, no words
other than this the intended, gadfly spring sedge
bloodpeach chokepear nightinggales, perfect
on this paper that’s now getting rained on, now
blowing dry again, date, rest illegible –
© 1998, Gerrit Kouwenaar
From: helder maar grijzer. Gedichten 1978 - 1996
From: helder maar grijzer. Gedichten 1978 - 1996
illegible
Stasis teems, white, why, in what depthmust one see this to ground oneself, dig
to be here and now, future that wanted flesh
and erred, dug-upshovel
sickle and stonesquare practically rooted, echo
chewed over by teeth that always, no words
other than this the intended, gadfly spring sedge
bloodpeach chokepear nightinggales, perfect
on this paper that’s now getting rained on, now
blowing dry again, date, rest illegible –
© 1998, Gerrit Kouwenaar
From: helder maar grijzer. Gedichten 1978 - 1996
From: helder maar grijzer. Gedichten 1978 - 1996
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