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Tonnus Oosterhoff

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man horizon animal

© Translation: 2004, Karlien van den Beukel

man horizon animal

© 2002, Tonnus Oosterhoff
From: Wij zagen ons in een kleine groep mensen veranderen
Publisher: De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam

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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much carressed woman’s skin

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A bird likes singing.

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Pope, peace, balloons

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I dreamt that I slept

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Leopard

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‘What are you doing with that old man?’

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Then they said, those brains of mine:

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A woman filling herself in pale grey from below

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Death is quitting

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man horizon animal

© 2004, Karlien van den Beukel
From: Wij zagen ons in een kleine groep mensen veranderen

man horizon animal

© 2004, Karlien van den Beukel

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