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Roland Jooris

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MINIMAL

Bird bounces.
Branch creaks.
Sky clouds over.

Almost nothing
to look at
and that’s just
what I look at.

© Translation: 2013, Donald Gardner

MINIMAL

MINIMAL

Vogel wipt.
Tak kraakt.
Lucht betrekt.

Bijna niets
om naar te kijken
en juist dat
bekijk ik.

© 1974, Roland Jooris
From: Bloemlezing uit de poëzie van Roland Jooris
Publisher: Poëziecentrum, Gent

Roland Jooris

Roland Jooris

(Belgium, 1936)

Roland Jooris was the director of the Roger Raveelmuseum in Machelen-aan-de-Leie until 2005. Roger Raveel himself was a painter and sculptor, a profession that Jooris has followed with keen interest and empathy throughout his career. In his poetic work too Jooris has often turned to the world of the arts for inspiration. One of his earliest poems was about Paul Klee. He has also written poems a...

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MINIMAL

Bird bounces.
Branch creaks.
Sky clouds over.

Almost nothing
to look at
and that’s just
what I look at.

© 2013, Donald Gardner
From: Bloemlezing uit de poëzie van Roland Jooris

MINIMAL

Bird bounces.
Branch creaks.
Sky clouds over.

Almost nothing
to look at
and that’s just
what I look at.

© 2013, Donald Gardner

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