LAZARUS

It's unfortunate Lazarus was no poet. He would have embarrassed his former criticasters tremendously.


Godfried Bomans



Also see:
Dutch poetry in Indonesian language, translated by Siti Wahyuningsih and Albert Hagenaars

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry


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WATER (2)

There are no songs that can last, or be appreciated, if written by drinkers of water.


Horace




The poet's word is the entire world. Not the tangible earth, not the fluid water, but the earth inside the earth and the water that makes the water fluid.


Paul Snoek



Also see:
Dutch poetry in Indonesian language, translated by Siti Wahyuningsih and Albert Hagenaars

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry


www.alberthagenaars.nl

SOUNDBOARD

It's true, language is a fragile instrument, which explains why so few poems, robbed from the strenghtening soundboard of a similar sense of time, are able to push through the centuries. But it can also be enormously strong; the first task for the poet is to combine the power of feeling with the word.

J. Elema



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