RADIUM

Writing poetry is the same as obtaining radium.
Efforts: one year. Proceeds: one gram.
In order to invent just one word,
One uses up thousands of tons of waste or sludge.


Vladimir Majakovski



www.alberthagenaars.nl


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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry

DEFINITION

One can't catch poetry in a definition, no matter how strong or how profound it is, poetry is always somewhere else.

Yves Namur



www.alberthagenaars.nl


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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry