SHELF

Poetry has a much longer 'shelf life'. Prose, and especially contemporary 'pop' prose, has a much shorter life span, is more tendentious and therefore more volatile.



Marc Kerkhofs





www.alberthagenaars.nl


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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry

TREE

If poetry comes not as naturally as the leaves to a tree it had better not come at all.



John Keats





www.alberthagenaars.nl


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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry

FATE

The happiness and unhappiness of a poet depends on his personal life, his goals and also his possibilities “to grab the bull by the horns”, after all happiness is the horns of a cow, shake it hard, hold it so that it does not slip away.



Hannie Rouweler





www.alberthagenaars.nl


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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry