HOSPITAL

Philosophy is the hospital of poetry.


Novalis





www.alberthagenaars.nl


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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry

MEMORY

Memory is poetry and poetry is nothing but memory.


Giovanni Pascoli





www.alberthagenaars.nl


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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry

PRINCIPLE

Since the age of fifteen poetry has been my ruling passion and I have never intentionally undertaken any task or formed any relationship that seemed inconsistent with poetic principles; which has sometimes won me the reputation of an eccentric..


Robert Graves





www.alberthagenaars.nl


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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry

STREETLIGHT

Poetry is the shadow cast by our streetlight imaginations.


Lawrence Ferlinghetti





www.alberthagenaars.nl


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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry

SEMINAR

I’m a great believer in poetry out of the classroom, in public places, on subways, trains, on cocktail napkins. I’d rather have my poems on the subway than around the seminar table at an MFA program.


Billy Collins




www.alberthagenaars.nl


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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry

CRITIC (2)

You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet.


Théophile Gautier





Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living.


Théophile Gautier





www.alberthagenaars.nl


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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry

TENSION (2)

Daily reality (eventually extended to history’s) is at odds with linguistic reality. The tension between these two realities determines the ultimate tension of the poem.

Ad Zuiderent, from the preface of 'Vijftien gedichten' (Fifteen Poems) by Jacques Hamelink





Game and reality: I believe the tension between these two elements is required to write poetry. What one experiences, feels, should get another dimension than just autobiographical facts, should become that other reality. What would poetry otherwise be than indulging in navel-gazing?

Roger Nupie




www.alberthagenaars.nl


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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry