ABANDONING

A poem is never finished; it is only abandoned.


W.H. Auden


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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry

STONE

Poetry is one stone meeting another one.


Ellen Warmond


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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry





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INGREDIENT

No need to worry about poetry’s survival. For poetry is an ingredient of daily life, unnoticed by most, hence not affected too much.


Clem Schouwenaars
From: Het huis op de heuvel



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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry





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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



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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



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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry

FUDDLE

A poem is born at a moment of intense concentration, a kind of fuddle.

Piet Gerbrandy



www.alberthagenaars.nl


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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry

DESIGN

The poet, like the painter harmonizes what seems to the vegetative eye irreconcilable aspects of the world, into a great design, a great balance.

William Blake



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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry