DICHTER

'Dichter', the German word for poet, is often an honorific title. It can be given to a writer who has written nothing but prose and no verse at all.


James Reidel


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Frozen poets - Sculptures, graves and other traces of poets

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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry



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MUSSET

Musset is more a poet than an artist, and right now more a human than a poet – and a miserable human at that. Musset never separated art from the sensations of which it is the complement. In his view, music was made for serenades, painting for portraits, and poetry to comfort hearts. When you try to stuff the sun in your pants like that, you burn your pants and pee on the sun. And that's what happened to him.


Gustave Flaubert


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Frozen poets - Sculptures, graves and other traces of poets

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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry



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VOICE

Being a poet for Maurice Gilliams means carrying a fate and passing it on. Because the poet is, for now, defeated, but keeps going on because he hears ‘the voice,' which guarantees him that he will win.


Paul De Vree


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Frozen poets - Sculptures, graves and other traces of poets

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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry



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LIGHT

I wanted to strike the brightest light out of the language – because deep in the heart of the language lives a white light.


Herman Gorter


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Frozen poets - Sculptures, graves and other traces of poets

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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry



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THE INEXPRESSIBLE

Ideas have nothing to do with poetry, it's the inexpressible that matters.

Max Jacob





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Frozen poets - Statues, tombs and other traces of hundreds of poets

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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry

COFFIN

Bibliophile editions are the luxurious coffins of poetry.

Renaat Ramon





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Frozen poets - Statues, tombs and other traces of hundreds of poets

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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry

RUBRICK

Writing a poem is like putting together a Rubrick's cube. You have all the colors —words and images— but you have to get them in the right place. And there is only one possibility. After a long time of tinkering, you find the solution, you have the aha-moment. That's it. But with a poem, it sometimes takes months before you find that small word that suddenly makes the poem harmonious. Finished. Not in the sense of a perfect poem, but of a successful attempt. Each poem is an attempt to express something accurately.

Lut De Block





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Also see:
Frozen poets - Statues, tombs and other traces of hundreds of poets

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

Critical reviews on modern Dutch poetry