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Door Remco Kuiper
You can find this poem on the City of Literature summer bookmark
which you can pick up at most bookstores in Friesland
Gekscherende
zeemeeuwen op
het kleiland
mompelende
slobben in
de tochtsloot
slaghout van
meerkoet over de
koperklank van
waterhoen heen
brandganzen
al weer op de
luchttrompet
en van diep uit
de zompen het
pompen van
een roerdomp
dat eindelijk
doorstoot
En ik
ik was er ook
Remco Kuiper
Remco Kuiper has been active as a poet since 2004. His poems have appeared in magazines Hjir, Farsk, De Moanne en Ensafh. He won a Rely Jorritsma Prize in 2019 and 2023. Kuiper’s work has also been included in various anthologies. A poetry collection will be published by DeRyp in 2025. Remco Kuiper also likes to make music. With the company Tsjinlûd, a booklet + CD with words, sounds and images was published in 2016. He also does voice-over work, has participated in the fringe program of Tryater and was a participant in the Sprekende stenen project.
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Picture: Kim van Slooten