Se kamen efkes del
Door Janneke Spoelstra
You had to pay close attention to find this shape:
a quote on an artful car sunshade
Ik wie bûten en hearde wat yn it grint.
It hert makke in spronkje. Heit en mem?
Past it wol, komme wy gelegen? Jawis,
jim altyd. We dogge in slach troch de tún.
Drinke in kopke kofje. Wat hawwe wy
en sy by d’ ein hân? En op priemmen?
It moat wat oars west hawwe yn it grint.
Heit en mem binne al in skoftke wei.
Mar ik tankje myn brein dat it mooglik
makke, fan ’e middei kamen se efkes del.
Janneke Spoelstra
Janneke Spoelstra (Hijum, 1962) writes poems and prose. She works as a lexicographer at the Fryske Akademy and also has a translation agency. She lives with her girlfriend, cat and chickens in Alde Leie. Her poetry collections include Goeie is it wachtwurd (2004), Langst fan ’e dagen (2011) and Wij yn ’e draaimûne (2019).. In 2008, her collection of short stories In Jikse-libbenwas published, followed by the novel De parallax in 2019. Both were also translated into Dutch.
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Picture: Gatske Kraak