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Bittern

We know him from hear-call.
Rhythmical, rhyming as reed-land,
his domain of reflections.

Suspecting that he expresses
what burps and bubbles in this maze.

When we manage to enter
into his rusty field of vision
he stretches his body and neck,
he becomes a stick with the colour of death.

René van Loenen

Volume 'Mooi Voetenwerk'
Published by Uitgeverij Mozaiek, Zoetermeer (NL)

 

 

'Bittern' is an art project of ten lithographs made by Rob den Boer on a Dutch poem by René van Loenen. Translation: Auke van den Berg.