Etiket: poetry
What Florencia Kirchner’s cryptic poetry says
The Instagram of Florencia Kirchner It could well be that of an enigmatic writer from the United States at the beginning of the last century, or that of an experimental…
Three centuries of poetry albums on display in new exhibition in the Wijk: ‘Handwriting makes a big difference’
‘Start the day with a dance. Start the day with a smile. Who looks cheerful in the morning. He laughs all day long.’ It is one of the many poems…
Poetry collection by terminally ill Geke Maes ends with a symbolic comma: ‘There is no period behind life’
Geke Maes (44) received the terrible news last summer that she was terminally ill. It was the reason for the Meppel native to make her ultimate dream come true, writing…
Poetry and workaholism at Copenhagen Fashion Week
Copenhagen Fashion Week (CPHFW) has long been more than just a stopover before the industry officially starts ‘Fashion Month’ with the big women’s fashion shows in the fashion capitals. Most…
The paradox of love in poetry
Qso many declarations of love! How many fictions! how many sighs! We live by love poems, by love songs, and sometimes we also share the most subtle and ingenious ones,…
Poetry week: Hans Tentije’s last poem
The bimonthly literary magazine Poetry newspaper published a posthumous cycle by Hans Tentije (1944-2023) in the January-February issue. He had asked if a week before his death Poetry newspaper wanted…
Maaike Cafmeyer warms young people’s interest in poetry…
Today is Poetry Day. And the 900 students of the MMI secondary school in Kortemark received a distinguished visit. None other than actress Maaike Cafmeyer was allowed to get them…
Matthew McConaughey, actor and writer: «Life can become poetry»
Star, sex symbol, storyteller, exemplary father and husband, responsible citizen, university professor, believes in the values handed down by his father: honesty, courage, never tell lies, never say I can’t.…
With this poetry, Tom Waits pays tribute to his companion Shane McGowan
Following the recent death of Pogues singer Shane MacGowan, Tom Waits took to Instagram in a post address your companion with special words. “Ah, the blessing of the cursed. Shane…
Biblioteca degli Alberi and BookCity, morning between nature and poetry
Vivian Lamarque returns to pay homage to Park Library of Trees the morning of Sunday 19 November: as part of BookCity in Milan, the event that promotes the world of…