Tag: Dutch

• Weliswaar

  Een treurdicht over taal / An elegy for language.

  

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  March 24, 2025

  Dutch, language, loss, Nederlands, Poetry, taal, verlies

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• Terroir (VI)

  Or: “Lexicon.” For the Belgians.

  

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  July 27, 2024

  Belgium, Dutch, French, language, language learning, lexicon, Poetry, terroir

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• Every Day We Practice

  On holding onto the languages (and their speakers) we love. For H. W.

  

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  June 30, 2024

  America, Belgium, Cantonese, childhood, China, Dutch, English, fluency, French, Hong Kong, identity, language, language learning, Mandarin, multilingualism

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• Rust

  Een gedicht over taal / a poem about language (in Dutch; English translation at the very end).

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  June 22, 2024

  Dutch, English, language, Nederlands, Poetry, rest, rust, sleep

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• One of Us

  Four poems.

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  June 18, 2024

  Asian American, belonging, Cantonese, color, Dutch, identity, language, Mandarin, Nederlands, Painting, Poetry, presence, skin, watercolor

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• Eenentwintig blikken op België / Twenty-one Ways of Looking at Belgium

  My first attempts at writing poetry in Dutch! (English translations are at the end of the post.)

  

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  June 9, 2024

  België, Belgium, Dutch, Nederlands, poëzie, Poetry

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