tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83600538604402894502024-03-14T08:05:16.042+01:00De verzen van de kapiteinLien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360053860440289450.post-85753858397486449272017-09-19T23:41:00.003+02:002017-09-19T23:41:55.761+02:00Yde<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Drenthe, september 2017</span>Lien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360053860440289450.post-38142066597036017062017-06-02T13:28:00.000+02:002017-06-02T13:33:57.844+02:00White world<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">to the coast</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">to lose our voice</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">the lullaby to our youngest</span><br />
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<br />Lien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360053860440289450.post-75641172087414115992016-11-10T11:08:00.000+01:002016-11-10T11:22:32.680+01:00Standing Rock<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">drumming songs of the Earth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">their breath is sending out</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">bitten by frost</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">covered in flakes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">they keep on moving</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">until the white tipis</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">invincible as</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">to the sea</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">half buffalo</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">half man</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">we sing</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">we hold her tightly</span><br />
<br />Lien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360053860440289450.post-72887073737957336422016-04-04T13:12:00.001+02:002016-04-04T13:26:50.501+02:00Bialowieza<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The first time ever</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">a forest grew</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">the creatures living in it</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">who possessed speech</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">called it Bialowieza.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Seven layers of sacredness,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">death and life and death</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">they honoured.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Bialowieza,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">in your undergrowth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">we lay ourselves to sleep,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Bialowieza, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">aching with longing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">our bodies are </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">when trailing your bison,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Bialowieza,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">on your throne sits</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">no one but the royal oak,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Bialowieza,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">where boredom gets extinguished</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">beauty breaks all rules</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Bialowieza,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">forget the hunt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">forget your mother tongue</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">forget all there is</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">but Bialowieza.</span>Lien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360053860440289450.post-63303770176085272272016-03-22T14:34:00.000+01:002016-03-22T14:34:24.286+01:00Brusselse songlines<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Brussel, ik beken,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">ik word op slag verliefd</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">op iedereen die Vlaams</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">spreekt met uw accent,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">ik zit graag op de trappen van</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">uw Centraal Station,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">te wachten op vriend of geliefde,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">te kijken naar al wat</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">bougeert en bruist in u,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">ik gaf een van mijn eerste kussen</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">aan de voet van </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">uw Don Quichote standbeeld,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">ik bestormde vrij en zorgeloos</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">uw Grote Markt,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">werd drag king en student,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">een jaar lang leerde ik </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">mijn schrijversambacht verdiepen</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">in uw schoot,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">vandaag scherp ik mijn pen in</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">alle hoeken die ik van u ken,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">ik doe mijn ogen toe en</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">hoor de eindeloze talen</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">die gij spreekt,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">het geroezemoes van de wereld,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">ik drink weer de gastvrije</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">muntthee van Molenbeek,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">ik loop in gedachten </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">van Noord naar Zuid,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">op die krachtige momenten</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">van samen -</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">de oorverdovende stilte</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">van de Witte Mars,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">het tromgeroffel van anti-Irak,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">het heupgewieg van de Gay Pride -</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">ik denk aan uw artiesten,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">aan waar de beste frieten</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">en boekenwinkels zijn,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">ik denk aan u,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">eerste stad van mijn leven,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">hoe de treinen van </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">mijn tienertijd op weg naar u</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">door de tuin denderden,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">ik denk aan u,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">en hoe gij leeft in mij - </span>Lien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360053860440289450.post-2556102502837882682015-10-10T09:53:00.002+02:002015-10-10T09:53:54.361+02:00FlatlineReanimate the word<br />
reanimate the world<br />
cold water<br />
warm blood<br />
stop comparing<br />
just start sharing<br />
don't go domestic<br />
don't turn plastic<br />
show the human daring<br />
here's the humus of humility<br />
you're my fellow breather<br />
I can see<br />
we're the windpipes<br />
of infinity<br />
breeze wind storm<br />
our holy trinity<br />
treasures measured<br />
by the luck we're in<br />
by the trip we're on and on<br />
none of us know<br />
the borders of<br />
this earthly show<br />
how long this ancient air<br />
will flow<br />
bow to the spiders<br />
in your web of life<br />
carry home none<br />
but your softest knife<br />
cut the flatlines<br />
before they arriveLien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360053860440289450.post-9921307992703814992015-09-21T12:53:00.000+02:002015-09-21T12:53:25.575+02:00RoadkillGo well in wholeness<br />
date none but yourself<br />
at the rippled lakeside<br />
put the roadkill<br />
on the fire<br />
leave it there for<br />
a couple of hours<br />
go for a walk<br />
in the mean time<br />
don't wait<br />
trust the laws<br />
of physics<br />
to take care<br />
of the pot<br />
follow your body<br />
where it wants to go<br />
over the fences<br />
beyond the pastures<br />
into the moss lands<br />
there are pine needles<br />
expecting you<br />
rock friends<br />
setting the table<br />
old ones<br />
speaking the blessings<br />
so that when you,<br />
upon arrival back home,<br />
sit down to eat<br />
find yourself<br />
nourished alreadyLien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360053860440289450.post-72609314837001732692015-08-29T21:12:00.001+02:002015-08-29T21:12:34.637+02:00Hephaestos<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">How you,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">my melted metal friend,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">after having been</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">spit out</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">like a cherry pit,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">stopped falling</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and started flying</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">during those nine months</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">how your crippled leg</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">turned into a parachute</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">how your landing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">lit the holy fire</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">how your volcano</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">erupted on every single </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">anvil of this freshly</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">crafted world</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>Lien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360053860440289450.post-18803166210711987422015-06-11T12:38:00.000+02:002015-06-11T12:38:05.816+02:00Buteo buteo<div align="LEFT" style="line-height: 0.5cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; orphans: 1;">
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">You
mudfaced creature</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">once standing out </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">in </span></span><span style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">the powerless sky</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">now
standing out in</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">the hut of the river bank</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">blue couldn't
have</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">turned browner</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">wings couldn't have been</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">folded any
other way</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">than for the final closing</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">the highest of
sounds</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">taken down by</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">the longest of silences</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">asking to
become</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #141823;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">a majestic medicine prey</span></span></div>
Lien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360053860440289450.post-34066751079193804232015-06-02T14:51:00.002+02:002015-06-02T14:51:39.124+02:00SwanSwan skull,<br />
<br />
You've been cleaned<br />
with care<br />
by the smallest ones<br />
your head is blank now<br />
whiter than<br />
your cloak<br />
has ever been<br />
your beak still<br />
ready to speak,<br />
hesitating between<br />
ivory, snow or<br />
vanilla ice-cream<br />
<br />
Amongst those who know<br />
about water standing still<br />
you're the greatestLien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360053860440289450.post-80581719867114557802015-05-24T23:24:00.001+02:002015-05-24T23:24:51.115+02:00HeronvilleMy favourite hunter,<br />
My prehistoric alarm clock,<br />
My clumsy flyer,<br />
My fellow oak-sitter,<br />
<br />
I know the colour<br />
of your tongue<br />
and how the world<br />
turns flat again<br />
when we are facing<br />
each other<br />
<br />
Once you were guiding me<br />
through the wetlands in despair<br />
it was you who brought me<br />
home in the pouring rain,<br />
you who showed me<br />
the rocky quality of<br />
one-leggedness,<br />
you who taught me<br />
to love this city,<br />
this Heronville.Lien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360053860440289450.post-79570302101270324152015-05-18T09:49:00.002+02:002015-05-18T09:49:57.354+02:00Courthouse WashCactus needle<br />
ground me<br />
<br />
So here's your slickrock<br />
around the non-clock<br />
the grass says hop hop<br />
and the worries stop<br />
home is the body land<br />
home is the red sand<br />
to disappear into the dark<br />
to reappear into the light<br />
who, tell me who<br />
is howling through the night<br />
you keep on drinkin'<br />
you keep on sinkin'<br />
everything turns white<br />
<br />
I am out of my mind<br />
into my soul<br />
blissfully lost control<br />
whole<br />
<br />
I am the inner tracker<br />
dream of a Swedish cracker<br />
sleep under crypto cover<br />
this soil is my lover<br />
<br />
lizzard laughter<br />
ever after<br />
life is a magnet<br />
a giant fragment<br />
so here I'm standin'<br />
no more demandin'<br />
just receivin'<br />
no more grievin'<br />
<br />
cause when the heart explodes<br />
and the beauty floats<br />
complex decodes<br />
<br />
wings sing spring<br />
<br />
when the snakes no longer hide<br />
it is your turn to decide<br />
to slow it down<br />
to slow it down<br />
follow the compass<br />
put on the north dress<br />
taste the smell of sage and age<br />
have a party in your cave<br />
juniper bench joy<br />
trust is right here boy<br />
<br />
Bats dance<br />
Dusk trance<br />
Valley belly<br />
Live magicallyLien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360053860440289450.post-49239579110078480802015-05-10T14:16:00.000+02:002015-05-10T14:16:33.582+02:00HypothermiaWhen I see myself in you<br />
<br />
When the fire is no longer blazing<br />
for the sake of conversation<br />
but for the body heat<br />
of survival<br />
I grab onto the lifeline<br />
of the willow roots<br />
like a critter in the vein<br />
of the green womb<br />
on its way to<br />
upstream salvation<br />
every rock which hits<br />
a minor accident<br />
where the primeval<br />
journey might end<br />
<br />
I can swim crawl howl<br />
and look into the distance<br />
and the future<br />
projecting landing upon<br />
landing on the white<br />
shore of what was<br />
paradise a decade<br />
of growls ago<br />
whipped battered<br />
and bruised<br />
my teeth sharpen<br />
hands and feet<br />
claws which<br />
conquer the currents<br />
and the inches<br />
my mind fails<br />
to appreciate<br />
<br />
a woman dead<br />
an animal alive<br />
I arriveLien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360053860440289450.post-34248889491465737872015-05-05T02:42:00.000+02:002015-05-05T02:42:26.016+02:00Mud Maiden <i>To Edward Abbey </i><br />
<i><br /></i>
In spirit<br />
In canyon<br />
<br />
covered<br />
In mud<br />
may crusty mineral<br />
bottoms remain glued<br />
to my fair pores<br />
native sunscreen<br />
to be seen<br />
on the Green<br />
the roar of the oar<br />
meeting the flint print<br />
of the mountain lion<br />
there is mindfulness<br />
or death<br />
boredom or presence<br />
pick your toe nails<br />
with discipline<br />
if you have to<br />
undergo the pedicure<br />
of the wild<br />
dress your dinner with<br />
pepper and sand<br />
count your chances<br />
of a harsh and poetic<br />
end<br />
dangling from<br />
the divine slackline<br />
where your name means<br />
as much as<br />
the proud cloud<br />
emptying itself<br />
virgin rain<br />
making fun of<br />
a grade A aridness<br />
indulge in helplessness<br />
<br />Lien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360053860440289450.post-13258875016584314092014-02-09T20:27:00.001+01:002014-02-09T20:27:16.136+01:00Fee-industrie
<div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Je
zou verwachten dat de taalverwarring tussen mij en mijn Hollandse
lief na meer dan een jaar in Amsterdam wonen wel voorbij is. Dat
blijkt bij momenten lelijk tegen te vallen. </span></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
</span><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
</span><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Zo
blijven zachte medeklinkers hard waar ik woon. 'Maak je geen sorgen,
schat', zeggen de Amsterdammers, 'dat sal ik wel voor je doen. Een
dergelijke uitspraak vormt doorgaans geen obstakel voor vlotte
communicatie. Op momenten van extreme vermoeidheid, hoogoplopende
irritatie of diepe ontspanning durft het nog eens anders lopen. </span></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
</span><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
</span><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Liepen
mijn lief en ik gisteravond over straat. Zij aan het woord. Over een
documentaire die haar wel boeiend lijkt. 'Een docu over de
<i>fee-industrie</i>.' Ik zie het al helemaal voor me. Uitgebuite
arbeiders in megafabrieken aan de lopende band. De eerste zet heelder
veel te lange dagen rechtervleugeltjes aan feeënlijfjes,
de volgende doet linkervleugeltjes, nog een andere stopt stafjes in
hun handen. Eens af vliegen de feetjes door de kapotte ramen naar
buiten een sprookjesachtig leven tegemoet terwijl binnen het zwoegen
eindeloos doorgaat.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
</span><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
</span><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Voor
de zekerheid toch nog even checken. </span></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
</span><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">-'Wáárover
gaat die docu?'</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
</span><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">-'Nou
ja, je ziet allemaal boerderijen in de States...' De rest van haar
zin vervaagt. Het besef sijpelt binnen. Het gaat over de
fee-industrie. Met een v.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
</span><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><br /></span>
</div>
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
</span><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wie
samen met mij van de teleurstelling wil bekomen, kan hier
'</span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uah8LBUbfc" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Farmageddon</span></a>' kijken.
En, o ja, weet iemand hoe de feeën
dan wel gemaakt worden? </span></span>
</div>
Lien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360053860440289450.post-1155242420155684192014-01-14T22:37:00.000+01:002014-01-14T22:37:58.884+01:00Forest meetingI've met this<br />
little blond girl<br />
in the forest<br />
She knows everything:<br />
where the mushrooms grow and<br />
where the arctic foxes have their dens<br />
When I write my<br />
poems on the back of<br />
a train ticket or<br />
on a paper napkin,<br />
ripping it apart with words<br />
she is witnessing me<br />
with her four<br />
and four thousand<br />
year old eyes<br />
I am now wearing<br />
her necklace of<br />
bone and teeth<br />
crossing the water<br />
back to the other<br />
side with salmon's ease<br />
upon arrival<br />
I climb and I climb<br />
I stumble no moreLien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360053860440289450.post-90918586587986468312013-11-05T10:52:00.000+01:002013-11-05T10:52:08.595+01:00Clay feet<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I walk</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">on red soil</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">and clay feet</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">my pace </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">as steady </span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">as the sun's drum</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I don't join</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">the black men</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">around the fire</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">they've been sitting</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">there forever</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I don't go</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">off track</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">no path has been</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">painted here</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">by presence before</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">the tunnel in which</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I am falling</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">is not gonna hurt</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">it is leading me</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">to the burning heart</span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">of mother Earth</span></div>
Lien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360053860440289450.post-46658317623800300382013-09-19T11:31:00.001+02:002013-09-19T11:31:46.820+02:00De taal van het zaad <h3>
<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Monsanto speech vs Vandana Shiva</span></b></h3>
<div>
<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Zoals elk zichzelf
respecterend totalitair systeem heeft de biotechindustrie haar eigen taal
ontwikkeld. Die is ingewikkeld en schept afstand, zodat mensen afhaken, niet
meer beseffen dat het over hun dagelijks leven gaat. Activiste Vandana Shiva ontkleedde
in haar lezing over de toekomst van ons voedsel in het overvolle NTGent op
dinsdagavond met humor en helderheid de Monsanto speech. Om een levende taal in
de plaats te planten.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">De taal van de bioindustrie, zo toonde Shiva aan, is koud en
maakt dood. In het verhaal van patenten hebben multinationals als Monsanto het
slim over “intellectuele eigendom” of “plantproducerend materiaal”. Je moet al
behoorlijk uitgeslapen zijn om te beseffen dat ze het over zaad hebben. “Zaad”,
zo schudt Shiva ons weer wakker, “dat levende materie is, dus geen product dat
patenteerbaar is, of een grondstof”. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Mais als metafoor<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Shiva koppelt zaad aan leven, liefde, vrijheid, overvloed en
diversiteit. “De diversiteit van het zaad is de taal van het leven”, stelt ze.
Geen zaad dat ooit zo divers was als dat van de mais. In Latijns-Amerika, de
wieg van de mais, is het gewas in het bewustzijn zo verbonden met het leven zelf
dat in het scheppingssverhaal van de Maya’s verteld wordt hoe de mens van maïs gemaakt
is. Intussen bestaat in Mexico nog een vijfde van de maissoorten die in 1930
gekend waren. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Toen Shiva op haar reis door Vlaanderen onze maisakkers zag,
schrok ze van het toonbeeld van monocultuur. “Een gezonde maisakker heeft
planten van verschillende hoogtes, de kolven groeien niet alleen bovenaan, maar
ook onderaan en in het midden aan de plant. Mais wordt van oudsher in combinatie
met andere planten geteeld. Vooral de zogenaamde drie gezusters zijn heel
bekend; bonen klimmen op de mais terwijl pompoenen de bodem bedekken. De drie
planten geven elkaar alles wat ze nodig hebben.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">In een ander maisverhaal vertelt Shiva over een GGO-veld
waarop alle bladeren omhoog wijzen. Wanneer ze vraagt waarom dit zo gekweekt is,
krijgt ze te horen dat het gaat om zoveel mogelijk fotosynthese te hebben. “Alsof
de zon en de bladeren niet kunnen spreken met elkaar, alsof er niet zoiets is
als een buiging van de zonnestralen.” Rechtlijnige mais als metafoor voor lineair
denken.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Vrijheid<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">De diversiteit van het leven vergroten hangt volgens Shiva
samen met het verdedigen van vrijheid. “De vrijheid van de natuur om te
evolueren in diversiteit, de vrijheid van de boeren om zaden te ruilen, de
vrijheid van de consument te weten waar eten vandaan komt.” Dat laatste valt in
simpele woorden na te vragen waar je het koopt of krijgt. Kweek je zelf, dan
kan je nog altijd terugvallen op die aloude oertaal en praten met je zaden en
plantjes. </span></div>
Lien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360053860440289450.post-47871992677996025902013-08-15T12:42:00.000+02:002013-08-15T12:42:34.159+02:00Hidden trees<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">for the Tawny Owls</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span></em><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Where the wind keeps</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">the trees hidden</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">in the grasses</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and the people walk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">the thick lines</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">of the horizons</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">in their eyes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">you'll sing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">the seal song,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">forget the festivals</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and wrap the blanket</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">of your solid soul around</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">your softened body</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">No people staring at you,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I promise</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">No language but</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">bird language</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">third eye contact</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">clouds' rain rumours</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">No real people dying</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">in real gutters</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Hardly people really</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Tides not times</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">to play with.</span>Lien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360053860440289450.post-18043211582604122602013-04-01T11:06:00.000+02:002014-02-04T10:05:04.576+01:00Lost and found<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I've walked</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I've been at the losts</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I've been at the founds</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The taste of cold coffee</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">is as familiar to my tongue</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">as that of sparkling wine</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">The ugly smell of old sweat</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">in my backpack</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">a sweet companion </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">on the road</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">to unplanned encounters</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">in unknown though</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">fluently spoken languages</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">laughing out loud and childlessly</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">exiting rattling to-do-lists</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">which steal your friends, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">your sleep, and your capacity</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">to go into the woods,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">light a fire and read</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">the book of its flames -</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">there are phoenixes out there</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">who guide your delays,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">your missed connections </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">- making you feel zen</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">and murderous -</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">your endless journeys</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">only to arrive</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">at the next</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">there is as much meaning</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">in the tracks of the railroad</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">as in the tracks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">of the buzzard</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">the top fell of its mountain</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">the knowing has arrived</span>Lien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360053860440289450.post-5307485383922571642013-02-11T14:38:00.000+01:002013-02-11T14:38:48.157+01:00Vlaanderen
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Ik groet u, Vlaanderen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">uw kubistische koterijen,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">uw timiditeit,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">uw frauderen zonder franje,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">uw maisakkers, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">vol verschraalde zompigheid,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">uw was, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">wapperend of wegrottend</span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">op uw erven,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">kleren zonder gekromde lijven,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">uw coureurs,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">uw kasseien,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">uw glooiingen,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">uw eigendommen,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">uw talent voor taal,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">knotwilgen,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">uw ochtendspits,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">uw kotstudenten,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">uw schoon madammen,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">uw goesting,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">uw vlaamsgeblokte alliantie,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">uw grijze groezeligheid,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">uw zachte g,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">die hier en daar h wordt,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">uw bange volk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">-wee waal moslim of vrijbuiter-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">dat veilig belegt op <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">banken en boterhammen, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">dat berekend op de Lotto speelt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">terwijl het nog wat pinken in de lucht steekt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">aan de toog,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">dat weet dat ge op één been<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">niet kunt staan, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">dat omvalt van bravigheid en koffietafels,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">van diepgang en de nieuwste griepepidemie,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">wat als ik u nu eens van uw bakstenen beroof?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Foto's Marit Kaemingk</span>Lien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360053860440289450.post-81645177092814525372013-01-20T21:22:00.000+01:002013-01-20T21:22:00.523+01:00Bloesems<br />
Man: [in het Aantweirps]<br />
<em>Ge zijt zo stillekes,</em><br />
<em>zijt ge niet alleen misschien?</em><br />
[op fluistertoon]<br />
<em>Zijt ge niet alleen?</em><br />
<em>Ik wilde u gewoon een ochtendknuffel geven.</em><br />
<em>Ik heb bloesems in mijne kop.</em><br />
<em>Bloesems ja.</em><br />
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Tranche de vie. Niet afgeluisterd. Wel gehoord.Lien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360053860440289450.post-89712021821029567292013-01-13T13:05:00.001+01:002013-01-13T13:05:17.612+01:00Verwarrend woordenboek<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
Vorige week door een toevallige vondst op mijn oude
kinderkamer herinnerd aan de intrede van woordenboeken in mijn leven. Ineens kwamen
ook weer de gevoelens van teleurstelling en frustratie naar boven van dat
eerste gesnuffel en geblader in zo’n woordenboek. Dat was niet zozeer
verklarend, maar verwarrend. Vage omslachtige omschrijvingen hielden me
blijvend in het ongewisse over de inhoud van die paar letters in een ongekende
combinatie. Vaak leek alsof er een duiveltje in het boek zat dat er plezier in
schepte me vruchteloos heen en weer te sturen. Bij een dergelijke ‘zie ook’-verwijzing
flakkerde de hoop op als wimpels in de wind. Des te zwaarder was het gevoel
toen ik bij het woord waar ik heen gestuurd was, werd teruggestuurd naar hetgene
waar ik net vandaan kwam. Het woord bleef een lege doos, het woordenboek een
mysterie. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">De vondst die ik deed, bestond uit het woordenboek dat deze heimelijke
staat doorbrak. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Van Dale Junior
Woordenboek Nederlands</i>. Ik sla het open en lees <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">croissant (spreek je uit als: krwassant) (de croissant – twee croissants)Een
croissant is een luchtig broodje van bladerdeeg. Croissants hebben de vorm van
een halve maan. </i>Dat noem ik verklarend. Ik zie het precies voor me! Om het
verhelderend effect optimaal te maken, is er zelfs een prentje bij gezet. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Even, zoals vroeger, maar met minder gegniffel, naar <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">seks </i>gebladerd. Dat woord, omgeven door
taboe, wat ik toen met veel durf stiekem ging omsluieren om vervolgens genadeloos
tegen de non-verklaring <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">seksuele
gemeenschap </i>aan te knallen. Opnieuw is de juniorversie verlichtend; <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">als mensen seks met elkaar hebben, vrijen ze
met elkaar.</i> (Interessant genoeg gaat het bij de juniordefinitie van vrijen
enkel over strelen en kussen zodat de eigenlijke geslachtsgemeenschap aan het
eind van het verhaal uit de seks is gehaald. Ik wijt het aan de leeftijd van de
doelgroep van het boek. Ik word tenminste niet terug naar start gestuurd.)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Wat ik wilde zeggen: laten we die verwarrende
woordenboektaal afschaffen en enkel nog woordenboeken maken waarin woorden
worden verklaard zoals je ze aan een kind zou uitleggen. Dat zou onze
taalkundige levenskwaliteit aanzienlijk verhogen.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span>Lien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360053860440289450.post-39874863398038791812012-12-20T15:48:00.000+01:002012-12-20T15:48:01.445+01:00Midwinter poem<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Sit still</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">for one
moment</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">or more</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">drop the
doing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">like the
fork</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">you just
used</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">to finish
your meal</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">sit still</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and listen</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">to the
rivers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">in yours
veins</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">the horses</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">in your
chest</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">melt with
the snow</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">play hide
and seek</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">with the
dark</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">think of
all the good</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">things in
life</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">poetry</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">candles</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">chocolate</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">sit still</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">for one
moment</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and smile</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">the world
is not ending</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">but
endlessly present in you</span></div>
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</span>Lien De Costerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04026699897025640239noreply@blogger.com1