A new year, a new Poet of the Month!
The Poet of the Month January is Syds Wiersma.
You can read the Frisian poems on RIXT and an English translation of one poem will be published here.
Poet of the Month: December
The Poet of the Month December is Yva Hokwerda.
You can read the Frisian poems on RIXT and an English translation of one poem will be published here.
November 2020
Jan Kleefstra was the RIXT poet of the month November 2020. You can read his original Frisian poems of that month here. The translation of one of them – ‘On windless days larks don’t bring me to tears’ – is published here below.
On windless days larks don’t bring me to tears not even with the sad confession that the sun now only rises in shuttered eyes how long will wings carry the body through finely meshed rain like before dragging heavy at times shrill tones across the world as a boy I sought beneath the same heavens starved for a meadow bird casting farther than ever a kind-hearted light out ahead of the rain © Jan Kleefstra Translation: Trevor M. Scarse
Poet of the Month: November
The Poet of the month November is Jan Kleefstra.
You can read the Frisian poems on RIXT and an English translation of one poem will be published here.
October 2020
Anne Heegstra was the RIXT poet of the month October 2020. You can read her original Frisian poems of that month here. The translation of one of them – ‘Headamskampen’ – is published here.
Headamskampen in the prickly cold practically on thin ice he skated purposely assured, as he knew of canal and ditch crack and furrow he gave his hankering ample room to breathe yet glided restrainedly as his skates led him past the Eleven Lakes and as many cities reeds and seams rustled mirrored in cadence of blades sliding across the ice until the dusk forsook the hours of the day and embraced the evening behind closed gate the broken daylight leaves the polder in dreams © Anne Heegstra Translation: Trevor M. Scarse
Poetry evening De Utmolken Toer live-streamed on RIXT
The final evening of De Utmolken Toer (The Milked Tour), the poetry tour of RIXT poets Elmar Kuiper and Geart Tigchelaar, will be live-streamed on Saturday 24th of October from De Bres, Ljouwert/Leeuwarden.
Now that the safety regulations has put a hold on large audiences, the poets decided to bring their poetry evening to the public online. The livestream will be organised by creative bureau Hatogkrøller and can be followed on the Youtube channel of Frisian literary magazine Ensafh., the Facebook page of Frisian Poet Pack RIXTand the Facebook page of Ensafh.
Besides performances of Kuiper and Tigchelaar, RIXT poets Cornelis van der Wal and Syds Wiersma will also read their poetry. The music band of Kuiper, Tigers fan Greonterp will perform as well and the evening will be moderated by author, editor and publisher Piter Boersma.
Elmar Kuiper (1969) writes poetry, short proze and theatre. In 2004 he made his debut with Hertbyt. Wite Molke, Swarte Mûle is his ninth volume. His poetry has been nominated for literary prizes and has been translated in several languages.
Geart Tigchelaar (1987) has won the D.A. Tammingapriis for his debut, leech hert yn nij jek (2017). Ommers is his first volume with proze poetry. Prepublications have been bosted on the Instagram-account @om.mers.
What: livestream poetry evening De Utmolken Toer
Where: Youtubechannel Ensafh, Facebook Frysk Dichterskollektyf RIXT or Facebook Ensafh
When: 24th of Ocober, 19:30 H
You can order the poetry volumes and other items online at útjouwerij Hispel
First Frisian publication Waailân
From 11 to 13 of September, poets from the main land and poets from the island wandered on the island Skylge/Terschelling. They did so in five groups, four of them in good hands of an island poet. That Saturday evening, the poets performed together and presented their results of Waailân to the public.
The performace of Ilse Vos, Simon Oosting and Jolanda Gooiker has been made into an online presentation. RIXT will publish more of these in the coming weeks. Below you can listen to the first contribution, in Frisian/Dutch.
Film edited by Geart Tigchelaar
Audio edited by Ilse Vos