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.
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.
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
Poet of the Month: October
The Poet of the Month October is Anne Heegstra.
You can read the Frisian poems on RIXT and an English translation of one poem will be published here.
RIXT poets at SatelLiet in Aldebiltsyl
At Neetltje, RIXT poets Christa Niklewicz en Geart Tigchelaar perfomerd twice. They did so in company of musician and poet Lukas Graff. Tigchelaar read from his coming poetry volume, Ommers. Niklewicz read and sang poetry of hers. Graff accompanied both poets on his piano, and also read own poetry.
