Henk Dillerop, a new addition to the RIXT collective, was the RIXT poet of the month in April. You can read his original Frisian poems from that month here. The translation of one of them – ‘form’ – is published here.
form does emptiness have form she asks lying on the beach he thinks gets up walks to the sea and punches holes in the waves do feelings have form as well she asks he thinks and with his hands squeezes air in between the waves does colour have form too he draws her name in curly letters in the foam and life he gathers up seashells his hands full and love does love have a form he keeps still looks at her minutes ticking by doesn’t move a muscle she perceives © Henk Dillerop translation: Trevor Scarse