Note the 17th of September in your diaries: That is the day you can come to the Permeke library in Antwerp to enjoy the poets, performers, musicians and singers. The program is coming together nicely. The performances are finding their level, how to show and let hear what we want to communicate. Poets from five countries will be present. Some poets you might have met and heard last year and that would be an occasion to get reacquainted with them and some are first timers and not of the least. We'll be honoring a few Grandes Dames of poetry who turn 70 and 75 this year. 7 of the poets come from outside of Belgium: 3 from The Netherlands, 2 from Germany, 1 from France and one from the US. Although work of more than one American poet will be read and performed.
So note the date: September 17, 8 PM.
As an appetizer a short poem by Sherman Alexie from one of the main features of the festival:
The sounds of harbour, the upcoming third volume in this series: Harbors of the West.
Migration, 1902
The salmon swim
so thick in this river
that Grandmother walks
across the water
on the bridge
of their spines.
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Migratie, 1902
De zalm zwemt zo
dicht op elkaar in deze rivier
dat Grootmoeder over
het water loopt
op de brug
van hun rug.
With permission of Hanging Loose Press
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