May
3
2013
Good morning and good Friday you all!
For the ones who missed the news and/or my last blogpost this week: The Netherlands have a new king.
Why do I tell you that – again – you ask?
Well… my book title haiku for Haiku My Heart Friday is about the king this week!
| Brieven aan een prins
De koning van Nederland
Van dichtbij gezien |
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Letters To A Prince
The King Of The Netherlands
When Seen In Close-Up |
Each Friday I join the circle of haiku-lovers. I add my name to the list and I go say hi to all my fellow-poets, especially to our hostess Rebecca who generously opens her blog Recuerda Mi Corazon for all haiku lovers on Fridays. YOU are very welcome to join too.
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Mar
29
2013
Cold day lovelies… errmmm, I mean GOOD day of course – xcuse-me, but “cold” is on our minds here in Holland lately. When I woke up this morning, I found a white world outside my window… Grrrr, it had snowed. AGAIN *sigh*
The snow melted during the morning, but still: it is too cold for the time of year. These temperatures are a bit strange to experience in the Easter weekend in the Netherlands but hey… I’ll put on an extra sweater and just keep on going.
So here’s the Friday post with – of course – a haiku (a special ‘Easter haiku’ today) and quite some art. I’m pretty productive since I have a studio. So sit down, make yourself comfortable, grab another chocolate egg (you have my permission 
) and come on in.
Haiku My Heart Friday
| Woorden van Jezus
Beminde gelovigen
Er was eens een God |
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Words of Jezus
Beloved Believers
There Once Was a God |
This haiku was found/written for Haiku my Heart Friday. Visit Rebecca at Recuerda Mi Corazon to find the list of participants and blog-hop from haiku to haiku.
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Mar
22
2013
Last Friday, someone asked “What will you do for haiku when you run out of book covers?”
Well, find a photo and write a haiku myself I guess, like I did before.
But I haven’t run out of covers yet (my bookcase is huge!) so here’s another booktitle haiku.
Haiku My Heart Friday
| Naar de vuurtoren
Het lied van de oceaan
Hier is mijn eiland |
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To The Lighthouse
Thoughts By The Ocean
Here Is My Island |
This haiku was found/written for Haiku my Heart Friday. Visit Rebecca at Recuerda Mi Corazon to find the list of participants and blog-hop from haiku to haiku. I assure you, it is a nice way to close the week and start the weekend.
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Mar
8
2013
Today is International Women’s Day and in honor of that, I went on a wild-goose chase in my bookcase this morning to see if I could come up with books that would make a fitting haiku. I thought as a feminist who owns lots of books about the topic, that should not be too difficult – and I was proven right.
Haiku My Heart Friday
| Ruimte voor vrouwen
Misschien wisten zij alles
De tweede sekse |
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Room for Women
Maybe They Knew Everything
The Second Sex |
Submitted to Haiku my Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
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Mar
1
2013
The grey and rainy weather in the Netherlands is starting to get on my nerves. It is affecting my mood lately, heck, even Mr. Mojo seems to stay rather in bed than play at the studio table.
I’m sorry dear ones, I will not make this a wining post. I better show you pictures instead of complaining… Today, I bring you another book title haiku and some art journal pages.
Haiku My Heart Friday
| Het stenen bruidsbed
De belofte aan Rachel
Geheel de uwe |
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The stone bridal bed
The promise to Rachel
All yours |
“Written” (‘found’) for Haiku my Heart at Recuerda Mi Corazon
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Feb
22
2013
Days fly by!
It’s already Friday so here I am with another book title haiku for
Haiku My Heart Friday
| In ongenade
Ontwaken uit dagdromen
Heldere hemel |
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In disgrace
Awakening from daydreaming
Under a clear sky |
*Again I had trouble with translating the Dutch titles (and still I didn’t get the syllables right.) The book by Coetzee is titled ‘Disgrace’ in English, but that has not quite the same ‘deepness’ as the Dutch title – where the extra word ‘in’ was added. Also, when I would translate the title of the bottom book accurately, it would just says “Clear Sky”. However, when these words are used in Dutch, one automatically thinks of a certain verb/phrase (Als een donderslag bij heldere hemel ~ “Like a bolt from the blue.”)
I like the references and double meanings that words sometime have, but it makes it impossible to translate (let alone translate with the right amount of syllables!) See how much words I need already to explain the rather short poem? Oh well, believe me when I say the Dutch version of my book title haiku evokes a story that the English readers might not get this time.
If you love haiku, Friday is the day for you ’cause you can find haiku all over the Internet. You don’t even have to seek for it yourself. Our lovely hostess Rebecca gathers all haiku lovers on her blog Recuerda Mi Corazon. Just hop on over to find the list of participants there. Each name hides a blogpost where you can find a haiku… isn’t that a great way to start the weekend?
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Feb
11
2013
Just called to say: hello
I couldn’t sleep at all tonight
And I know it’s late
But I couldn’t wait
Hello
my friend
hello
~Neil Diamond~
Hahaa… there you are! Here I am!
No, it’s not late and a sleepless night had nothing to do with it either… I just found it time to start saying HELLO again to all of you. That is, if you are still around because I was away from blog land for 3 weeks-and-some. Wow, that was a long break, wasn’t it?
I did not hang on the couch all the time (well, I may have done that too but not too much, you must believe me here.) I worked on several things that brought a smile to my face – and I hope it will make you smile too – so let me inform you of my plans ánd spoil you with some new art. Come on in!
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