{"id":302438,"date":"1993-01-01T00:00:19","date_gmt":"1992-12-31T23:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanoorschot.nl\/dbnl\/h-h-ter-balktlaaglandse-hymnen-3\/"},"modified":"2021-07-08T13:39:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T12:39:09","slug":"h-h-ter-balktlaaglandse-hymnen-3","status":"publish","type":"dbnl","link":"https:\/\/www.vanoorschot.nl\/en\/dbnl\/h-h-ter-balktlaaglandse-hymnen-3\/","title":{"rendered":"H.H. ter Balkt\r\n\r\nLaaglandse hymnen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column dbnl-links is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\r\n\r\n <interp type=\"primair\" value=\"balk003\"><\/interp><interp type=\"primair\" value=\"19921210\"><\/interp><interp type=\"secundair\" value=\"19530131\"><\/interp><interp type=\"secundair\" value=\"19530201\"><\/interp><div class=\"pb\">[p. 98]<\/div>\r\n<h2 class=\"bottom-small-margins\">[Tirade maart &amp; april 1993]<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<a name=\"16\"><\/a>\r\n<h3>\r\n<i>H.H. ter Balkt<\/i>\r\n\r\n<br>\r\nLaaglandse hymnen<\/h3>\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"small-margins\">De watersnoodramp 1953<\/h4>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"poem\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">Zo verscheurt soms &#8216;s nachts viervingerige hand<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">een schatkaart, en niemand die de ducaten vindt.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">Alles vangt met stilte aan. Binnenin de speldeknop<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">dommelt de cycloon. Gesponsord door een spokende<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">maan vloog de zee, rinkelend als bergbeklimmers,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">hardbevroren, tegen de Himalaya, over de dijken,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">paarden en daken als ruiters op haar getij, aan-<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">schouwd door helikopterwieken. Sneeuw en storm.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">Aanzienlijk nu de zee, februarikleurig, spoelend<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">aan zolderramen, kloppend aan deuren. Ach Willie,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">in een trekgat weggespoeld waar land was. Ginds,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">op Tholen, brandt geen licht meer. Door de water<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">geworden straat doolt een vlasschuur en kantelt<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">huizen om. Zout de cartograaf radeert Reimerswaal.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>10 december 1992<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"indent\">\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\r\n<i>Reimerswaal<\/i>, eeuwen geleden verdronken stad.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"pb\">[p. 99]<\/div>\r\n<h4 class=\"small-margins\">De Nederlandse aardolie maatschappij<\/h4>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"poem\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">De go-devil, een massieve ijzeren staaf,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">opent de tweede klep in de boorpijp. Dan<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">kan de olie- of gaslaag produceren. Beitels<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">van diamantjes voorzien wentelen rond. En<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">nee, visstaartbeitels gebruiken wij niet<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">langer. China was ons weer v\u00f3\u00f3r. Aardolie<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">ontstond uit organisch slik, met seismisch<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">onderzoek speuren wij de vindplaatsen op;<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">komt het voor dat de buizen in het boorgat<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">breken (en soms ook de beitels), dan vangen<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">wij de vis met speren en magneten. Ja, olie<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">stolt bij 18\u00b0C. De concessies zwermen nu<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">het hele land door en op 28 augustus 1961<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">stond al het boorplatform \u2018Triton\u2019 in zee.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"pb\">[p. 100]<\/div>\r\n<h4 class=\"small-margins\">De mist<\/h4>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"poem\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">Door de genadige avond gaat de mist, drager<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">van al het voorgaande, al het vervlogene: o,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">verbleekte goden! Zelfs als er al gebergten<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">waren, zijn ze nu niet te zien. Al de bergen<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">die ooit oprezen, goden op hun toppen, alle<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">verbrijzelende gedachten, zoals die van De-<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">mocritus van Abdera, voor wie de ziel uit de<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">fijnste, gladste onder de atomen, vuuratomen<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">bestond: alles heen. Willie slaapt in de kist,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">regen slaapt naast de weerman. Somber gonzend<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">fluit okeren vuurwerk een hymne aan december,<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">raaf de pracht. \u2018Ik bezong: weiden, het land-<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">leven, helden\u2019. Het millennium hinnikt. Niets<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">daagt op in de mist, Andes van de leegte wacht.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>\u2018Ik bezong: weiden, het landleven, helden.\u2019 Grafschrift van Vergilius.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"pb\">[p. 101]<\/div>\r\n<h4 class=\"small-margins\">Invloeden<\/h4>\r\n\r\n<p>Er zit niets anders op, ik moet wel bekennen dat ik in het voorjaar of de zomer van 1955 aan een Seinestalletje in Parijs \u2018Les fleurs du mal\u2019 van Charles Baudelaire kocht, en erin las, ofschoon ik toen goed was in Frans, als gold het orakelgeschriften. Maar &#8211;<i>Hypocrite lecteur, -mon semblable, -mon fr\u00e8re<\/i>, in \u2018Au lecteur\u2019, dat begreep ik dacht ik al wel. Het boek lag nachtenlang onder mijn hoofdkussen zonder dat het begrip toenam. Maar dat het daar lag, daar bleek toch wel uit wat ik toen en ook nu nog onder po\u00ebzie verstond: een kracht en wel \u2018the force\u2019, een goede kracht die je nergens anders tegenkwam.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"indent\">Van Sergej Jesenin (\u2018Ik ben jullie tamme kanarie niet! Ik ben een dichter!\u2019) vertaalde ik eenentwintig jaar later anderhalf gedicht, Uit: \u2018Het Hemelsblauw en Ik begin, ik begin, ik begin!\u2019 <i>Om alles te leren, niets te ontvreemden\/Kwam de dichter op deze wereld.<\/i>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"indent\">(Maar soms is hij langdurig blind.) Ja. Daar ben ik het nog altijd mee eens. Eerder al had ik van Vladimir Majakovski het toneelstuk De wandluis en Een wolk in broek gelezen, respectievelijk uit 1966 en 1967, beide in de vertaling van Marko Fondse. Wat een stem. Ik begreep dat ik daarbij een beetje uit de buurt moest blijven, en ik schafte wel de eerste drie delen van het Verzameld werk van Majakovski aan, maar erin lezen deed ik niet. Het honorarium van een Waarheidsfestival zou deel IV opleveren had ik bedongen, maar De Waarheid keerde niet uit en dat is ongetwijfeld al veel vaker vertoond. Prachtiger is nog Stalen krekel van Innokent Annenski, dat verscheen echter in 1987, in de vertaling van Kees Verheul.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"indent\">En de klassieken? Ja, die las ik ook. De Aene\u00efs las ik, en heel woest ploegde ik door het epos van Homerus. (En veel later kwam Hesiodus pas.)<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"indent\">Ik realiseer me nu dat tussen Majakovski en Baudelaire een andere Fransman schuilgaat, Fran\u00e7ois Villon. Diens Verzamelde Gedichten werden in 1963 door Ernst van Altena vertaald, en soms sluimerde hij jarenlang, Villon, maar altijd was hij er, Villon.<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"pb\">[p. 102]<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"poem-small-margins\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">\r\n<i>Ik ken de brokken in de melk,<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">\r\n<i>ik ken de mensen aan hun frak,<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">\r\n<i>ik ken de bloemen aan hun kelk,<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">\r\n<i>ik ken de appel aan z&#8217;n tak, []<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"\n\t\t\t\tline\n\t\t\t\t\">\r\n<div class=\"line-nr\">\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"line-content-container\">\r\n<div class=\"line-content\">\r\n<i>ik ken alleen mezelve niet.<\/i>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>De ontdekking van de middeleeuwer Oswald von Wolkenstein kwam heel laat (Oswald werd ook heel laat herontdekt), en die van H\u00f6lderlin en speciaal Leopardi laat maar vroeger. Sinds het vorige jaar heeft de dertiende-eeuwse Rutebeuf zich bij hen gevoegd.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"indent\">Van Heinrich Heine heb ik zo lang gehouden dat ik bijna zeg, altijd, ook al is dat niet waar. En wat w\u00e9l waar is, dat is dat het uit 1974 stammende gedicht \u2018Het werd winter, Isabella\u2019, niet had bestaan wanneer ik niet langs Marianne Moore&#8217;s paleis in Versailles, met die veldmuis erin, was gewandeld. Eliot en Hopkins vergeet ik niet, De Nerval &#8211; met drie gedichten nu bijna. En nog maar kort geleden ontdekte ik de Engelse krankzinnig geworden dichter John Clare, hoofdzakelijk uit de negentiende eeuw. Net als hij at ik ooit gras. Ik hoop dat ik verder niemand vergeet.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"indent\">\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\r\n<i>H.H. ter Balkt<\/i>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column dbnl-rechts is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div id=\"noten-apparaat\"><div class=\"interp\">\n<h3>Over dit hoofdstuk\/artikel<\/h3>\n<p><label>auteurs<\/label><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbnl.org\/auteurs\/auteur.php?id=balk003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">H.H. ter Balkt<\/a><\/p>\n<br><p><label>datums<\/label><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbnl.org\/calendarium\/?d=19921210\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 december 1992<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbnl.org\/calendarium\/?d=19530131\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">31 januari 1953<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbnl.org\/calendarium\/?d=19530201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1 februari 1953<\/a><\/p>\n<br>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[p. 98] [Tirade maart &amp; april 1993] H.H. ter Balkt Laaglandse hymnen De watersnoodramp 1953 \u00a0 Zo verscheurt soms &#8216;s nachts viervingerige hand \u00a0 een schatkaart, en niemand die de ducaten vindt. \u00a0 Alles vangt met stilte aan. 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Gesponsord door een spokende \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 maan vloog de&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanoorschot.nl\/en\/dbnl\/h-h-ter-balktlaaglandse-hymnen-3\/\">Lees verder <span class=\"read-more-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-302438","dbnl","type-dbnl","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>H.H. ter Balkt  Laaglandse hymnen &#183; Uitgeverij Van Oorschot<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanoorschot.nl\/en\/dbnl\/h-h-ter-balktlaaglandse-hymnen-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"H.H. ter Balkt  Laaglandse hymnen &#183; Uitgeverij Van Oorschot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[p. 98] [Tirade maart &amp; april 1993] H.H. ter Balkt Laaglandse hymnen De watersnoodramp 1953 \u00a0 Zo verscheurt soms &#8216;s nachts viervingerige hand \u00a0 een schatkaart, en niemand die de ducaten vindt. \u00a0 Alles vangt met stilte aan. 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