Tûkefreon
By Lida Dijkstra
This appeared as a cap at Strandbieb Makkum
All handed out
Steatlike beam yn ’e slingertún
stuit-stuit-stuite in ripe kastanje
pardoes tsjin myn kabouterskuon.
Lyts skopke rôle him om en om
oant er glânzjend brúnread rûn
yn myn bûse ferdwûn.
Goed tsjin rimmetyk, sei heit.
Mar ast him yn dyn túntsje
tusken de rûchte bestoppest
komt er ta libben. O wûnder!
Leaf nij beamke, tûkefreontsje,
wêrom waardst no tikker tsjin it rút?
Hy moat der út, sei heit beret
en dolde in gat yn myn hert.
Buorman fûn skaad gaadlik,
dat ik wiuwde him nei oer de hage
en neamde him
stoarmboarter
hjerstkleurbetinker
wolkeklauwer
reinwetterdrinker
willejouwer
Mocht it of net, ik socht him op,
prate tsjin it antlit fan syn bast,
beseach begrutsjend de dowen
dy’t inkeld breklike nêsten bouden.
Ik lies yn syn lijte de jierren foarby
oant er reade triennen skriemde.
Batske bile sloech ûnmeilydsum
syn stamme en siel oan splinters.
As in strider makke er my op ’t lêst
mandélich oan syn fuortbestean.
Kastanjes foelen as heil út ’e loft
en ik bûgde, betanke, beloofde
en neamde him âlde trochsetter.
Lida Dijkstra
Lida Dijkstra (1961) mainly writes children’s books, in Frisian and in Dutch. Apart from picture books and books for beginning readers, she also writes for older children and adults. In these books, she likes to be inspired by art history, her previous field of expertise. She gives lectures, workshops and writing courses and is also active as a translator. She regularly works on commission. For example, she has written books for the Fries Museum, the Marinemuseum and Stichting Kening fan ’e Greide. In 2004 she won the Simke Kloosterman Prize with Mûske, myn famke, in 2007 again with Lederwyntsje. In 2023, her historical youth novel Schaduw van Toet was awarded the Thea Beckman Prize. Dijkstra was the first Children’s Book Ambassador of Fryslân and was appointed a member of the Fryske Akademy in 2022.
Photo: Chris van Houts