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He created cantatas with various composers and translated the St Matthew Passion into Frisian in the version by Jan Rot. In 2023, he created his own Frisian passion, <em>In frjemdling yn Jeruzalem<\/em>. This was followed in 2024 by <em>Pompster Psalmen<\/em>, an autobiography in verse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eppie Dam also wrote for Leeuwarden City of Literature. He created a poem for the literary <a href=\"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/literaire-kerstgroet-voor-personeel-mcl\/\">Christmas card<\/a> (2021) with which we thanked the staff of the MCL in Leeuwarden, accompanying a sculpture by Janine van Zeeland. For <em>Klein Geluk<\/em> (2025), he wrote <em><a href=\"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/klein-geluk\/gjin-sin-oan-trek\/\">Gjin sin oan trek<\/a><\/em>. 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