{"id":28670,"date":"2026-10-27T10:15:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T08:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/?p=28670"},"modified":"2026-10-27T10:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T08:25:21","slug":"new-poem-by-dichter-fan-fryslan-first-nicht-frost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/new-poem-by-dichter-fan-fryslan-first-nicht-frost\/","title":{"rendered":"New poem by Dichter fan Frysl\u00e2n: &#8216;First Nicht Frost&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;First Night Frost&#8217; is the latest poem by Arjan Hut as Dichter fan Frysl\u00e2n (Poet of Friesland). It can also be read today in the Friesch Dagblad, the Leeuwarder Courant, and on the Omrop Frysl\u00e2n website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Poet of Frysl\u00e2n, Arjan Hut: &#8220;Only a very thin layer of atmosphere, on a small planet in the endlessness, is fit for us to live in. But here too, things are cruel.&#8221; Read the English translation by David Colmer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>First Night Frost<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">as light as snow the wind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">blows over the long narrow backyard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the thinnest film of ice&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in the bucket of rainwater<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">next to the shed door<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a mouse is floating in the water<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">its head protruding through the ice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">is there a god that believes in mice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">loves them and protects them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">we send mice into space<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">this one is looking up through open eyes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">pinpricks of night<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I empty the bucket<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">under the butterfly bush<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">just before the door bangs shut<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the black cat slips out<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><br><em>Translation: David Colmer<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;First Night Frost&#8217; is the latest poem by Arjan Hut as Dichter fan Frysl\u00e2n (Poet of Friesland). 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