{"id":25612,"date":"2026-05-20T13:41:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/?post_type=project&#038;p=25612"},"modified":"2026-06-09T08:44:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T06:44:50","slug":"bookmark-summer-2026","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/leeuwardencityofliterature.nl\/en\/project\/poetische-boekenleggers\/bookmark-summer-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Bookmark summer 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Porta-shower &lt;3<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At 12 o\u2019clock when I open the door<br>of our mobile bathroom<br>\u2013 a porta-shower on the pavement \u2013<br>along with the rays<br>of the sun 7 children\u2019s faces<br>tumble into view.<br>\u2018Did you just have a shower?\u2019 \u2018Why here?\u2019<br>\u2018Is your bathroom broken?\u2019<br>\u2018Yes, that\u2019s right, it\u2019s being done up!\u2019<br>\u2018Ohhh, how annoying. . .\u2019<br>\u2018No way, not at all,\u2019 I say<br>from the top step of the porta-shower<br>\u2018because now I can grrreet you!\u2019<br>They crack up at<br>my rolling r\u2019s and my pink bathrobe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ohhh, it\u2019s so liberating<br>to be laughed at like that<br>in the middle of the day<br>by children in the sunshine<br>who\u2019ll have quite a story to tell at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frisian and Dutch poem: Eelke Veltman<\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tresoar.nl\/literatuur\/biografieen\/68f9e72cb26891f12c5c2d13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eelke Veltman<\/a> (2001) studies Cultural Anthropology, is the Regional Poet of Noardeast-Frysl\u00e2n (2025-2027), and writes poetry for stage and paper. In his work, he explores the larger wholes of which we small humans are, have been, or can be a part. His language bears witness to loss and decay, but there is also an eye for the surprising openings that emerge from this. Currently, he is reflecting on donkeys, nostalgia, and memories. Eelke has published in (literary) magazines Ensafh and de Moanne, among others, and performed at Dichters in de Prinsentuin and the Explore the North Festival. He was selected for the deBuren Paris residency in 2025 and was one of the winners of the Tony Feitsma Prize.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">English translation: Laura Watkinson<\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/laurawatkinson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Laura Watkinson<\/a> is a lover of languages and a literary translator from Dutch, German, Italian, and Frisian into English. She has translated work by authors including Cees Nooteboom and Tonke Dragt and lives in a tall, thin house in Amsterdam with her husband and their cat. She is currently putting the finishing touches to Cricket, her translation of Annet Schaap&#8217;s Krekel into English, and about to embark on translating a graphic novel by Judith Vanistendael.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Illustration: Redmer Hoekstra<\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redmerhoekstra.nl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Redmer Hoekstra<\/a> (1982) graduated as a visual artist and illustrator from the Zwolle Academy of Art in 2009. He finds great inspiration in philosophizing about reality, the workings of things, and the movement of animals. His associative mind combines very different forms in fascinating ways. Redmer uses a laborious and artisanal technique. 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