Ik was vandemorgen om half 11 in de blinders mooie Hobbe van Baerdt Karke op ‘e Jouwer. Nao et kondeleren was daor de daankdienst veur et leven van Hielke Heeringa. Hi’j is op 20 juli wegraekt in de leeftied van 92 jaor. Hielke en Annie kwammen veur Annie heur wegraeken in 1999, ik bin ok op heur begraffenis west, alle jaoren op ‘e ni’jjaorsbi’jienkomst van de Stellingwarver Schrieversronte bi’j Dragt in Wolvege. Daor kwammen dan een 200 meensken op of. Ie kun je dat zowat niet meer veurstellen. Hielke was as Fries slim gesteld op ‘e Stellingwarven en et Stellingwarfs.

Lês fierder by Johan Veenstra… Lês fierder

The Freising manuscripts, also known as the Freising folia, are a collection of Latin and Old Slovenian religious texts dating back to the late 9th or early 10th century AD. These manuscripts are significant for their historical, linguistic, and cultural value, especially within the context of Slavic studies. Housed today in the Bavarian State Library in Munich, they offer a rare glimpse into the early medieval period of Central Europe and provide crucial evidence of the early use of the Slovenian language.

Lês en sjoch fierder by Ancient Origins … Lês fierder

Skriëver/dichter Willem Abma ( syn pseudonym was Daniël Daen) is eargister overleden, su las ik fandaach op’e Omrop Fryslân-site. Langsamerhaan ferdwynt de ene na de andere auteur/dichter út’e Fryske Lettertún. Su’n 25 jaar leden was ik aardech aktyf in’e Fryske literatuer en had un soad kontakten met Frysk-skriuwende dichters en skriëvers. Nòch altyd bewaar ik feul haanskreven briëven, kaarten en andere paperassen fan’e groatheden út’e Fryske literatuer.

Ok fan Willem Abma. De laatste jaren fòlch ik nòch altyd wat der in’e Fryske literatuer te rêden is, mar self bin ik nyt mear aktyf as Frysk dichter òf Frysktalech prozaïst. At ik siën wat ik un kwart eeuw (‘fearnsieu’) leden allemaal wel nyt ouskreven hew.… Lês fierder

For our series Making of a Poem, we’re asking poets to dissect the poems they’ve published in our pages. Patty Nash’s poem “Metropolitan” appears in the new Summer issue of the Review, no. 248.

Do you have photos of different drafts of this poem?

I do not write in “drafts.” I just continue to write or tinker on the same poem until I can’t anymore. This means that it is hard to see earlier iterations of the poem—the earliest one I have access to is one that I sent to my friends, so it was somewhat presentable already. There are small line differences, however, and sometimes major ones.… Lês fierder