Christmas – a time for giving, and a wonderful moment for my first donation to Stichting Lezen & Schrijven. To everyone who has purchased my collection of poetry up till now: thank you so much! You all have made this possible! <3 For each copy of ‘To Be / Te Zijn’ that will be sold […]
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Much love and thankfulness
The past five weeks have been revolving around the crowdfunding for my big passion project, the bilingual collection of poetry ‘To Be // Te Zijn’. Now the crowdfunding has come to an end, and I must confess it is a relief of sorts. Between the crowdfunding campaign, all the writing and translation work, and weekends […]
Gone (To Be Strong)
Everyone is familiar with this feeling – it is, alas, part of life… Missing a person who has passed away. It may diminish with time, but it stays. This poem is from ‘To Be Strong // Sterk te Zijn’. Does this poem remind you of anyone in particular? – Marise / Maria M. Crouch
Stranger (To Be Free)
Over the next few weeks, I will share one poem each time from each of the four volumes in my upcoming collection of poetry ‘To Be // Te Zijn’, to give you a preview of it. Today’s poem is from the volume ‘To Be Free // Vrij te Zijn’, in which the journey takes you […]
To Be: The Four Volumes
The title of the collection of poems has been revealed, and today I am adding the titles of the four volumes (or ‘chapters’)! In each of these four volumes, you – the reader – will be taken on an emotional journey. To Be Free: from imprisonment to freedom. To Be Strong: from weakness to strength. […]
Title reveal!
I am spending these summery weeks working hard on my collection of poems. Translating, design, and everything else that publishing a book involves. I am proud to hereby share the title with you: Indeed: it will be a bilingual collection. I have wanted to make this for years – I think it is wonderful to […]
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