Landscape

by Enno de Witt

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Okay, first we move the stream

to its original bed, then we restore

the vastness of this embittered landscape,

walk down asbestos-paved paths along

 

grassy meadows, pools full of toads,

crows in trees, a hill somewhere, a

serrated edge of spruce, scarce resource,

a canal, rustling roads, railroads, trees

 

like church towers, barns duck for

cover, grey fields as far the eye can

see, drizzle and mist, we lay ourselves

down and reach for bread and water.

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Enno de Witt’s poetry and artwork are firmly rooted in a tradition that goes all the way back to the dawn of language and to his youth on the Dutch North Sea coast. De Witt lives in the medieval city of Deventer on the banks of the river IJssel in The Netherlands. His poetry and art are published in The Netherlands, the usa, the uk, Nigeria, Canada and India.