Words and music have always been intertwined for me. I hear music in words and music evokes words in me. Sometimes a poem turns into a song, new adventure in music-making for a classically trained violist.
5 Garden Poems
VROEG ZOMERZAADDikke mei : dus laat maar waaienmeisjes draag maar wouden in je haarzwaai je schortje om te zaaienvrucht voor later in het jaarEn duizend lover-blaadjes, fluisterschoon je dragers zuchten slakenin hun volle grootse luisteren laat ons lachen in de bark, zalig natgespat door bruisend waterLicht en teder vleugelendvlieg jij olmenzaad, in weidse vluchtglidings makend,…
Hannah-Sophie
Hannah-Sophie was written for a friend of mine whose daughter is handicapped, and beautiful. It will be part of the art and performance project Dag Bloemen Dag Vogels in Kunstcentrum Haarlem in April 2019. On a lucky Saturday these words will be part of a performance by Julia Henneman. Hannah-SophieShe is a garden in herself,humming…
One from 2015
one from 2015, in honor of a neighbor who died that year After the rainthe wind hurried great softcloud banks awayleaving white etchings on theinnocent blue afternoon sky.A green leaf circled upand up andup–like you? you always loved the wind–“het leeft”, you said, “het is zo wild”.Serene, wild, happy,Maria and the wind!There is music everywhere,if…
Julia Viola 