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Willemijn van den Geest: Touch Me Not

By Willemijn van den Geest, translated by David Colmer
23 March 2023 1 min. reading time Friday Verses

This week’s Friday Verses are written by Dutch poet Willemijn van den Geest. We translated her poem Raak mij niet aan (Touch Me Not) which first appeared in Dutch in Het Liegend Konijn, a magazine for contemporary Dutch-language poetry.

Willemijn van den Geest (Kinderdijk, b. 1988) is a poet and writer living in Nijmegen. Her work was published in, among others, Het Liegend Konijn, Deus ex Machina and Kluger Hans. She also regularly collaborates with jazz musicians under the name Klinkende Kosmos, in performances in which poetry and music enter into a dialogue.

Touch Me Not

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Raak mij niet aan

Schermafbeelding 2023 03 23 om 17 12 20
Willemijn van den Geest

Willemijn van den Geest

writer and poet
© photo by meLê yamomo

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