‘Thunder Overhead’ is the latest poem by Arjan Hut as Poet of Friesland, in collaboration with the City Poet of Leeuwarden, Marrit Jellema. Today it can also be read in the Friesch Dagblad, the Leeuwarder Courant and on the website of Omrop Fryslân. Next Sunday the poem will be recited by both laureates during Remembrance Day on 4 May in Leeuwarden.

The Poet of Friesland, Arjan Hut and City Poet of Leeuwarden, Marrit Jellema: “Bridges can connect us, but how wide are the waters that push us apart? Like a stream, a river or a lake? On a soundtrack of jet fighters, two languages ​​seek one voice.”

The Dutch translation by Jantsje Post and the English translation by David Colmer can be read on the website of the Dichter fan Fryslân project.