‘Not on Us’ is the latest poem by Arjan Hut as Poet Laureate of Fryslân. Today it can also be read in the Friesch Dagblad, the Leeuwarder Courant, and on the website of Omrop Fryslân.
The Poet Laureate of Fryslân, Arjan Hut: “In some regions, bombs fall from the sky like ripe fruit. A strange thought, for someone walking through a paradisiacal garden, with an apple in hand.”
The Dutch translation by Jantsje Post and the English translation by David Colmer can be found again on this website.
Arjan Hut will continue in his role as Poet Laureate of Fryslân through 2026. Earlier this year, the Provincial Council of Fryslân approved the extension of his appointment. Consequently, Hut, who was officially designated as Poet Laureate of Fryslân in 2023, will be able to continue his work and projects as the province’s poetic ambassador for one additional year. Among other activities, he will open a walking exhibition he has curated at the literature festival Meet Me at the Lighthouse in November, featuring unique book covers from Frisian poetry collections.
By the start of the literature festival Meet Me at the Lighthouse, on Thursday 13 November at 15:30, the Poet Laureate of Friesland, Arjan Hut, will open his exhibition ‘Lytse Ivichheid – Eindeloos Nu’ – Frisian poetry books on the outside, from the roaring to the rotting twenties. For this exhibition, the Poet Laureate of Friesland selected 49 cover designs of Frisian poetry books that have been published over the past hundred years.