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Fairy Tea at the Museum Cafe
Fairy Tea at the Museum Cafe Stepping out from under the Lazarus gate Wild Thyme and Wild Cherry Blossom, Two fairies, terribly good friends, Entered the walled Garden, free of charge, In their...
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I’ll Meet You Midway
I’ll Meet You Midway I’ll meet you, Straining with expectations, Compatriots in passport, A voyager informing me of my identity While I carefully choose my words So you understand what I am Not...
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Moving Souvenir
Moving Souvenir The best souvenir, at first very pink, Perhaps made in Holland, Doesn’t stay in one place, Scuffs its shoes, Demands sunshine and tending, Is keen on all sorts of outrageous...
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My Life as a Crane
My Life as a Crane A ridiculous title. Could be the start of something Deep and meaningful, Could be a light divertissement And a leave of one’s senses. I am neither assured, Whether taken in...
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As Ever Shall
As Ever Shall My thoughts for you sink Rocking on soles in the warm sand Stroked by cooling waves, none abating Curled over my toes, lapped Foam ever bubble weaving More; I have come from far And it...
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St. John and the Autumn Equinox
St. John and the Autumn Equinox September leaves partnered With the winds’ fast feet On the black tarmac Between the white lines The radio plays, remembering June clad dancing in white purity The...
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Wooden Horse
Wooden Horse Wooden horse carry me Steady past the hour When childhood haunts me, Say nothing, I beg you For in silence will I pass Round like the infant I once was from hand to hand Shushhhhed at a...
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Heading off the Insistent Rough
Heading off the Insistent Rough In the fall we too may grow moss on our bark, Scamper after nuts, gaze at moist mushrooms, Then inspired, devour the marzipan version Of fungus, accompanied by the...
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The Vegetable Man’s Mysterious Question
The Vegetable Man’s Mysterious Question The rain beating against her breast, She courageously headed across the bridge To buy a bunch of Dutch carrots, Her first attempt at local communication....
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Karnemelksloot – Buttermilk Ditch
Karnemelksloot – Buttermilk Ditch Frankly it’s not a rock hard possibility that the street name “Karnemelksloot” (“Buttermilk Ditch”) came from the massive export or import of buttermilk to and from...
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Lombardsteeg – “Lombard Lane”
Lombardsteeg, Gouda 2013 What can you do if you are unable, moralistically speaking, to lend money and charge interest on the loan? Simple, you start up a pawnshop. Pawnshops were basically...
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Achter de Kerk “Behind the Church”
Surrounding the St. John’s Church in Gouda there’s a circular street known as “Behind the Church.” No matter which side of the church you exit, you’ll find the church standing behind the you. The...
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Blauwstraat —“Blue Street”
Blauwstraat – “Blue Street” Named after the weaving industry, the “Blue Street” was where people once sent their precious strips of woven fabric to be dyed, perhaps using indigo. If you are wondering...
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Achter de Vismarkt – “Behind the Fish Market”
Achter de Vismark, Gouda 2013 Achter de Vismarkt – “Behind the Fish Market” Formerly known as the leather tanners’ street, this road was officially established as a street by 1393. “Behind the Fish...
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Geuzenstraat – “Sea Beggars’ Street”
Geuzenstraat, Gouda 2013 Geuzenstraat – “Sea Beggars’ Street” It would be handy to know where to locate or avoid a pirate, and when they have established themselves in a street proclaiming their...
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Doelenstraat – “Target Street”
Doelenstraat, Gouda 2014 Police forces, militia matters and an arsenal of weapons tend to take up a large amount of space, and appropriately the “Target Street” is found on the former boundary limit...
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Jaagpad – “Hounding Path”
Jaagpad, Gouda 2014 Get a move on! Crack the whip and move those doggies along to Amsterdam! In the days of horse and barge, this is what you did; passing through bridges and over merchant waterways...
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Kleiweg –“Clay Street”
Kleiweg, Gouda 2014 Alluvial is a fancy word for unconsolidated soil; the high street shops of Gouda do have an alarmingly high rate of change over. From what I can see from the photos the shops on...
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Impressions of Gouda: Stroopwafels Secured
Location: Gouda Cheese Market, 2014 Stroopwafels Secured Never to part the two cookie sides, glued twain by Groningen’s syrup come all the way by slow horse drawn barge. Well that’s the story....
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Impressions of Gouda: Bitterballen
Location: Gouda Cheese Market, 2014 Bitterballen We ex-pats always tell our visitors, “You ought to try these.” Bitterballen, an unknown entity in the form of gooey fried globes. Although it must be...
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