Category: Herman de Jong
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~ Marriage Bed
Read More: ~ Marriage BedFor a moment I thought I could reach out to you, but already you have turned your back to me
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~ Heave-Ho
Read More: ~ Heave-Hosnow on ground snow on trees but darkness deep in my being darkness, devil darkness thoughts heavy heave-ho
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~ The Choirboy
Read More: ~ The ChoirboyA shock of black hair, too wild for a WASP church. I wondered how he got mixed up with the aging parishioners of this Anglican cathedral
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~ Depression 2
Read More: ~ Depression 2A bridge, a railroad bridge high above the water of a dark, fast-fleeting river. I plunge. A knife
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Opa Dekker
Read More: Opa DekkerTranslations from the Dutch Originals (Stories marked with a ~ are not yet available) Opa Dekker Stories
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Poems
Read More: PoemsA collection of poems and prose, written in English by Herman de Jong and self-published in various booklets
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Zoden an diek
Read More: Zoden an diekk lag in berre en docht noa over mien veulbewogen leven.Dat dou ik om aander dag, k heb tied der joa veur.Ik docht aan t hounderhok dat ik in oorlog tegen ons achterschuurtje aanbaauwde. Ik was twaalf joar old in 1944 en kreeg t oardeg veur mekoar. Binnen tenminste nooit hounder ontsnapt.Joa man, ik har…
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Vogel
Read More: VogelHaarm zat nikszainde veur t roam noar boeten te kieken. t Har ook ja gain zin noar wat oet te kieken op n loane woar toch sikkom nooit wat laangs kwam, of t most dokter al wezen op weg noar boerderij. En den was der ook nog ligusterheege tussen t haim en weg. Vrouger wast…