Double Dutch issue 3

May 2026

DUTCH (& FLEMISH!) TREAT

Ocean view (Uitzicht op zee), by Rob Chrispijn and translated by Benne van der Velde

Let me travel with you (Laat me met je meegaan), by Wim de Craene and translated by Benne van der Velde

Vanden Lande van Oversee (First strophe), by Jacob van Maerlant and translated by MAZ

Mi Skin, by Dean Bowen and translated by… Dean Bowen!

Plicht (Duty), by Alexis de Roode and translated by Donald Gardner

KOE KUT PORTEMONNEE…, by Sander Groen and translated by Krukowski Krukowski

(VISUAL) ART

Gegrond/Wall, by Frans de Winter

Girl with a pearl earring, by Johannes Vermeer (and field tripped by Benne and his wife)

‘Tronie’ of an old man, by Rembrandt (ALSO field tripped that day!)

Giddy, by Edward Michael Supranowicz

Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, by Vincent Van Gogh (with a poem by Lucy Olsman)

Untitled, by Joris van Os

Untitled statue, by Banksy

COVER ART: ‘I’ (IK), by Anonymous‍ ‍

MUSIC

The Hippies Were Right, by Tim (The Hitch-hiking poet) O’Connor

On the corner (the whole album), by Miles Davis

Light my fire, by The Doors

Girl you know it’s - Girl you know it’s - Girl you know it’s - (spoiler: not true), by Millie Vanillie

Miserere, by Gregorio Allegri

This is America, by Childish Gambino

Dear God, by XTC

Plantation slave songs remembered: Come butter Come (by Irene Williams) & All the way round the ring go-round (by Hattie Garce)

Because I got high, by Afroman

Snoop Frogg (Kermit sings “Gin & Juice”), by There I ruined It

POETRY

Liminal Space, by Sheridan Mark Walter

We were supposed to see the remake of Nosferato but…, by Juleigh Howard-Hobson

The Chirping Smoke Alarm, by Trinity Saldana

Golden Hour, by Alexandra Price

Some Beautiful Men…, by Stephen Mead

The sandwich and the sidewalk, by Jonathan Sijl

Improvising, by Philip G Davison

The Weariness of the Second Law, by Wing Yu Chan

Morning Patrol, by Scott William Westcott

The problem with edibles, by Sharon Hoffman