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JACE van de Ven: De beek

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JACE van de Ven

De beek

 

Waar begonnen, was er eerst de zee

Of de sneeuw die drup drup drup weer water

Werd, dat neerwaarts ging en niet veel later

Stroompje was, dan beek van lieverlee

 

Als een kind bokspringt het naar benee

Blinkend in het zonlicht, dan weer staat er

Vol de maan op en geregeld gaat er

Spiegelend een wolk of boomkruin mee

 

Geile woerden, vis die springt en blinkt,  

In een rietkraag staat de reiger stijf en

laat alleen de blaadjes langs zich drijven

 

Alles stroomt voorbij, maar oud instinct

Roept zalmen terug, krioelende lijven   

Vechten naar wat was om daar te blijven

 

© 2010 JACE van de Ven: Drie sonnetten over water. De beek

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