Hear a totally unofficial google translate version of the first poem of 2022 by the Amsterdam city poet, Marjolijn van Heemstra. The original poem is in Dutch of course, but we can appreciate the imagery and the sentiment even in English. The Dutch version has an added lyrical feel of course and we have a little taster of that too, with @CathyCentral's very best Dutch pronunciation.

(First broadcast on Broadcast Amsterdam radio station on 9 February 2022 on our Dam Daily Wednesday edition.

https://www.parool.nl/kunst-media/eerste-stadsgedicht-van-marjolijn-van-heemstra-2022~b9654e9c/

https://www.marjolijnvanheemstra.nl/nieuws/marjolijn-van-heemstra-is-de-nieuwe-stadsdichter-van-amsterdam/

https://broadcastamsterdam.nl