- July 27th, 2017
- Category: Poetry
Poetic boat trip
We take you along the most beautiful places on the river Leie while you listen to poetry and texts from literature about rivers, water, brooks and journeys. While the boat heads towards the historic inner city of Ghent you can enjoy a glass of bubbly. We discover some hidden spots even unknown to the Ghent inhabitants!
Poetic boat trip
We take you along the most beautiful places on the river Leie while you listen to poetry and texts from literature about rivers, water, brooks and journeys.
While the boat heads towards the historic inner city of Ghent you can enjoy a glass of bubbly. We discover some hidden spots even unknown to the Ghent inhabitants!
A warm, sun-drowned day during the Ghent Festivities 2014 and we are all at the quay. Below our boat - Charlie - lies waiting. It is perfect! The bottles of bubbly are taken aboard and everyone is up for it. The combination is heavenly because the sun, the water and the gentle breeze are elements on which the words can float.
Sabine Martens and Chris Claeys read from the collection of poems A Dead Poet's Searching Soul Never Rests (Sabine Martens, 2012) and from poetry collections from various poets about rivers, water and journeys. Once in awhile the ukelele takes over.
The boat trip is an ode to poets but also to the city of Ghent which displays centuries through its beauty. Poets and the Ghent Festivities: it is possible!
The captain of the Charlie warns that a storm is ahead. The boat needs to turn back from the beautiful shores of the river Leie around Ghent towards the inner city. The storm rages and the hidden gem below the Reep acts as a refuge. The poems are sounding in the dark.
As the rain is easing, the boat takes course towards the Baudelo Park where all passengers go to shore for the apotheosis. The Ballad of the Dead Poet (Sabine Martens, 2012) lies waiting in a sea of graffiti on the Baudelo lawn. A car wreck in the middle serves as a canvas.
The poet is in the middle of the festivities and knows all is well.
Sabine Martens and Chris Claeys read from the collection of poems A Dead Poet's Searching Soul Never Rests (Sabine Martens, 2012) and from poetry collections from various poets about rivers, water and journeys. Once in awhile the ukelele takes over.
The boat trip is an ode to poets but also to the city of Ghent which displays centuries through its beauty. Poets and the Ghent Festivities: it is possible!
The captain of the Charlie warns that a storm is ahead. The boat needs to turn back from the beautiful shores of the river Leie around Ghent towards the inner city. The storm rages and the hidden gem below the Reep acts as a refuge. The poems are sounding in the dark.
As the rain is easing, the boat takes course towards the Baudelo Park where all passengers go to shore for the apotheosis. The Ballad of the Dead Poet (Sabine Martens, 2012) lies waiting in a sea of graffiti on the Baudelo lawn. A car wreck in the middle serves as a canvas.
The poet is in the middle of the festivities and knows all is well.
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