Empty streets, bikes locked up
no skating behind the Rijksmuseum
no conversations with coffeeshop friends
no Father Christmas on horseback
in the Sinterklass procession.
Bike riders leaving food on the ground
No people praying in the church
Winter brings a severe lockdown;
Vincent van Gogh could paint the scene
or Rembrandt in his rueful period.
Canals and bridges strangely quiet
A Scotsman in Vondelpark says
'People are goin' aff their heid!'
Where is the cosy gezelliheid
Mr. Heineken and Princess Beatrix?
A people’s heart can be found in their poetic words. In history men and women have stood firmly upon their soapboxes and street corners, rallying the deepest beliefs of people to rise up and be heard. The poetrypages.com has offered that voice a new
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