Kerkhofblommen

A tightly organized sequence of poems records a poet's immediate impressions of a funeral, moving through events before the service, the liturgical ceremonies, and the burial itself. Sensory, often rural imagery — a straw cross, bells, incense, lights and procession through the landscape — is narrated alongside attentive descriptions of church rites and chants, producing sustained reflections on grief, consolation, communal ritual and hope beyond death. The language blends devotional solemnity with regional speech refined toward older Flemish forms, turning liturgical gesture and natural detail into quiet meditations on mourning, memory and spiritual presence.