Serge van Duijnhoven (born 1970 in Oss, in the south of the Netherlands) is a performing poet, novelist and art-editor. He is the author of four books of poems: `The Palace of Sleep' (1993), `Copycat' (1996), `End of the Line: Phantom City' (1997), `Obiit in Orbit; at the other end of the night' (1998). All of these books are published in Dutch, by recognized publishing houses. In the last two books cd’s are included. Since 1995 Serge performs his poetry with electronic music and video-projections.
I was four and fell with my scooter
down the stairs with the marble tiles
at home in the sitting room and I fell
hard and with my head back to front on
...
there is no reason for illusions
but still we want to believe
that life is worthy. We demand more
than we can find. All the rest
...