Dutch Poet Huub van Esch Explores โฃYearning for Home in New Work
Haaren, โNetherlands – Poems by Dutch writer Huub van Esch, grappling wiht themes of vulnerability, fear, and โaโ profoundโค desire for return, have been published by โฃ Brabant Cultureel. The work, presentedโ in four distinct sections, offers a raw and fragmented exploration of theโค body’s relationship to space, memory, and a longing for aโค place of belonging.โ
Van Esch, a part-time production employee who dedicates much of his time to poetry, utilizes stark imagery and unsettling metaphors to convey a senseโข of displacement and the ache of absence. His poems, previously featured in โคpublications like Schoon Schip and collections from Uitgeverij Wongeling and Kontrast โคpublishing house, delve into primal anxieties and the ephemeral nature of existence. The recurring motif ofโ a “home” that no longer offers welcome, coupled with imagery of predation and vulnerability, suggestsโ a deep-seated yearning for a safe โhaven. He isโ currently seeking โa publisher for a โฃcomplete collection of his work. Readers can find more of his poetry on Brabantโ Cultureel (