A Family in Holland

Cohen Family and Deventer

Labyrinth in Deventer

This poem is carved around the edge of the labyrinth. The labyrinth is located a few blocks from where the Cohen's house was located in the central square.

I used to live in a city which used to be an island.

By the hand of the men, it became a peninsula.

By the hand of the men, this city lives now only in my mind.

I enjoy to wander through it and take trips on

time boats, out of its harbour.

But most of all, I enjoy to watch the reflections

in the waterpit, at the square of my mind.

— Deventer, September 1993

The labyrinth in Deventer