Huh, what’s that?
breakfast to remember. Babs Gons ( Poet Laureate of the Netherlands) and Marrit Jellema, (City Poet of Leeuwarden) will hold a poetry and spoken word day on April 4, 2025. This festive day kicks off with breakfast. Babs Gons will give a lecture on Spoken Word, because “what exactly is that? and where does it come from?” is something I hear a lot–and who better to break it down than the queen of the spoken word scene in the Netherlands?
In between there will be all the pancakes you can eat, and Babs and I will perform between pancakes and the lecture to wake you up. Babs and I both have the mission to introduce as many people as possible to Spoken Word and poetry in general, and this breakfast is a very nice (and tasty!) way to achieve that.
PS: after breakfast, you can join us at the market where Babs and Marrit will continue the poetry celebration. From 12 to 14:00, they will be at the market (in front of the Fries Museum) reciting poetry of their own and from other poets.
They will bring poems for you to choose from, but do you have a favorite poem or one of your own (preferably one you know by heart)? Come and join us to build the party!
The big poetry pancake breakfast
Friday, April 4
09:30 – 11:00 am
Free entrance