Judith van Praag

Where I'm From · Sep 9, 2025 · 14m · transcript

Where I’m From #4

By Judith van Praag

Inspired by George Ella Lyon

I am from one knife cuts all,

Red leather sheath protecting blade and fingers

From Sunlight soap, Potassium Permanganate and Vim.

I am from “met de Franse slag,” clean enough for the eye,

Artistic, Bohemian, a raven’s nest.

I am from reading under the elms

Dandelion stains, daisy chains and horse manure

(earthy, solid, fertilizing).

I’m from New Year’s Eve starting the morning of the 31st

Red beet haring salad, canned salmon, jenever, and refusing to kiss.

From JP with the golden hands and twenty years younger doe-eyed Nita…