In 1951 begon hij voor de Volkskrant nonsensicale dierenverzen te schrijven onder het aan Multatuli ontleende pseudoniem Trijntje Fop
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Works & Days Perennial Fashion Presence Falling In 1951 begon hij voorBernadette Mayer Part springtime journal (why are there thorns?), Works and Days meditates on the first wasps and chipmunks of the season, times passage, grackle hearts, and dandelions, while also collecting dozens of poems considering the Catholic Church, Sir Thomas Browne, Go Away welcome mats, books, floods (never of dollar money), the invention of words, local politics, friendships, property development, dogs, and Hesiod. Every page delights. As