Poets' Choice is Proud to Announce the Publication of PANDEMIE, New and

Selected Poems by Richard Harteis with Dutch Translations and New Art by
Tom Veys

This bilingual edition (Dutch/English) features poems written during the pandemic with new poems
celebrating the imminent end of this global catastrophe. The poems are an intimate account by a
master poet of the trials and tribulations we have undergone. PANDEMIE is augmented by
beautiful, careful translations into Dutch as well as original artwork by Tom Veys, Rita Dawley and
Juner Patnode. PANDEMIE has received the 2021 Valentin Krustev Award for Translation.

Uncasville, CT, June 01, 2021 --(PR.com)-- In an earlier publication, PLAGUE POEMS: 2020 Vision,
Richard Harteis has created poems which rely on careful observation, compassion, and all the poetic
techniques the poet has mastered in a life-long pursuit of the art form. PLAGUE POEMS takes as its
inspiration the philosophy of Albert Camus and uses the liturgical calendar as a framework for the
spiritual quandary the pandemic has thrown the world into. The poems often tease the former president
and his followers for the inane political solutions they offer. The poems try to come to terms with the new
burdens brought by the pandemic: masks, social distancing, shortages, less-than-truthful politicians and
scientists, loneliness, fear, sexual frustration and the sad irony of putting all this in the context of a
beautiful spring with creatures not knowing the world has changed. The poems are often humorous, if,
per necessity, relying on black humor.The collection ends with a final image of hope and resurrection,
and honors those who have lost the battle with life in 2020. PANDEMIE adds a new chapter to the story
as we begin to turn the corner on the pandemic and the world comes alive again. Tom Veys’ translations
deftly bring the poems to European lovers of poetry and also include exquisite linoleum-cut etchings of
the American flag, fractured to pieces like a Jimi Hendrix rendition of the American national anthem, an
apt metaphor for the current political divisions in the United States. PANDEMIE is an important record
of this moment in human history, a lyric account fueled by love and compassion.

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