I am the very air you breathe [ ... ]
The Elements
by Robert Chilcott (b. 1955)
Translated to:
Dutch (Nederlands) — De elementen (Lidy van Noordenburg)
1. Oxygen
Text Authorship:
- by Roger McGough (b. 1937), written 1992, appears in Defying Gravity, copyright ©
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , "Zuurstof", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
2. Nitrogen
‘O’ is for oxygen so gregarious [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Roger McGough (b. 1937), written 1992, appears in Defying Gravity, copyright ©
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , "Stikstof", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
3. Carbon
I am an atom of carbon [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Roger McGough (b. 1937), written 1992, appears in Defying Gravity, copyright ©
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- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , "Koolstof", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
4. Iron
Fe fi fo fum [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Roger McGough (b. 1937), written 1992, appears in Defying Gravity, copyright ©
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- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , "IJzer", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
5. Mercury
I repose at great speed [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Roger McGough (b. 1937), written 1992, appears in Defying Gravity, copyright ©
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- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , "Kwik", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
6. Sulphur
I’m what gives witches a bad name [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Roger McGough (b. 1937), written 1992, appears in Defying Gravity, copyright ©
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- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , "Zwavel", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
7. Gold
I’m not a colour [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Roger McGough (b. 1937), written 1992, appears in Defying Gravity, copyright ©
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- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , "Goud", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
8. Element 109
A mayfly blinks [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Roger McGough (b. 1937), written 1992, appears in Defying Gravity, copyright ©
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , "Element 109", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission