O enter with me the gates of delight,
The gates of the garden of man’s desire,
Where spirits, touched by heav’nly fire,
Have planted the trees of life.
(R.S. Bridges in Invocation to music)
Liège-Flémalle (B)
“This is the land which ye
Shall divide by lot. And neither division nor unity
Matters. This is the land. We have our inheritance.”
(T.S. Eliot in Ash-Wednesday 1930)
Sint-Pieters-Leeuw (B)
“Sign on the window says “Lonely”
Sign on the door said “No Company Allowed”
Sign on the street says “Y’ Don’t Own Me” …”
(Bob Dylan in Sign on the window)
Brussel (B)
“Kick your shoes off, do not fear
Bring that bottle over here
I’ll be your baby tonight.”
(Bob Dylan in I’ll your baby tonight)
Liège (B)
“Maestro
Sharp as a knife
Dark as the night
The conundrum of genius”
(D. Gunawardada in Haiku Van Gogh)
Colfontaine (B)