“Bake bread” is the first thing my grandson calls out when I meet him on the path. He has made a long journey, I lift him up, and my plan is to talk a little about a poem by Ezra Pound, in order to sway his thoughts. He is just four years old, but with poetry you can’t begin to early.

From the short story “Soup Bowl”

The late A.L Snijders was unique, prolific, producing a story nearly everyday. His stories read like poems-journal excerpts-glimpses-into daily Dutch life.

Snijders, A.L..Night Train: Very Short Stories. Translated by Lydia Davis, New Directions Publishing, 2021.