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This project forms an ongoing exploration of attention, ritual, and poetic correspondence.

I love to write poems and poetic fragments. It helps me to see my inner life and the outside world more clearly, or anew, as I weave and bend words into new forms and combinations.

With touching, tending, these poems are brought into physical circulation: handwritten, sent by post, received in private time.

Each poem is written over the course of a month. The following month, I handwrite the poem into copies and send them · during new moon · by post to a small circle of readers.
An invitation for both myself and the readers, to connect to my poetry through touch and ritual.

Over the course of a year, the poems can be assembled into a booklet. An archive of touch, rhythm, and attention.

Over time, I was searching for a way to both nourish my writing practice and share my work in a way that feels true to its nature. I realized that, for me, both the writing and the sharing of poems need to happen offline: in a space that feels intimate, intentional, slow.

That is why I started touching, tending: an ongoing ritual writing project in which I handwrite poems and send them through physical mail to a small circle of readers, every other month.

“Ik bekleed me met innekeer,
fluwelen dekens vangen mij op”

If you would like to receive a handwritten poem from me by post every two months, you are welcome to join the circle.

Please send an e-mail to brechjemeijers@hotmail.com, with the title: touching, tending.

The number of readers is intentionally limited (max. 12) to keep the practice slow and sustainable.

Each envelope carries a new handwritten poem in Dutch and/or English.

#touching, tending: a poetic ritual

handwritten poems sent by post, bimonthly, to a small circle of readers (June, 21st 2026 - May,2027)

"The hardships have settled into my bones,
where they’re taking a rest."

Click here for 2 rare digital poems

My writing moves associatively through inner and outer landscapes, bodily memory, and moments of transformation.
I purposefully do not decide on a specific theme for this project a priori, as I want to keep myself open to whatever will emerge.