Sjaak Kroes

is on the road in daily life in The Hague as a poet. Many know him as the Hague Street Poet, or City Poet in the Paleistuin, on the Grote Markt or by the sea at beach entrances. Since 2016 he writes personal poetry from short conversations - on location or outside at his cargo bike with tabletop and typewriter, and on assignment at events. He takes you into a space, train of thought or zeitgeist. Conversation partners decide how much they think it's worth. Poetry from an exchange of words. Sjaak publishes his poetry himself. He published the anthologies Liefjes Van Een Straatdichter and Onder Een Boom Dronken We Fristi.