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Elizabeth Schmelzenbach

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1. Inspired by Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman

Date: Jun 23, 2026 4:41 PM
I teach my sighs to lengthen into songs.
— Theodore Roethke

2. Johannes Reekers II (1824–1895)

Johannes Reekers II (1824–1895) was a Dutch flower and still-life painter, the son of Johannes Reekers the Elder and brother of Hendrik Reekers.