Zywa

Zywa Sleeper dyke

Sleeper dyke, sheep dyke
on the flats, not much happens

Gray on gray the slow breath
of night and day, shreds

of heartbeatless noise and waves
of screaming seagulls, silver-

glare on the sea
the slime trail of a snail

Nowhere blood, just some feathers
shells of past life

and silent sighs from the universe
Without a dyke I would disappear

to nowhere, oh how I ache
for you

Gedicht 1211
Amsterdam, 2017-03-13
Variations II (John Cage)
Fields have ears nr. 1 (Michael Pisaro)
"Variations II" (1961, John Cage)
"Fields have ears" nr. 1 (2010, Michael Pisaro)
Collection: ORG anp ark
Keyword: Emptiness / Void
Composers: Cage, John; Pisaro, Michael

Zywa Quiet middle

In deep repose, my body
in infinite space
in the quiet middle

of the galaxies
slowly around me -
my thoughts stray in time

between the rush hours, loose
between the sounds waving in
between the blowing net curtain

and fading away
Clearly I hear the voice
of a free string

in the rhythms of traffic
in flurries of gamelan and conga
in sound sequences and interludes

on an autumn afternoon
and in front of me in the hall
sits a handsome man

Gedicht 1607
Amsterdam, 2017-11-08
Sonatas and Interludes (John Cage) - 1948
Composition for prepared piano
Collection: ORG anp ark
Keyword: Space
Composer: Cage, John

Repeating circles

of the conductor's arms turn --

time into timeless.



Ronde na ronde
dirigeren de armen --	dirigieren die Arme --
de tijd naar tijdloos.	die Zeit zu zeitlos.

Gedicht H0162
Amsterdam, 2012-01-22
Atlas of the apparent path of the sun (John Cage) - 1962
Composition "Atlas Eclipticalis", performed in the Organpark on January 22nd, 2012, on January 19th, 2019, and on January 15th, 2023
Collection: ORG anp ark
Keyword: Time: eternity
Composer: Cage, John

A sound, here, then there,

the arm of the conductor --

is straight, almost still.



Een geluid, hier, daar,	,
de arm van de dirigent --	der Arm des Dirigenten --
staat recht, bijna stil.	gerade, fast still.

Gedicht H3668
Amsterdam, 2023-01-15
Atlas of the apparent path of the sun (John Cage) - 1962
Composition "Atlas Eclipticalis", performed by Ensemble SPECTRA in the Organpark on January 15^th, 2023
Collection: org ANP ark
Keyword: Music: sound
Composer: Cage, John

Receiving distant

sounds with giant ears, I get --

smaller and smaller.



Met reuzenoren
vang ik verre klanken op --	in meinen Riesenohren --
Ik word steeds kleiner.	machen mich kleiner.

Gedicht H3669
Amsterdam, 2023-01-15
Atlas of the apparent path of the sun (John Cage) - 1962
Radiotelescopes
Composition "Atlas Eclipticalis", performed by Ensemble SPECTRA in the Organpark on January 15^th, 2023
Collection: org ANP ark
Keywords: Music: sound, Universe: explore
Composer: Cage, John

Time is different:

not eternal, it follows --

itself by itself.



Alles is eeuwig,	,
behalve de tijd, die volgt --	außer der Zeit, denn die folgt --
vanzelf op zichzelf.	von selbst auf sich selbst.

Gedicht H3670
Amsterdam, 2023-01-15
Atlas of the apparent path of the sun (John Cage) - 1962
Composition "Atlas Eclipticalis", performed by Ensemble SPECTRA in the Organpark on January 15^th, 2023
Collection: org ANP ark
Keywords: Time: eternity, Time: passing
Composer: Cage, John

I exist! Me too!

And I! Here! I exist here! --

And I? Who hears me?



Ik besta! Ik ook!
En ik! Hier! Hier besta ik! --	Ich auch! Und ich! Hier bin ich! --
En ik? Wie hoort mij?	Und ich? Wer hört mich?

Gedicht H3671
Amsterdam, 2023-01-15
Atlas of the apparent path of the sun (John Cage) - 1962
Composition "Atlas Eclipticalis", performed by Ensemble SPECTRA in the Organpark on January 15^th, 2023
Collection: org ANP ark
Keyword: Attention: exist
Composer: Cage, John

I am in the midst

of relaxed activities --

Here's the good living.



Ik sta middenin
ontspannen bezigheden --	entspannten Tätigkeiten --
Het goede leven.	Das gute Leben.

Gedicht H4515
Amsterdam, 2024-02-11
Variations III (John Cage) - 1962
Composition, performed by ensemble MAZE in the Organpark on February 11^th, 2024
Collection: org ANP ark
Keyword: Happiness (relaxation)
Composer: Cage, John

Vowels fall away:

in my ears the reveries --

come in faltering.



Klinkers vallen weg:	:
in mijn oren haperen --	in meinen Ohren stocken --
de mijmeringen.	die Träumereien.

Gedicht S2657
Amsterdam, 2025-05-10
Eight Whiskus (John Cage) - 1984
Composition for singing voice, version for violin in 1985, performed on May 10th, 2025 in the Organpark by Amarante Nat (singing voice) and Natálie Kulina (violin) - The text is Cage's adaptation of haikus by Chris Mann (with the computer program Mesolist)
Collection: org anp ARK
Keywords: Communication (half, half-hearted), Language: aphasia
Composer: Cage, John

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