I walk alone through the country
where they murdered my mother
incited by the political valets
of big business, our country
which shapes my thoughts
and hides my longing body
and your longing body
under collective fear
which is still held hostage
by the many-headed dragon of
the arrogant screamers who drive
us into war in their interests
which leaves me standing alone
next to the barracks and the new
golf course of the businessmen, I call
upon all the wise men, saints and angels
in the midst of the whirlwind
of suffering that does not exist
in the mouths of the spokesmen -
made invisible by their breath
Gedicht 5613 Amsterdam, 2025-02-24 Wichita Vortex Sutra (Allen Ginsberg) - 1966 Poem "Wichita Vortex Sutra" (collection "Planet News", 1968) Philip Glass composed accompanying piano music in 1988 Collection: PumicePieces Keywords: Power: wealth, Fear: violence Tribute to: Ginsberg, Allen Composer: Glass, Philip
Zywa
Train
Holiday on sandals
counting my steps
in the soft sand
along the bay
one two three four
one two three four
one two three four five six
seven eight
from fingers to abacus and further
to formulas and then their simplification
E = mc2
two three four one
two three four
one two
one two three
one two three three
the shifting sound
of voices and waves
crystal clear on the beach
34 years later
Gedicht 798 Amsterdam, 2016-09-30 Einstein on the beach (Philip Glass) Dual Synthesis (Tristan Perich) - 1976 Albert Einstein, Long Island Sound 1939
Dual Synthesis (2009/2011, Tristan Perich, for harpsichord and electronica, performed in the Organparc on September 30th, 2016) Einstein on the beach (1976, Philip Glass, in part performed by the Attacca Ensemble in the Organparc on October 11th, 2009) Collection: ORG anp ark Keyword: Music: dance, rhythm Composers: Glass, Philip; Perich, Tristan
Zywa
Evenings are obligatory
Evenings are obligatory
if possible with love
to push the bustle out
of our day head
Like couples at the weekend
in the evening in the park
leaning against each other
folding their hands
in the hands of the other
in the light of the moon
There's nothing to add to their hearts
although she eventually asks him kiss me
Gedicht 807 Amsterdam, 2016-10-17 Two lovers on a park bench (Samuel Johnson /Philip Glass) - 1976 After: "Two lovers on a park bench" (1976, Samuel Johnson) - from: "Einstein on the beach" (1976, Philip Glass) Collection: It takes a lot of tries to make a début Keyword: In love: exploration Tribute to: Johnson, Samuel Composer: Glass, Philip
Early spring morning:
awakening, opening --
up, breathing. Living!
Lentemorgenstond:
:
ontwaken, zich openen --
erwachen, sich öffnen, tief --
ademen. Leven!
durchatmen. Leben!
Gedicht H6253 Amsterdam, 2026-05-17 Opening (Philip Glass) - 1981 Composition for piano, performed on May 17th, 2026 at the Organpark, by Lavinia Meijer (harp), and Johan Luijmes (organ) Collection: org anp ARK Keywords: Morning, Spring Composer: Glass, Philip
Busy people have
to watch at high and slow speed --
to see who they are.
De drukke mens moet
versneld en vertraagd kijken --
und langsamer schauen, um --
om zichzelf te zien.
sich selbst zu sehen.
Gedicht S1975 Amsterdam, 2023-10-24 Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio /Philip Glass) - 1982 Film, edited to the music composed for it by Philip Glass Collection: Mosaic virus Keyword: Awareness: volatile / fragments Tribute to: Reggio, Godfrey Composer: Glass, Philip
The alarm lights beep,
and we see: our turbo lives --
are falling apart.
De lampjes piepen,
,
we zien ons turboleven --
unser Turbo-Leben fällt --
uit elkaar vallen.
schon auseinander.
Gedicht S1976 Amsterdam, 2023-10-24 Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio /Philip Glass) - 1982 Film, edited to the music composed for it by Philip Glass Ko Yaa Nis Qatsi = Crazy life, life in turmoil, life disintegrating, life out of balance, a state of life that calls for another way of living Collection: Mosaic virus Keyword: Decay Tribute to: Reggio, Godfrey Composer: Glass, Philip
Zywa
Metamorphosis
Those who haven't seen me in years
have missed the gradual transition
like mad people have forgotten their past
and continue to live as someone else
Plenty of witnesses, all
with different explanations
of who I was, what I did then
and how that was possible
What do you think, do I still
have the cheeks of a young god
and am I also the faces I pull
and the man you don't see?
Do you have to be a Vanessa - a
butterfly who knows transformation -
to have an eye for life-
long-lasting metamorphoses?
Gedicht 5607 Amsterdam, 2025-02-17 Metamorphosis One/Two/Three/Four/Five (Philip Glass) - 1988 Metamorphosis = shapeshifting, transformation Compositions "Metamorphosis One/Two/Three/Four/Five" for piano (1988, Philip Glass) Vanessa is the name of a genus of butterflies (In advance) For Florentin W's birthday Collection: The Yellow House Museum Keyword: Change: process Composer: Glass, Philip Dedicated to: Florentin dK
Through ever wider
beds, rippling water rolls down --
the mountain, dancing.
Kabbelend water
rolt door groene beddingen --
rollt durch grüne Betten den --
dansend de berg af.
Berg hinab und tanzt.
Gedicht H6257 Amsterdam, 2026-05-17 Metamorphosis II (Philip Glass) - 1988 Composition for piano, performed on May 17th, 2026 at the Organpark, by Lavinia Meijer (harp), and Johan Luijmes (organ) Composition for the film "The thin blue line" (1988, Errol Morris) Collection: org anp ARK Keyword: Earth: planet Composer: Glass, Philip