The entrance door is
locked and barred, the other door --
is its reflection.
De toegangsdeur is
op slot, de andere deur --	verschlossen, die zweite Tür --
is haar spiegelbeeld.	ist ihr Spiegelbild.

Gedicht S2399
Amsterdam, 2024-10-07
Astronomy (Sandy Pearlman / Blue Öyster Cult) - 1974
Song (lyrics Sandy Pearlman, based on a poem by him), Blue Öyster Cult, album "Secret Treaties"
Bundel: Within the walls
Keyword: Power: compulsion 
Tribute to: Blue Oyster Cult; Pearlman, Sandy 

Our eternal love
started to blow and then it --
flew out of the bed.
Onze eeuwige
liefde begon te waaien --	begann zu wehen und flog --
en vloog het bed uit.	aus unserem Bett.

Gedicht S2400
Amsterdam, 2024-10-07
(Don't Fear) The Reaper (Donald Roeser / Blue Öyster Cult) - 1976
Song (lyrics Donald Roeser [Buck Dharma]), Blue Öyster Cult, album "Agents of Fortune"
Bundel: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1960-1979
Keyword: Love: unsure, uncertain 
Tribute to: Blue Oyster Cult; Roeser, Donald 

Well, I know better,
I ignore the lies, only --
the whispering counts.
Ik weet wel beter,	,
leugens negeer ik, alleen --	Lügen ignoriere ich --
het gefluister telt.	nur Geflüster zählt.

Gedicht H4963
Amsterdam, 2024-10-07
The Vigil (Donald and Sandra Roeser / Blue Öyster Cult) - 1979
Song (lyrics Donald [Buck Dharma] and Sandra Roeser), Blue Öyster Cult, album "Mirrors"
Bundel: Specialities
Keyword: Reason: and feelings 
Tribute to: Blue Oyster Cult; Roeser, Donald 

The war continues
in my dreams, I am naked --
and I'm unarmed.
De oorlog duurt voort
in mijn dromen, ik ben bloot --	in meinem Traum, ich bin nackt --
en ongewapend.	und unbewaffnet.

Gedicht S2401
Amsterdam, 2024-10-07
Veteran of the Psychic Wars (Michael Moorcock / Blue Öyster Cult) - 1981
Song (lyrics Michael Moorcock), Blue Öyster Cult, album "Fire of Unknown Origin"
Bundel: Within the walls
Keyword: War: trauma 
Tribute to: Blue Oyster Cult; Moorcock, Michael 

I see a scarecrow
in the misty rain, he waves --
and I wave back.
Vogelverschrikker
in de regenmist, hij zwaait --	Regennebel, er winkt und --
en ik zwaai terug.	ich winke zurück.

Gedicht H4964
Amsterdam, 2024-10-07
Out of the darkness (Blue Öyster Cult) - 2001
Song (Eric Bloom, Danny Miranda, Donald Roeser [Buck Dharma], John Shirley), Blue Öyster Cult, album "Curse of the Hidden Mirror"
Bundel: Actively Passive
Keywords: Illusions: perception, Rain / Hail 
Tribute to: Blue Oyster Cult