You are beautiful,
don't let anyone fool you --
he says rather wrong.
Je bent geweldig	Du bist wirklich schön,
mooi, laat je niets wijsmaken --	lass dich nur nichts einreden --
zegt hij heel verkeerd.	sagt er ziemlich falsch.

Poem H4767
Amsterdam, 2024-07-13
To order (Gerda Blees) - 2024
Short story "Tot de orde" (in the VPRO broadcasting-guide no. 28-29, 2024)
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2020-2029
Keyword: In love: exploration 
Tribute to: Blees, Gerda 

My very first time,
a little blood came from small --
tears in the sheath ring.
Mijn eerste keer kwam	Mein erstes Mal, Blut
er wat bloed uit de scheurtjes --	aus den kleinen Rissen in --
in de schedekrans.	meinem Scheidenkranz.

Poem H4766
Amsterdam, 2024-07-13
To order (Gerda Blees) - 2024
Short story "Tot de orde" (in the VPRO broadcasting-guide no. 28-29, 2024)
Sheath ring (or: vagina ring) is a better word than hymen (just as in Sweden the word 'slidkrans' was invented to replace 'mödomshinnan')
Collection: Skin-contact
Keyword: Love: intimacy (physical) 
Tribute to: Blees, Gerda 

All the boys there smell
bad, too sweet, well, I can't do --
a thing about that.
Alle jongens daar	Alle Jungs riechen
ruiken vies, te zoet, nou ja --	schlecht, zu süß, tja, dagegen --
daar doe je niets aan.	kann man nichts machen.

Poem S2269
Amsterdam, 2024-07-13
To order (Gerda Blees) - 2024
Short story "Tot de orde" (in the VPRO broadcasting-guide no. 28-29, 2024)
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2020-2029
Keywords: Teenager (growing up), Love: unsure, uncertain 
Tribute to: Blees, Gerda 

He's unsure and can't
do magic, yet he can do --
magical thinking.
Hij is onzeker	Er ist unsicher,
en kan niet toveren, maar --	kann nicht zaubern, kann aber --
wel magisch denken.	sehr magisch denken.

Poem H4829
Amsterdam, 2024-08-04
[Week] 9 (Gerda Blees) - 2022
Poem from the collection "Week"
Collection: Specialities
Keywords: Wish(es), Attention: focus 
Tribute to: Blees, Gerda 

Come visit, they say
invitingly with their mouths --
full of adventures.
Kom toch op bezoek,	Besuche uns mal,
zeggen ze met hun mond vol --	sagen sie mit dem Mund voll --
van avonturen.	von Abenteuern.

Poem H4828
Amsterdam, 2024-08-04
[Week] 4 (Gerda Blees) - 2022
Poem from the collection "Week"
Collection: Passage Passion
Keyword: Stories: experience 
Tribute to: Blees, Gerda