As long as we live,

we'll party another last --


day after last day.


Zolang we levenWir leben, feiern
feesten we nog een laatste --noch einen letzten Tag nach --

dag na laatste dag.einem letzten Tag.

Poem S3109
Amsterdam, 2026-03-21
Alabama Song (Bertolt Brecht / Kurt Weill) - 1927
Composition "Mahagonny Suite", part 'moderato assai', "Alabama Song" (arrangement Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg, adapted by Wijnand van Klaveren; lyrics Bertolt Brecht, English translation 1925, Elisabeth Hauptmann), performed in the Organpark on March 21st, 2026, by Arno Bornkamp (saxophone), Laurens de Man (piano), and the Utrecht String Quartet: Eeva Koskinen and Katherine Routley (violin), Sebastian Koloski (violoncello), and Harke Wiersma (double bass)
Collection: org anp ARK 
Keywords: Life: stall, Reason: ignore 
Tribute to: Brecht, Bertolt 
Composer: Weill, Kurt 


In difficult years

there is too much time at night --


on any high bridge.


In zware jarenIn schweren Jahren
is er 's nachts veel te veel tijd --gibt es nachts viel zu viel Zeit --

op de hoge brug.auf der Hochbrücke.

Poem S1077
Amsterdam, 2020-11-03
About the suicide (Bertolt Brecht) - 1939
Lyrics "Über den Selbstmoord"
Collection: VacantVoid
Keyword: Death: salvation 
Tribute to: Brecht, Bertolt 



Zywa Witches from Lilith

The witch in me sleeps
in velvet sheets, she seduces
my dear husband into chores
in our own little house on the banks
of the Mississippi in Louisiana

earned on my own
out of the lusts of men
I was popular, I enjoyed
all my sins as long
as I needed them

for there's no success
in settling the slogan
in which nobody believes
except my dear husband
who doesn't want to lose me

We will share and share alike
without greed or anger
without gluttony and jealousy
I'll only keep the luxury
of laziness a little longer

Poem 4597
Amsterdam, 2022-07-25
The seven deadly sins (Bertolt Brecht) - 1933
Ballet "Die Sieben Todsünden"
Pride (superbia), greed (avaritia), anger (ira), gluttony (gula), envy (invidia), lust (luxuria), sloth (acedia)

Collection: The drama
Keyword: Wish(es) 
Tribute to: Brecht, Bertolt 


The death penalty

for resistance! So, resist --


or you deserve it!


Er staat de doodstrafDie Todesstrafe
op verzet! Verzet je dus --für Widerstand! Wehre dich --

of je verdient die!sonst verdienst du sie!

Poem S3239
Amsterdam, 2026-08-25
The Measures Taken (Bertolt Brecht / Hanns Eisler) - 1930
Drama play "Die Maßnahme" (music Hanns Eisler) - Precisely those who did not resist (against Stalin's terror against the Jews) deserve the death penalty (So precisely the Jews as well?)
Collection: Truder
Keywords: Resistance, Paradox / Koan 
Tribute to: Brecht, Bertolt 


The rich people feed

each other, so the hungry --


have to do the same.


De rijken voedenReichen speisen sich
elkaar, de hongerigen --gegenseitig, Hungrigen --

moeten dat dus ook.müssen das auch tun.

Poem S1897
Amsterdam, 2023-09-06
(Bertolt Brecht) - 1930
Bertolt Brecht, quoted in the poem "Die hiefel en die fiefel" ("Ole and Axel", Antjie Krog, collection "Verweerskrif" ["Body bereft", 2006])
Collection: Wean Di
Keywords: Elite, Poverty: practice 
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie; Brecht, Bertolt 



Zywa Berlin Lights

For walking in the neighbourhood
a little bit of sun will do
but for Berlin that is not good
enough to get a detailed view
It's vast, it's quite an area there
a capital beyond compare
To show it well you will need lots
of lamps with lots and lots of watts
Well, tell me, tell me
what is there to see?

Turn on the lights
present us these delights
Turn on the lights
we close our mouths and open our eyes
Turn on the lights
to let us take the sights
what of it is: Berlin Lights

Poem 5258
Amsterdam, 2023-07-19
Berlin Lights (Bertolt Brecht) - 1928
Song "Berlin im Licht", for the exhibition of the same name in October 1928)
Translation contest "The Netherlands translates"

Collection: Reaching out
Keywords: City (crowded), Berlin 
Tribute to: Brecht, Bertolt 


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