Free the world! Weapons

out! People are man enough --


for non-violence!


Wapens de wereldWaffen aus der Welt:
uit: mensen zijn mans genoeg --Menschen sind Manns genug für --

voor geweldloosheid!Gewaltlosigkeit!

Poem H4674
Amsterdam, 2024-06-04
The Hammer of God (Arthur C. Clarke) - 1992
Short story
End of the NRA (National Rifle Association) in the USA
Cartoon "Geen nieuwe kernwapens in Europa" (1981, "No new nuclear weapons in Europe") by Opland (Rob Wout)

Collection: Human excess
Keyword: Violence: non-violence 
Tribute to: Clarke, Arthur C; Opland 


The Chrislam movement

agrees only about God --


not about people.


Alleen over GodChrislam einigt sich
is de Chrislam het eens, niet --nur über Gott, nicht aber --

over de mensen.über die Menschen.

Poem S2210
Amsterdam, 2024-06-04
The Hammer of God (Arthur C. Clarke) - 1992
Short story
Chrislam: Religious movements in southwestern Nigeria, especially in the 1970s

Collection: Human excess
Keyword: Religion: God(s) 
Tribute to: Clarke, Arthur C 


No human survives

Jupiter, for that you have --


to be a machine.


Geen mens overleeftKein Mensch überlebt
Jupiter, daarvoor moet je --Jupiter, dafür muss man --

een machine zijn.ein Roboter sein.

Poem H4679
Amsterdam, 2024-06-06
A Meeting with Medusa (Arthur C. Clarke) - 1971
Story, § 8. Between two worlds
Collection: Human excess
Keyword: Universe: explore 
Tribute to: Clarke, Arthur C 


The gigantic wheels

of light emerge from the sea --


like super spaceships.


De wielen van lichtHelle Lichträder
duiken vanuit de zee op --tauchen aus dem Meer auf, wie --

als ruimteschepen.Superraumschiffe.

Poem H4678
Amsterdam, 2024-06-06
For Your Information (Willy Ley) - 1962
Column in Galaxy magazine, published in August 1962, included in the collection "Willy Ley's For Your Information: On Earth and in the Sky" (1967), about the 'Wheels of Poseidon', plankton-patterns of acoustic pressure waves in the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf
Story, § 5. The Wheels of Poseidon (1971, Arthur C. Clarke)

Collection: Held True
Keyword: Animals: plankton 
Tribute to: Clarke, Arthur C; Ley, Willy 


Oh dear, the mother

of all earworms completely --


took over his brain.


Helaas, de moederAuwei, die Mutter
aller oorwurmen nam zijn --aller Ohrwürmer hat sein --

hersenen over.Gehirn annektiert.

Poem S2211
Amsterdam, 2024-06-05
The Ultimate Melody (Arthur C. Clarke) - 1957
Short story
Collection: Human excess
Keyword: Brain: reason 
Tribute to: Clarke, Arthur C 


I am curious

and break the glass, it turns out --


to be an alarm.


Uit nieuwsgierigheidIch zerbreche das
breek ik het glas, dan blijkt het --Glas aus Neugier, dann löst es --

een alarm te zijn.einen Alarm aus.

Poem H4677
Amsterdam, 2024-06-05
The Sentinel (Arthur C. Clarke) - 1951
Short story
Collection: Human excess
Keyword: Curiosity: secret / world 
Tribute to: Clarke, Arthur C 


There the waxing Earth

is low in the sky, lying --


in its starry crib.


Boven de einderDort, über die Kimm
ligt de wassende Aarde --liegt der Planet Erde in --

in haar sterrenwieg.der Sternenwiege.

Poem H4676
Amsterdam, 2024-06-05
The Sentinel (Arthur C. Clarke) - 1951
Short story
Collection: Human excess
Keywords: Universe: all, Earth: planet 
Tribute to: Clarke, Arthur C 


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