The time is the time,

the rest is changing, and so --


we will grow older.


De tijd is de tijd,Die Zeit ist die Zeit,
de rest verandert, en zo --der Rest ändert sich, und so --

worden wij ouder.werden wir älter.

Poem H4650
Amsterdam, 2024-05-28
Things have changed (Bob Dylan) - 2000
Songs "Things have changed" (2000) and "The Times They Are a-Changin' " (1964)
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Time: lifetime 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 


You can't decide yet,

between your tears and the shards:


do you want my love?


Jij weet het nog niet,Du weißt es noch nicht
tussen tranen en scherven:zwischen Tränen und Scherben:

wil je al liefde?willst du schon Liebe?

Poem H2484
Vlissingen, 2019-06-06
Make you feel my love (Bob Dylan) - 1997
Song (album "Time Out of Mind"), in 1997 also sung by Billy Joel and in 2008 by Adele
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Sadness: process 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; Adele 


The shadows are long,

I'm waiting, it's getting dark --


it's coming closer.


Lange schaduwen,Die Schatten sind lang,
ik wacht af, het wordt donker --ich warte, es wird dunkel --

het komt dichterbij.kommt immer näher.

Poem H4581
Amsterdam, 2024-03-25
Not Dark Yet (Bob Dylan) - 1997
Song (album "Time Out of Mind")
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Life: course (end) 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 


With a foot-cuff ball

you can only dream dreams of --


escape and revenge.


Met een voetboei-balMit Fußschelle-Ball
kun je alleen maar dromen --kann man nur Träume träumen --

van vluchten en wraak.von Flucht und Rache.

Poem S2348
Amsterdam, 2024-09-09
Jim Jones (Bob Dylan) - 1992
Australian traditional (album "Good as I been to you")
Collection: Great Flow
Keyword: Freedom: liberation 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 


You burn my letters,

the smoke irritates my eyes --


and it chokes my heart.


Mijn brieven branden,Von meinen Briefen
de rook prikt in mijn ogen --brennt der Rauch in meinen Augen --

en verstikt mijn hart.es erstickt mein Herz.

Poem H1199
Amsterdam, 2015-07-04
When de night comes falling from the sky (Bob Dylan) - 1985
Song (album "Empire burlesque")
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Goodbye: ritual 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 


We pile up power

and build the tallest tower --


Then it collapses.


We stapelen macht,Wir häufen Macht an,
bouwen de hoogste torens --bauen die höchsten Türme --

tot ze instorten.bis sie einstürzen.

Poem S2045
Amsterdam, 2023-12-10
Slow Train (Bob Dylan) - 1979
Song (album "Slow Train Coming")
Collection: Great Flow 
Keywords: Pride: arrogance, Greed 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 



Zywa What are we waiting for?

Is she here, is this the address, or
the end of the world?
Have I been here before?
Tell me how it is!
     Where could she be?

Where can I take shelter from the cutting wind
and what has come over that brass band out there
in the open field? Did she embrace me here
when she let me go, when she said
     Forget Me Not!

I just stand there staring at the door
of that trailer, I smell the wild animals
but nothing happens, is anyone there?
Tell me what we're waiting for
     Who should I contact?

I know I took off my clothes and knelt
among fools on the stalled train, a gypsy
waved a tattered flag and the red light
of his ring was an alarm, on, off, on, off
     It's not a dream, this is real!

I know the people, the game is played hard
and when the time comes, I'm ready
then I'll come right away, and if it's elsewhere
we'll just set fire to it here
     What are we waiting for?

Poem 5395
Amsterdam, 2023-12-09
Señor (Tales of Yankee Power) (Bob Dylan) - 1978
Song, album "Street-Legal"
Collection: Great Flow 
Keywords: Order: chaos, Love: change / end 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 



Zywa Connected and free

Batons so red
batons so red
batons as rigid as the dead
brainless batons
brainless batons rigid of being right
are beating the site
are beating the site with all their might

Heaps of stones
heaps of stones
heaps of rubble and bones
show one more Fall
show one more Fall of powers
burying all
burying all the flowers

Hope reveals
hope reveals
hope reveals and appeals
to you and me
to you and me, we want to be
we want to be
we want to be connected and free

Poem 29
Amsterdam, 2005-08-05
Changing of the guards (Bob Dylan) - 1978
Song (album "Street-Legal")
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Power: violence 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 



Zywa Diamonds

Our relationship faded to some

words loaded with feelings
around a heartful of rust
Beautiful memories

The colour of your eyes

That first time, lost
in each other, together
we found the way

Everything you are good at

that you have to let go anyway
Gifts without pretension
given hand in hand

for the hotel, in falling leaves

Breathing clouds without text
Snowflakes adorn our hair
It might last forever

Poem 837
Amsterdam, 2016-11-20
Diamonds and rust (Joan Baez) - 1975
Song about her relationship with Bob Dylan
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Melancholy (nostalgia) 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; Baez, Joan 



Zywa Keep blossoming

The sky is grey, the wind is cutting
just another day of the adventure
that is life, mine
and yours, of our both

We do not know what awaits us
doing well enough as long as it's getting on
benevolently, we adjust our happiness
we want to open again and again
     and blossom

     Keep blossoming
     keep on blossoming
     keep always blossoming

Whatever goes wrong
whatever our worries are
we look for ways for our wishes
and make plans for spring
     we want to blossom

     Keep blossoming
     keep on blossoming
     keep always blossoming

Today too, we are doing right
and enjoying life
we eat, rest, and give
everything we can give
     all the flowers we can give

     Keep blossoming
     keep on blossoming
     keep always blossoming

Poem 1512
Amsterdam, 2017-08-17
Forever young (Bob Dylan) - 1974
Song (album "Planet Waves")
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Life: lust (take pains) 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 



Zywa Eve

I don't wait for the bus
I'm already on my way
it's the Eve

a little busy in the street
everyone wearing their best
shoes, polished for the feast

Open curtains, tables laid
chuckles and soft music
people will be at home tonight

The candles are dancing around us
the big loaves smell of peace
we have no questions now

The decorated bus
has clean seats
on which no one died

There are pigeons fluttering up
and above the stores, three angels
blowing their buisines

Poem 2112
Amsterdam, 2019-02-21
Three angels (Bob Dylan) - 1970
Song (album "New Morning")
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Peace: social 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 


 

 
Bob Dylan
Beek (Berg en Dal), 1970-04-11
Pencil and ink on paper roll
50x65cm
Collections: , Great Flow 
Keywords: , Portrait 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 
Dedicated to: Jacques A, Jacques A, Jacques A, Jacques A, Jacques A 



Zywa I stay with you

I was supposed to leave
this morning, but I really can't
All I can think about is you
That's what keeps me here

We didn't know each other
we were strangers
to each other, and just
out of nowhere I stayed

with you, as if a fairy
had enchanted us with love
The time to go has passed
and I'm still here

with you, there's nothing else
I need, so I just throw
my plans and problems
away now

Poem 5937
Amsterdam, 2026-02-28
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You (Bob Dylan) - 1969
Song, album "Nashville Skyline"
Collection: Great Flow
Keyword: In love: happiness 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 



Zywa Lie with me

Will you lie with me?
The day was long
the work was dirty, but
I have clean hands
and they are for you
tonight

Can I lie with you
in the big bed?
I will let you feel
who you are, how beautiful
on the outside and deep
inside

Lie with me
we're having a good time
and it never runs out
We have all the happiness
we can wish for
next to us in bed

Poem 5934
Amsterdam, 2026-02-27
Lay Lady Lay (Bob Dylan) - 1969
Song, album "Nashville Skyline"
Collection: Great Flow
Keyword: Love: intimacy (physical) 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 



Zywa I didn't cherish her love

She left me, I hadn't realised
she loved me
and I let her go

I'm that kind of man
who only recognises love
when it's too late

I'm exactly that man
who held the woman who wanted
to stay with him, in his arms and

who was so crazy and stupid
that he didn't cherish her love
and didn't give her his love

and now I sit here alone
knowing what I'm missing
and how it could have been

Poem 5932
Amsterdam, 2026-02-27
I threw it all away (Bob Dylan) - 1969
Song, album "Nashville Skyline"
Song "Als ze er niet is" ("When she's not there", 1994, De Dijk), album "De blauwe schuit" - 'Een man weet niet wat hij mist' ('A man doesn't know what he's missing')
Collection: Great Flow
Keywords: Missing: loved one(s), Regret 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; De Dijk 



Zywa Dear bodyhome

Dear bodyhome, you're everything, don't stop
Hold on, keep going, please do not give up
Just tell me what you want and I'll obey
it's coming, it's already on its way

Dear bodyhome, I do know what I say
Not all or nothing, but a middle way
I will adapt to your capacity
let us continue in sincerity

Dear bodyhome, please trust me, I implore
there'll be no lonely worries anymore
You are the master, I'm your personnel
together we shall manage very well

Poem 2113
Amsterdam, 2019-02-22
Dear landlord (Bob Dylan) - 1967
Song (album "John Wesley Harding"), sung by Joan Baez on the 1968 album "Any Day Now"
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Disease (serious / deadly) 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; Baez, Joan 



Zywa The jester and the thief

There is so much chaos, the jester sighs
and I don't see a way out, but
it shouldn't stay like that!

Everyone lives on their own
Those who have money numb their stress
the others will go down

The upper bosses in their towers
watch it calculatingly
Women and servants come and go

Ah, answers the thief, take it easy
that's just how it goes, you do know that
so spread yourself and laugh about it

Enjoy this evening
just let the wind blow
just let what comes come

Poem 4175
Amsterdam, 2021-12-02
All along the watchtower (Bob Dylan) - 1967
Song (album "John Wesley Harding")
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Together: society 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 


Along the crenels

the watchmen keep walking round --


in their expectance.


Op de torentransDie Zinne entlang
lopen de wachters steeds rond --laufen die Wächter herum --

in hun verwachting.in Erwartungen.

Poem H0098
Julianadorp, 2011-12-26
All along the watchtower (Bob Dylan) - 1968
Song (album "John Wesley Harding")
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Expectation 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 



Zywa Dreaming my dream

I dreamt I saw the Great Soul go
               like a stray dog, truly free
She was walking down the road
               amazed at what She did see
Although her clothes once white were soiled
               her laugh was pure and gay:
Please come and walk a mile with me
               It is a lovely day!

Wait, here I come, I called to Her
               then I woke up thanks to this scream
I longed for peace to come
               and trusted that my dream
shall be dreamt by many sleepers
               at night and during the day
that they will work together
               without violence, profit or delay

I dreamt I saw the Great Soul go
               forever hearty and hale
looking out for free souls
               not sold and not for sale
And weeping softly in my bed
               I knew, I won't be led astray
I felt, from now on, from today
               She will show the way, She'll show the way

Poem 2127
Amsterdam, 2019-02-26
I dreamed I saw Saint Augustine (Bob Dylan) - 1968
Song (album "John Wesley Harding"), also sung by Joan Baez, on the 1968 album "Any Day Now"
Song "I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night" (lyrics 1930, Alfred Hayes)
The Great Soul: [1] of mankind, [2] Gandhi: "Mahatma" = Great Soul = Saint
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Peace: wish 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; Baez, Joan 



Zywa I dreamed of peace tonight

I dreamed of peace tonight
oh dear, I have to hold on tight:
people sharing things together
it's really unpredictable!
But still, whatever I may feel
my dream is clear and real
my dream is clear and real

I dreamed of peace tonight:
love in practice overnight
as if some magic has occurred
without coercion or force majeure
assented by the Privy Seal!
My dream is clear and real
my dream is clear and real

I dreamed of peace tonight
it was there for years alright
often promised, not believed
but persistently conceived:
it's what I fight for, my ideal!
My dream is clear and real
my dream is clear and real

Poem 2051
Amsterdam, 2019-01-23
I dreamed I saw Saint Augustine (Bob Dylan) - 1968
Song (album "John Wesley Harding"), sung by Joan Baez on the 1968 album "Any Day Now"
Song "I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night" (lyrics 1930, Alfred Hayes)
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Peace: wish 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; Baez, Joan 



Zywa Hand in love

Will it be alright, or shall I always
have to make it do, always
holding my man's hand
so that he does not fall?

Will it be alright, or will it
not last?
Is he too just a dupe
of himself?

My first angel
delivered pills, he brought
heaven to the camping site
and soon became a home for me

Celebrating birthdays
with the whole family
Nice and quiet days
My life became mine

The others also flew
like angels high
on my breath, to be free
away, from me, from home

I waited
Come into my arms
Listen to me
Take care of me

Poem 5221
Amsterdam, 2023-05-23
I Shall Be Released (Bob Dylan) - 1967
Song (1967, Bob Dylan, album "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II", 1971), among others sung by The Band (album "Music From Big Pink", 1968) and Joan Baez (album "Any Day Now", 1968)
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Love: care 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; Baez, Joan 
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk, Maria Godschalk, Maria Godschalk, Maria Godschalk, Maria Godschalk 



Zywa We keep nearby far from us

Neighbours at my door
They are as different as
their names and each of us
knows how far he will go
in being helpful

There is no hugging
We make no mistakes with that
We are replaceable, we
don't want to be stuck and
free ourselves from expectations

We keep nearby far from us
We rather love our own kind
of solitude and practise
patience with ourselves
than trust and love

for the strangers
who live next to us
We seek salvation
and we seek it higher up
in irreplaceability

Poem 810
Amsterdam, 2016-10-18
I shall be released (Bob Dylan) - 1967
Song
(Neighbours,) nearby, besides fafra (Family - Friends - Acquaintances)
(Voisins,) avoisinant, en plus de FAC (Famille - Amis - Connaissances)
Story "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters" (1955, Jerome Salinger)
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Neighbourhood 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; Salinger, Jerome 



Zywa The days when he is sweet

When he loves me
I think he is better
than I know him to be
Adventures lure him

He enthusiastically magnifies them
in compelling stories
and our love
he scales down
My friends also
hang on

to the attention they get
on the days when he is sweet
and they don't worry
about what else he's doing

Poem 5141
Amsterdam, 2023-04-30
Love is just a four-letter word (Bob Dylan / Joan Baez) - 1967
Song, not recorded by Bob Dylan; sung by Joan Baez on the 1968 album "Any Day Now"
Collection: Great Flow 
Keywords: Love: flawed, Manly (tough) 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; Baez, Joan 



Zywa Love is just a word

When I was young, I still remember that
I used to wear a broad-brimmed hat
and once, while sunning in the grass I heard
a girl, her voice was singing like a bird
and telling someone stories of their kid
she asked to call more often than he did
though she was doing fine without him, actually
for men are tempted much too willingly
and love is just a word, eventually

I couldn't believe the words she said
and cautiously I moved a bit ahead
to be surprised: I saw, her laugh lay
there next to his, enjoying her day
I wondered what I failed to know
to me this couple seemed to show
that love is like it has to be
much more than just a word, eventually?

That sunny day in spring I went
away not knowing what she meant
but later all my boyfriends taught me
that arms embracing sweetly in the night
as well may hold another woman tight
while whispering I truly love just you
what everyone preferably holds true
to: love is just a word, eventually

Poem 130
Amsterdam, 2009-04-21
Love is just a four-letter word (Bob Dylan / Joan Baez) - 1967
Song, not recorded by Bob Dylan; sung by Joan Baez on the 1968 album "Any Day Now"
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Love: infidelity 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; Baez, Joan 



Zywa Moving along

With flushes of a springtime burn we sat
together on the beach, and I remember that
my little sister wore a fancy hat

Her breast stripped half, for feeding, she
intensely watched the baby on her knee
and with a wink she shared this love with me

She added: being faithful is a free choice

Was this some kind of spoiler
telling love is less than pleasure?
I hardly could believe her

and quickly looked at her husband for a clue
but having no experience, a good thing too
I did not dare to ask: is it true?

Can being faithful really always be a free choice?

I saw the puppies run around and play
saw castle walls, been built and washed away
And red briefs were a flapping flag on top of the day

I lay and thought about what she
had said, and asked myself when would it be
the end of love, inevitably

if being faithful is an option and a free choice

I saw relationships as quite a safe adventure
of looking for a sort of structure
of moving with each other, at the wheel together

but every kiss of love for its eternity
sets out to travel, wants to fly and easily
seduces someone else, occasionally

for being faithful always is a free choice

Poem 103
Amsterdam, 2008-05-04
Love is just a four-letter word (Bob Dylan / Joan Baez) - 1967
Song, not recorded by Bob Dylan; sung by Joan Baez on the 1968 album "Any Day Now"
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Love: fidelity 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; Baez, Joan 



Zywa The wanderer's drum

Darling, don't keep dreaming
of the Madonna I don't want to be
Why

do you put me high
in heaven, just for you
and the children, too good

for others, maybe
for you too, you hesitate
every day to be with me

You'd rather attribute all kinds
of things you ever saw, to me
and you mess up my name

to the beat of your heart
the drum of a wanderer
who secretly married me

Was that the real reason, your wish
to leave your doings
as they were?

Poem 2985
Amsterdam, 2020-05-26
Visions of Johanna (Bob Dylan [Joan Baez]) - 1966
Song about Joan Baez and Sara Lownds (Shirley Noznisky) and Bob Dylan, early 1966
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Love: powerless 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; Baez, Joan 



Zywa Heaven of dissatisfaction

Darling word-artist
you point out what you see
and the facades collapse
it is a miracle that you stand by
People come to it, they want to
believe in you

Darling word-artist
your words confuse you
and haunt you, screaming
from the mouths of people
who want to be redeemed
by you

For hours, they explain each other
what you mean, or they write out
contractual guarantees. You pull
yourself away, with self-mockery
you captivate the people who cheer
It is true what you say

you take yourself too seriously
Why don't you save yourself?
Why do you choose to wander
in your dreams to find
redemption in the heaven
of your dissatisfaction?

Poem 2981
Amsterdam, 2020-05-24
Visions of Johanna (Bob Dylan [Joan Baez]) - 1966
Song about Joan Baez and Bob Dylan
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Identity: image 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; Baez, Joan 



Zywa Does it spark?

My love, why are you still dreaming
of the Madonna I don't want to be?
Why are you standing at the window
with your back to the woman
who wants to take care of you?

Do you see only short circuits
in the depths of the city, car in
car out, while you want a woman
who is above that, averse
to backseat fiddling?

Why do you dream
of escaping? What makes
her nest, my affection a cage?
Why do you dream
of Mona Lisa?

Is there no power there?
Is it only sparking, faintly
somewhere between your belly
and your head? Does it spark
with her too? You hope?

Poem 2978
Amsterdam, 2020-05-23
Visions of Johanna (Bob Dylan [Joan Baez]) - 1966
Song about Joan Baez and Bob Dylan
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: In love: dreamy 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; Baez, Joan 



Zywa Short Street

Hibbing is such a nowhere
bounded for months
by a cold that stops everything
and makes both sides of the street
disappear in snow

The resistance and the dreams
of the teenagers freeze
They keep their clothes on
in bed and have to be content
with ice flowers on the window

The neighbours live too close
to be friends
Grandma is watching them
groceries and curtains
the rain in the sky

In the morning she waves
to Albert who laughs
without teeth, he sniffs
drainpipes and marches
in time with the alphabet

You cannot live here
as a fortune-teller, you are old
within two years after school
then you must have left
or your future is known

Poem 2710
Amsterdam, 2020-02-17
Desolation Row (Bob Dylan) - 1965
Bob Dylan (Duluth, MN, 1941) left Hibbing, MN, in 1959
Song
Collection: Great Flow 
Keywords: Together: society, USA 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 


With their little heart

Casanovas are kissing --


the lonely women.


Met hun kleine hartMit ihrem Herzchen
kussen de Casanova's --küssen die Casanovas --

eenzame vrouwen.einsame Frauen.

Poem S1211
Amsterdam, 2021-08-08
Desolation Row (Bob Dylan) - 1965
Song (album "Highway 61 Revisited")
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Alone: lonely 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 



Zywa Angel of grief

High above the horses' corral, the sun
Cutting in the deserted streets
Shutters closed
No fighters and no smugglers
no silver diggers, no luck

Only angry eyes that have seen her
Men go around with clubs
they comb out all the houses
That angel has to leave

I pull her inside, next to my pounding heart
she kisses me until it is over, the dog is alert
and licks her hand, mama is working
dad drinks all day

We wait for the night
I will go with her
away from here, this is not my home
it is a grave, a hollow stone
on which my name never will be written

Poem 28
Amsterdam, 2005-08-04
Tombstone Blues (Bob Dylan) - 1965
Song (album "Highway 61 revisited")
Tombstone, Arizona (where the "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" took place)
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Foreigners: different 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 


 

 
He not busy being born is busy dying
Gendt, 1970-05-10
Line by Bob Dylan, song "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)", album "Bringing It All Back Home" (1965)
Gloss paint on wall covering
80x30cm
Collections: , Great Flow 
Keywords: , Graphic 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 
Dedicated to: Jacques A, Jacques A, Jacques A, Jacques A, Jacques A 



Zywa Love indivisible

People weigh what is not told
add their regret to what they sold
loving what they've gained to hold
all of them disgusted by their loss

Like that, I do not want to live
all the time there's much to give
if I'm not lazy, rather passive
what chance will bring across

However, let us get it straight
there is no force of Fate
So take deep breaths, just wait
and watch attentively

Let the many winds with their
brushes made of fluffy air
stroke the trees here, there and everywhere
and be content with what you see

Perhaps then your smile may
charm someone in such a magic way
that the one will fall in love to stay
with you in joy and sorrow from that day

Poem 101
Amsterdam, 2008-04-25
Love minus zero / No limit (Bob Dylan) - 1965
Song (album "Bringing it all back home"), also sung by Joan Baez (album "Any Day Now", 1968)
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Love: Give To Be 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; Baez, Joan 


Failures, more success

is not achievable, which --


is not a success.


Mislukkingen zijnMisserfolge, mehr
het hoogst haalbare succes --Erfolg ist nicht erreichbar --

wat geen succes is.Also kein Erfolg.

Poem H1224
Amsterdam, 2015-07-19
Love minus zero / No limit (Bob Dylan) - 1965
Song (album "Bringing it all back home")
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Success 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; Baez, Joan 



Zywa Please come, Angelina

Please come, Angelina
     away from huzzaza hoopla
Take more time for yourself
     when the clockworks accelerate
tuck away safely under
     any vault you create
Please come, Angelina
     there's a fear in the sky
     hear, the winds blow goodbye

Set the order you need
     in a personal journal
which in words of your own
     will be vivid and truthful
never, ever devoured
     by a hurrying hurdle
Please come, Angelina
     there's a storm drawing near
     please come to a sky that is clear

Living slowly will help
     to increase your achievements
while you play with the fairies
     that dance cha-cha-cha movements
on the roofs and the towers
     with their merlons and battlements
Please come, Angelina
     I've heard rumours that sigh
     for a stifling hot sky

On the hands of the clock
     hangs the time bomb of vanity
but the peace in your head
     is releases humanity
Your attention is your wealth
     to enjoy your life happily
Please come, Angelina
     take my heart in your hand
     while the sky burns the land

Poem 2854
Amsterdam, 2020-03-31
Farewell, Angelina (Bob Dylan / Joan Baez) - 1965
Song, sung by Joan Baez on the 1965 album "Farewell Angelina"
Collection: Great Flow 
Keywords: Calm: harmony, Harmony: relaxation 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; Baez, Joan 
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk, Maria Godschalk, Maria Godschalk, Maria Godschalk, Maria Godschalk 



Zywa Hasty farewell

Closing time, the farewell
almost over, the seats free
the table full, the glasses empty

I have to go, I'm leaving
Don't look at me like that, you
old singers in old frames

It's quiet on the street, I'm going
The moon is shining, we are turning
back to the sun already

The dogs stand
The scent of our love
has evaporated

The sheets are cold
Put an extra blanket
over your memory

Poem 5138
Amsterdam, 2023-04-24
Restless farewell (Bob Dylan) - 1964
Song (album "The times they are a-changin' ")
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Goodbye: decision 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; Baez, Joan 



Zywa The Colonelists

The Lieutenant Colonel is a hero
With losses, it is difficult
to live, they shout too many

questions, about contempt
the moaning contempt
of people and the constitution

The winners have lost
Because they are withdrawing
from the plain where there is no food

and the Colonelists are right
they are not bad losers --
in the end they won

But victims do not forget
Their expulsion is being
cut out, cut off, cut down

alive, trapped
in delusions
of blind people believing

they have been chosen
by the One and Only
who cannot lose

Poem 3356
Amsterdam, 2021-01-12
With God on our side (Bob Dylan) - 1964
Song
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Colonialism 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 


Do not count the dead,

remember them and be proud --


Be proud of our God.


Tel de doden niet,Zähl die Toten nicht,
gedenk hen, wees trots op hen --gedenke sie und sei stolz --

Trots op onze God.auf unseren Gott.

Poem H1223
Amsterdam, 2015-07-19
With God on our side (Bob Dylan) - 1964
Song (album "The times they are a-changin' ")
Collection: Great Flow 
Keywords: War: remembrance, Religion: cruelty 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 



Zywa Seven winds

A rickety shack outside the village
 A rickety shack outside the village
 with children crying for mummy
Crying softly, being hungry

Father has no job, no money
 Father has no job, no money
 to lead a decent civil life
not allowed to be useful, only strife

They must go, should not be here
 They must go, should not be here
 So seven boys made up a plan
They each poured oil into a can

No one has seen anything
 No one has seen anything
 The wind conveys no sound, no lore
Perpetrators blocked the cabin door

They went to bed without a word
 They went to bed without a word
 but soon enough their moans were heard
and they furiously fathered another child

Poem 5143
Amsterdam, 2023-04-30
The ballad of Hollis Brown (Bob Dylan) - 1964
Song (album "The Times They Are a-Changin' "), in 1965 performed by Nina Simone (album "Let it all out"
South Dakota, 1962
Collection: Great Flow 
Keywords: Foreigners: chances, Poverty: action 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; Simone, Nina 



Zywa Nine winds

In a country-house outside of town lives Ben's
In a country-house outside of town lives Ben's
family of seven children and some hens

They sell fish and chicken's eggs, at times some game
They sell fish and chicken's eggs, at times some game
They are outcasts, different, just not the same

People draw a line around themselves, a fence
People draw a line around themselves, a fence
for who isn't wíth them, sure will be against

just like him, who breaks the law in many ways
just like him, who breaks the law in many ways
It would be a real disgrace if that man stays!

They should not exist, this garbage family of his!
They should not exist, this garbage family of his!
Men and brethren, who of you will deal with this?

Nine guys, tough and tall, stood up to heed the call
Nine guys, tough and tall, stood up to heed the call
They went out to settle it for once and all

Nine knives, cold and sharpened, stab without a sound
Nine knives, cold and sharpened, stab without a sound
Nine offenders silently leave the poor compound

have out of selfrespect just done their duty right
have out of selfrespect just done their duty right
have fathered a child that very night

Poem 32
Amsterdam, 2005-08-07
The ballad of Hollis Brown (Bob Dylan) - 1964
Song (album "The Times They Are a-Changin' "), in 1965 performed by Nina Simone (album "Let it all out")
South Dakota, 1962
Collection: Great Flow 
Keywords: Foreigners: chances, Poverty: action 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; Simone, Nina 


Nobody knows where

we're going, we are building --


roads to a new time.


Niemand weet waarheenNiemand weiß, wohin
we gaan, we bouwen wegen --es geht, wir bauen Straßen --

naar een nieuwe tijd.zu neuen Zeiten.

Poem H1222
Amsterdam, 2015-07-19
The times they are a-changin (Bob Dylan) - 1964
Song (album "The times they are a-changin")
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Future: direction 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 


Step aside! Don't speak

of what you don't understand --


This road is our road!


Ga opzij! Zeg nietsBeiseite! Sag nichts
over wat je niet begrijpt --über das, was du nicht weißt --

Dit is onze weg!Es ist unser Weg!

Poem H1221
Amsterdam, 2015-07-19
The times they are a-changin' (Bob Dylan) - 1964
Song (album "The times they are a-changin' ")
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Change: revolution 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 


I shall let you in,

into my dream if you will --


kiss me in your dream.


Ik laat jou binnenIch lass dich rein in
in mijn droom als jij mij wilt --meinem Traum, wenn du mich willst --

kussen in jouw droom.küssen in deinem.

Poem H1220
Amsterdam, 2015-07-19
Talkin' World War III blues (Bob Dylan) - 1963
Song (album "The freewheelin' Bob Dylan")
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: In love: exploration 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 


Yet there are answers

to all the silent questions --


Pick them from the wind!


Er zijn antwoordenEs gibt Antworten
op alle stille vragen --auf alle stillen Fragen --

Pluk ze uit de wind!Pflück sie aus dem Wind!

Poem H1219
Amsterdam, 2015-07-19
Blowin' in the wind (Bob Dylan) - 1963
Song (album "The freewheelin' Bob Dylan")
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Ethics: conscience 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 


There's a compass rose

in the sand, raise your finger:


what wind is blowing?


Windroos in het zand;Kompassrose im Sand;
ik steek mijn vinger op, vraag --ich hebe meinen Finger:

welke wind er waait.welcher Wind weht jetzt?

Poem H0243
Amsterdam, 2012-03-13
Blowin' in the wind (Bob Dylan) - 1963
Song (album "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan")
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Knowledge: research 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 



Zywa Stumble songs

We dance, do sports
we cycle and we sing
along with the songs

of our life, as long as we
don't pay attention to the words
Otherwise we would stumble

through the blow of the message
or over our thoughts
about the sung sorrow

or the clumsiness
of the lyrics, how possibly
has the singer learned them by heart?

And that it is such a lucky coincidence
if you find a matching partner
in love and profession

as if we are space travellers
with a mass far too small
to attract each other

Poem 828
Amsterdam, 2016-11-11
Protest songs by Bob Dylan
Collection: Great Flow 
Keyword: Music: song 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 


Time does not change, it

always remains what it is --


Only man changes.


De tijd is altijdDie Zeit ändert sich
hetzelfde, veranderen --nicht, sie bleibt, was sie ist; nur --

doet alleen de mens.der Mensch ändert sich.

Poem H6337
Amsterdam, 2026-06-24
Reflection (Bob Dylan) - 2026
Bob Dylan published a reflection on life as an eighty-year-old in the New York Times on June 14th, 2026, at the request of that newspaper
Collection: Great Flow
Keywords: Time: passing, Change: process 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 


Wisdom is having

seen and having faced that lives --


are repetitions.


Wijsheid is gezienIch hab gesehen
en ingezien hebben, dat --und eingesehen, dass sich --

alles zich herhaalt.alles wiederholt.

Poem H6336
Amsterdam, 2026-06-24
Reflection (Bob Dylan) - 2026
Bob Dylan published a reflection on life as an eighty-year-old in the New York Times on June 14th, 2026, at the request of that newspaper
Collection: Great Flow
Keywords: Lifestream (motion), Wisdom 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 


All our clocks create

the illusion that things can --


be under control.


Klokken scheppen deDie Illusion der
illusie, dat iets onder --Uhr ist, dass etwas unter --

controle kan zijn.Kontrolle sein kann.

Poem S3191
Amsterdam, 2026-06-24
Reflection (Bob Dylan) - 2026
Bob Dylan published a reflection on life as an eighty-year-old in the New York Times on June 14th, 2026, at the request of that newspaper
Collection: Great Flow
Keyword: Order: society 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 


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