Zywa

The jinns: a man looks

in the mirror and he sees --

the back of his head.



De djinns: een man kijkt	Die Dschinns: ein Mann schaut
in de spiegel en hij ziet --	in den Spiegel und er sieht --

daar zijn achterhoofd.	seinen Hinterkopf.

Poem S2151
Amsterdam, 2024-03-13
Two Years Eight Months & Twenty-Eight Nights (Salman Rushdie) - 2015
Novel "Two Years Eight Months & Twenty-Eight Nights" (which is 1001 nights), chapter 4 "The Strangenessses"
Painting "La réproduction interdite" ("Not to be reproduced", 1937, René Magritte)
Collection: Wind
Keyword: Spirit / Ghost(s)
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman; Magritte, René

Zywa Companions

Not a path, but an abyss
Cold wind, threatening clouds
It is inhospitable here

Diagonally in front of me
black leaves crunch open
Straight from the ground

Owls grow from them
they inflate themselves
thoughtful as they are

As if they could fly
they are close to the edge
to keep me from a false step

Behind me, I hear them
shrivel
When I look back quickly

the remnants pretend nothing
is going on, but if I do it calmy
they are completely gone

Poem 3372
Amsterdam, 2021-01-16
The companions of fear (René Magritte) - 1942
Painting "Les compagnons de la peur"
Collection: Wind
Keyword: Fear: vague
Tribute to: Magritte, René
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk, Maria Godschalk, Maria Godschalk, Maria Godschalk, Maria Godschalk

Zywa Innocent malediction

My clouds, my thoughts
my volatile innocence free
in blue, being there for a moment
as a passing question
whether the blue is what I think of it
or that it damns my wishes

The familiar blue
encloses me, encloses everything
as a heaven around the earth
as the promise that I too
am included in the big
forever

although it is empty
thus passing
the utmost judgment, on
my vain thoughts
my religious illusion
that it is all

Poem 4378
Amsterdam, 2022-03-14
The malediction (René Magritte) - 1960
Painting "La malediction" (version 1960)
Collection: Secrets & Believers
Keyword: Heaven / Sky / Hell
Tribute to: Magritte, René

My fortress of hope

breaks free from the oppression --

of the mountain range.



De burcht van mijn hoop	Meine Hoffnungsburg
breekt los uit de beklemming --	bricht los aus der Beklemmung --

van het bergmassief.	der Gebirgskette.

Poem H4613
Amsterdam, 2024-04-27
The castle of the Pyrenees (René Magritte) - 1959
Paintings "Le château des Pyrénées" (1959 and 1964 versions)
Collection: Untwisted
Keywords: Freedom: mental, Hope (active)
Tribute to: Magritte, René

Zywa No way back

I didn't even live by a river
yet again I stare into the distance

at nothing, at the water
that cannot choose either

where it ends up
over which toxic grounds
and prickly expectations
diluted, frozen or eaten
by a thousand kilometers of sun

Black wings of homesickness
grow on my shoulders

but I know I'm covered
by the lion of my duties

to people like me
who once left somewhere
dreaming, to learn
that there is no way back
to their youth

Poem 3374
Amsterdam, 2021-01-16
Homesickness (René Magritte) - 1941
Painting "Le mal du pays"
Collection: Greeting from before
Keyword: Home: bygone / homesickness
Tribute to: Magritte, René

Socialists hand out

the best quality of shoes --

and boots to bare feet.



Socialisten	Sozialisten
delen goede schoenen uit --	verteilen derbe Schuhe --

aan blote voeten.	an nackte Füße.

Poem H4614
Amsterdam, 2024-04-27
The Red Model (René Magritte) - 1935
Paintings "Le modèle rouge" (seven versions 1935-1964)
Collection: Untwisted
Keywords: Together: contribution / social, Poverty: action
Tribute to: Magritte, René

Fire is not itself,

it's a licking wonder that --

leaves silence behind.



Vuur is zichzelf niet,	Feuer ist nicht es
is een likkend wonder dat --	selbst, ist ein Wunder, leckt und --

stilte achterlaat.	hinterlässt Stille.

Poem H4612
Amsterdam, 2024-04-27
The discovery of fire (René Magritte) - 1935
Painting "La découverte du feu" (1935 version)
Collection: Untwisted
Keywords: Nature: violence, Silence (pause)
Tribute to: Magritte, René

We send each other

nice images of ourselves:

"This isn't me", is it?



We sturen elkaar	Wir schicken wunder-
mooie beelden van onszelf:	schöne Bilder von uns selbst:

"Dit ben ik", nietwaar?	"Dies bin ich", oder?

Poem S2113
Amsterdam, 2024-02-05
The Treachery of Images (René Magritte) - 1929
Painting "La trahison des images" - "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" ("This Is Not a Pipe")
Collection: I am
Keyword: Identity: image
Tribute to: Magritte, René

The air is jingling

in three voices up there, and --

new worlds open up.



Driestemmig rinkelt	In drei Stimmen klirrt
de lucht, er openen zich --	die Luft, da eröffnen sich --

nieuwe werelden.	ganz neue Welten.

Poem H4611
Amsterdam, 2024-04-27
The voice of the air / The Voice of Space (René Magritte) - 1928
Paintings "La voix des airs" (1928 and 1931 versions) - giant jingle bells
Collection: Untwisted
Keyword: Fantasy: imagination
Tribute to: Magritte, René

The voice of the winds
Beek (Berg en Dal), 1971-12-27
The voice of the air / The Voice of Space (René Magritte) - 1928
Paintings "La voix des airs" by René Margritte (1928 and 1931 versions) - giant jingle bells
Oil paint on paper roll
50x65cm
Collection:
Keyword: Fantasy: imagination
Tribute to: Magritte, René
Dedicated to: Jacques A, Jacques A, Jacques A, Jacques A, Jacques A

Zywa The new world

A hot air balloon hung motionless
in the sky, we stepped out
of the vintage car

by some inventory
on the cobblestones
behind us, my older self stood

on the iron bridge watching
how we and the dog looked
around in the new world

which rose
half-dreamed, half in brick
from the mist of the old

Belgian land beneath
the clouds of time
and the threat

of the wind that will
blow away everything
dear to us

Poem 5998
Amsterdam, 2026-04-28
Lothar Wolleh (Berlin 1930-1979) took the photo "René and Georgette Magritte with their dog after the war" in their home in Brussels in 1967
Paul Simon released the album "Hearts and Bones" in 1983, with the song "René and Georgette Magritte with their dog after the war"; on the website songlexicon.com there is an illustration with this song, inspired by the photo from Lothar Wolleh and by Margritte's work
Collection: New Ago
Keywords: Future: unknown, Belgium, Temporality
Tribute to: Magritte, René; Simon, Paul

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