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The army shoots at medics, at bringers
of food and at the voices crying
to report on it

The army shoots at children
it drove from their homes
or lets starve there

The army shoots at refugees
tortures their bodies and their despair
kills their vital organs

The army shoots at everyone
in no man's land
until no one is left there

and none of the spectators
have to do anything anymore
because it is over

Poem 6057
Amsterdam, 2026-06-15
2nd round (Lieke Marsman) - 2026
Poem "2e ronde", about freedom of speech (collection "De dichter en de duivel" ["The poet and the devil"] )
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
Keywords: Violence: annihilation, Palestina, Passivity: no conflict 
Tribute to: Marsman, Lieke 



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Fear without thoughts, the mind
goes like a pack-mule
into the scorched earth -- there's nothing
to cogitate on now.
Irreversible facts around us.

Hope is an alchemist: the densest stone
unseals it. As out of an egg: a small
feather pack, still bloodied, frail.
The first resistance becomes the loudest protest.
A new world is possible.

Poem 4590
Amsterdam, 2022-07-19
Europa 2022 (Lieke Marsman) - 2022
Poem by Lieke Marsman (February 24th, 2022, Russia invades Ukraine)
Translation competition "Nederland vertaalt" ("The Netherlands translates") in the context of the "European Day of Languages" (September 26th, 2022)

Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009 
Keyword: War: resistance 
Tribute to: Marsman, Lieke 


After stapling closed

my veins, I'll never forget --


what my blood type is.


Na het dichtnietenSeit der Klammerung
van mijn aders leerde ik --meiner Venen kenne ich --

wat mijn bloedgroep is.meine Blutgruppe.

Poem H4721
Amsterdam, 2024-06-20
Kings, chicks (Lieke Marsman) - 2021
Poem "Koningen, kuikens" (collection "In mijn mand")
Collection: Glimpsed
Keyword: Body: functioning 
Tribute to: Marsman, Lieke 


Thinking about death,

I turn what is terrible --


into bittersweet.


Denkend aan de doodDenkend an den Tod,
kan ik wat vreselijk is --mache ich das Schreckliche --

bitterzoet maken.zu Bittersüßem.

Poem H4720
Amsterdam, 2024-06-20
Universal aesthetics - 2 (Lieke Marsman) - 2021
Poem "Universele esthetiek" - 2 (collection "In mijn mand")
Collection: After the festivities
Keywords: Reason: and feelings, Death: mortal fear 
Tribute to: Marsman, Lieke 


For minorities,

equal rights begin again --


and again at Start.


GelijkwaardigheidDie Gleichheit beginnt
begint voor minderheden --für Minderheiten immer --

steeds opnieuw bij Start.wieder im Startfeld.

Poem S2226
Amsterdam, 2024-06-20
Play (Lieke Marsman) - 2020
Poem "Spelen", for the Amsterdam Gay Pride 2020, published in the collection "In mijn mand" (2021)
Collection: Truder
Keyword: Equality: inequality 
Tribute to: Marsman, Lieke 


The theatres close,

maybe we'll see that again --


in a film series.


Theaters sluiten,Theater schließen,
misschien zien we dat nog eens --vielleicht sehen wir das noch-

in een filmserie.mal als Filmreihe.

Poem S2225
Amsterdam, 2024-06-20
Belated parliamentary questions (Lieke Marsman) - 2020
Poem "Verlate kamervragen", for the "Occupied City" project (lockdown due to covid-19), published in the collection "In mijn mand" (2021)
Collection: Within the walls
Keywords: Art (value), Covid-19 
Tribute to: Marsman, Lieke 


Real angels look down

on us and sternly say us:


get in the basket!


Echte engelenEchte Engel schau-
kijken op ons neer, zeggen --en auf uns herab, sagen --

ons streng: in de mand!uns streng: in den Korb!

Poem S2227
Amsterdam, 2024-06-20
In my basket (Lieke Marsman) - 2019
Poem, published in the Gids (nr.6, 2019) and in the collection "In mijn mand" (2021)
Collection: No wonder
Keywords: Angel / Devil, Identity: self-image 
Tribute to: Marsman, Lieke 


Is it a secret,

that I might have one, and I --


therefore don't know it?


Is het een geheim,Ist es geheim, dass
dat ik er misschien een heb --ich ein Geheimnis habe --

en het dus niet weet?es also nicht weiß?

Poem S1160
Amsterdam, 2021-04-21
I hate the storm, I love the storm (Lieke Marsman) - 2015
Poem "Ik haat de storm, ik houd van de storm" (magazine "Das Magazin" #12, January 2015, theme Solo)
Collection: Shelter
Keyword: Secret 
Tribute to: Marsman, Lieke 


Only the reader

knows what my best sentence is --


He draws a mark there.


Alleen de lezerNur der Leser weiß,
weet wat mijn mooiste zin is --was mein schönster Satz ist, da --

Daar zet hij een streep.zieht er einen Strich.

Poem H4719
Amsterdam, 2024-06-20
Wednesday - 5 (Lieke Marsman) - 2010
Poem "Woensdag" - 5 (collection "Wat ik mijzelf graag voorhoud")
Collection: WriteWiser signage
Keyword: Art (beauty) 
Tribute to: Marsman, Lieke 


The night is over,

I still dance in the café --


on the shards of glass.


De nacht is voorbij,Die Nacht ist vorbei,
ik dans nog in het café --ich tanze noch im Café --

op de glasscherven.auf den Glasscherben.

Poem H4718
Amsterdam, 2024-06-20
Wednesday - 4 (Lieke Marsman) - 2010
Poem "Woensdag" - 4 (collection "Wat ik mijzelf graag voorhoud", 2010)
Poem "Universele esthetiek" - 1 ("Universal aesthetics" - 1, 2021, collection "In mijn mand")

Collection: After the festivities
Keywords: Joy, Dance 
Tribute to: Marsman, Lieke 


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