Searching for the truth,
you miss the short way: looking --
inside someone's head.
Wie de waarheid zoekt,	Die Wahrheitssuche
mist de kortste weg: kijken --	vermisst den kürzesten Weg:
in andermans hoofd.	in den Kopf schauen.

Poem H2943
Amsterdam, 2021-04-26
Professor T (Paul Piedfort) - 2018
Privacy is a premise for humanity
"Professor T" (police series 2015-2018 by Paul Piedfort; season 3, episode 12, "Queen Olivia")
Big Brother (novel "1984", George Orwell)
Collection: Truder
Keyword: Privacy 
Tribute to: Piedfort, Paul; Orwell, George 

Quickly through the gates:
don't let the scissors of state --
decapitate you.
Snel de poortjes door:	Schnell durch die Tore:
laat de scharen van de staat --	lass dich nicht von der Schere --
je niet onthoofden.	des Staates köpfen.

Poem H6237
Amsterdam, 2026-05-10
1984 (George Orwell) - 1949
Novel "nineteen eighty-four", part 1, shopkeeper Charrington explains the children's song "Oranges and Lemons" ("The Bells of St. Clement's") to Winston Smith
The two children forming a gate try to clamp the head of the child walking underneath between their arms; this is exactly how the repressive state acts
Collection: Tightrope walk
Keyword: Life: survival (effort) 
Tribute to: Orwell, George 

The bells ring freedom
so hopefully, so clearly --
It is drugging me.
Zo hoopvol, helder,	Die Glocken läuten
luiden de klokken vrijheid --	die Freiheit so hoffnungsvoll --
dat het mij verdooft.	dass es mich betäubt.

Poem S3149
Amsterdam, 2026-05-10
1984 (George Orwell) - 1949
Novel "nineteen eighty-four" - Winston Smith becomes captivated by the song "Oranges and Lemons" ("The Bells of St. Clement's")
Collection: Known
Keyword: Desire (wish-dream) 
Tribute to: Orwell, George 

A beautiful girl
calls the gods upon herself --
is the doublethink.
Een mooi meisje roept	Ein schönes Mädchen
de goden over zich af --	erweckt die Lust der Götter --
is de dubbeldenk.	ist das Doppeldenk.

Poem S3075
Amsterdam, 2026-02-12
Transformations (Ovidius) - 8
- Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell
- Doublethink (concept in the novel "1984" by George Orwell): unconsciously spoken untruths, in this case that the girl is guilty of her rape
- Story collection "Metamorphoses": Beautiful girls like Aegina(Z1), Alcmene (Z2), Antiope (Z3), Callisto (Z4), Cassandra (A1), Danaë (Z5), Daphne (A2), Erigone (D), Europa (Z6), Leda (Z7), Medusa (P1), Melantho (P2), Persephone (Z8,H), and Theophane (P3) are assaulted by a god who wants to have sex with her (respectively Zeus, Apollo, Poseidon, Hades)
Collection: May the Might
Keywords: Manly (lust), Rape (trauma) 
Tribute to: Ovidius; Orwell, George