Zywa

Zywa My other father

I get to know
my other father
by making trips

with you and wherever
we are you know something
about him to tell

and so I see
besides the memories
myself in other mirrors

Light falls on features
I know but that now
seem to cast other

shadows in this cave
of my thoughts, longing
for the warmth of the sun

Poem 5595
Amsterdam, 2025-01-24
Don't leave me alone (Renate Dorrestein) - 2008
Essay "Laat me niet alleen", chapter "Step Four: Let's stop for a moment and consider cross-generational relationships and their intrinsic value in Western civilization":
Nowadays I sit as a passenger next to big Ee in my own car: she drives. We go to the beach together. We go buy a pair of jeans. We go for a sandwich in the city. We go to the casino. And in everything we do, I can tell her something about her mother.
Allegory of the cave (375 BC, Plato, dialogue "Politeia" ["Republic"], VII 514a-520a)
Collection:
Keyword: Identity: mirror
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate; Plato
Dedicated to: Ineke J, Ineke J, Ineke J, Ineke J, Ineke J

The cave fell away,

I was standing in the sun --

in the real world now.



Ineens viel de grot	Die Höhle fiel weg
weg en stond ik in de zon --	und ich stand in der Sonne --

de echte wereld.	in der echten Welt.

Poem H4825
Amsterdam, 2024-08-02
Henry and Cato (Iris Murdoch) - 1976
Novel, part One, Rites of passage
Cato experiences a revelation, as if leaving Plato's cave
Collection: Longing and Loss
Keywords: Reality, Life: experience
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris; Plato

The shadows are thin,

they're spectators of the world --

outside their cavern.



Magere schimmen,	Die Schatten sind dünn,
toeschouwers van de wereld --	Zuschauer der Welt außer-

buiten hun spelonk.	halb ihrer Höhle.

Poem S2592
Amsterdam, 2025-03-12
The Women of Venice (Alberto Giacometti) - 1956
Sculpture group "Les femmes de Venise"
Allegory of the cave (375 BC, Plato, dialogue "Politeia" ["Republic"], VII 514a-520a)
Collection: PumicePieces
Keyword: Perception: impression
Tribute to: Giacometti, Alberto; Plato

His farewell wishes

were: take good care of yourself --

and one another.



Ten afscheid vroeg hij	Zum Abschied bat er
ons om goed te zorgen voor --	uns, gut aufzupassen auf --

onszelf en elkaar.	uns und einander.

Poem H3417
Amsterdam, 2022-08-14
Crito (Plato) - -399
Dialogue
Collection: Em Brace
Keyword: Care: brotherly love
Tribute to: Plato

Zywa The Ship of Fools

The voyage is turbulent
but the ship
is a beautiful ship

though there are no ship gnomes
to help the whole lot escape, no
only fools on board

singing songs of freedom
and toasting to distant beaches
Alas, we get off our course

The magnetic field loses strength
and the north pole is shifting
Ports remain unread

Barnacles grab us by the keel
growing anchors into the depths
of the troubled waters

Unreachable, the moon draws
a sweet scent in the salty air
Who could live there?

Poem 4511
Amsterdam, 2022-06-05
The Ship of Fools (Plato) - -407
"Ship of fools" (in book IV of "Politeia" ["The Republic"], 407 BC, Plato)
"Het narrenschip" ("The Ship of Fools", 1491, Hieronymus Bosch)
"Ship of Fools" and "Land Ho!" (album "Morrison Hotel", 1970, The Doors)
Since 1900, the North Magnetic Pole has shifted 1,100 km towards Canada, and since 1850, the strength of the magnetic field has decreased by 10%
Collection: Migration
Keyword: Stupidity
Tribute to: Plato; Bosch, Jheronymus

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