Holding and touching

each other, gently doing --


what is in our mind.


Elkaar aanraken,Sich gegenseitig
vasthouden, voorzichtig doen --berühren, vorsichtig das --

wat we bedoelen.tun, was wir wollen.

Poem H2304
Amsterdam, 2018-10-09
How everything had to begin (Thomas Verbogt) - 2017
Novel "Hoe alles moest beginnen"
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2010-2019
Keyword: Love: intimacy (physical) 
Tribute to: Verbogt, Thomas 


Only later do

I know how I want events --


to be started off.


Pas later weet ikErst später weiß ich,
hoe ik gebeurtenissen wil --wie diese Ereignisse --

laten beginnen.beginnen sollen.

Poem H2303
Amsterdam, 2018-10-08
How everything had to begin (Thomas Verbogt) - 2017
Novel "Hoe alles moest beginnen"
Collection: Willegos
Keyword: Life: course (overview) 
Tribute to: Verbogt, Thomas 


Sometimes you have to

express out loud what you think --


to validate it.


Soms een gedachteManchmal muss man laut
hardop moeten uitspreken --ausdrücken, was man bedenkt --

dan is ze geldig.dann ist es gültig.

Poem H2299
Amsterdam, 2018-10-05
How everything had to begin (Thomas Verbogt) - 2017
Novel "Hoe alles moest beginnen"
Collection: May the Might
Keywords: Choice, Truth: reveal 
Tribute to: Verbogt, Thomas 


I live alone, I

feel at home in solitude --


The perfect silence.


Ik woon graag alleen,In der Einsamkeit
voel me thuis in eenzaamheid --fühle ich mich zu Hause --

Perfecte stilte.Perfekte Stille.

Poem H4377
Amsterdam, 2023-12-18
Perfect silence (Thomas Verbogt) - 2011
Novel "Perfecte stilte", chapter The heartfelt wasteland
Collection: Shelter
Keyword: Alone: lonely 
Tribute to: Verbogt, Thomas 


We sit together

in the yard, nothing happens --


It couldn't be better!


We zitten samenWir sind im Garten
in de tuin, er gebeurt niets --und nichts passiert, es könnte --

Mooier kan het niet!gar nicht besser sein!

Poem H4376
Amsterdam, 2023-12-18
Perfect silence (Thomas Verbogt) - 2011
Novel "Perfecte stilte", chapter Very white
Collection: Home sea
Keyword: Harmony: relaxation 
Tribute to: Verbogt, Thomas 


The tension is gone:

it's important, or it's not --


and now it comes out.


De spanning is weg:Die Spannung ist weg:
het is belangrijk, of niet --es ist wichtig, oder nicht --

en nu komt dat uit.und jetzt zeigt sich das.

Poem H4375
Amsterdam, 2023-12-18
Perfect silence (Thomas Verbogt) - 2011
Novel "Perfecte stilte", chapter A contrived thought
Collection: Thinkles Lusionless
Keyword: Life: course (overview) 
Tribute to: Verbogt, Thomas 


I half-hold her hand,

it's the cautious beginning --


of saying goodbye.


Ik houd haar hand vast,Ihre Hand halte
half, ik begin voorzichtig --ich halb, so beginne ich --

afscheid te nemen.unseren Abschied.

Poem H4374
Amsterdam, 2023-12-18
Perfect silence (Thomas Verbogt) - 2011
Novel "Perfecte stilte", chapter To help us
Collection: After the festivities
Keyword: Goodbye: gradual 
Tribute to: Verbogt, Thomas 


Should I continue

her life, and keep inventing --


how she would do things?


Wil ik haar levenSoll ich ihr Leben
voortzetten, steeds verzinnen --fortsetzen, stets erfinden --

hoe zij het zou doen?was sie tun würde?

Poem S2056
Amsterdam, 2023-12-18
Perfect silence (Thomas Verbogt) - 2011
Novel "Perfecte stilte", chapter Looking back
Collection: Stall
Keyword: Memory: of someone 
Tribute to: Verbogt, Thomas 


Without a sound I

call for help in eerily --


yet perfect silence.


Zonder geluid roepLautlos rufe ich
ik om hulp in akelig --um Hilfe in unheimlich --

perfecte stilte.perfekter Stille.

Poem S2055
Amsterdam, 2023-12-18
Perfect silence (Thomas Verbogt) - 2011
Novel "Perfecte stilte", chapter I need
Collection: Unseen
Keyword: Alone: forsaken 
Tribute to: Verbogt, Thomas 


Barefoot, my mother

squats next to me in the grass --


very intimate.


Op blote voetenMeine Mutter hockt
hurkt mijn moeder in het gras --barfuß neben mir im Gras --

heel intiem naast mij.ganz intim nahe.

Poem H4372
Amsterdam, 2023-12-17
Perfect silence (Thomas Verbogt) - 2011
Novel "Perfecte stilte", chapter Summertime
Collection: The sweet curve
Keywords: Parents: mother(hood), Neighbours: closeness 
Tribute to: Verbogt, Thomas 


You don't live to get

to know yourself, nonetheless --


it is part of it.


Je leeft niet om je-Man lebt nicht, um sich
zelf te leren kennen, maar --kennenzulernen, dennoch --

het hoort er wel bij.gehört es dazu.

Poem H4371
Amsterdam, 2023-12-17
Perfect silence (Thomas Verbogt) - 2011
Novel "Perfecte stilte", chapter Ritual
Collection: Finethreads
Keyword: Self-knowledge (acquire) 
Tribute to: Verbogt, Thomas 


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