Zywa

We dance and we dance,

we keep dancing and loosen --

up all our muscles.



We dansen, dansen,	Wir tanzen, tanzen,
en blijven dansen, dansen --	immer weiter tanzen wir --

onze spieren los.	die Muskeln locker.

Poem H6342
Amsterdam, 2026-06-26
The Desert Music (Steve Reich) - 1984
Cantata, part 2, Moderate tempo - Passage from the poem "The Desert Music, and other poems" (1954, William Carlos Williams)
Collection: Local interest
Keyword: Dance
Tribute to: Williams, William Carlos
Composer: Reich, Steve

Zywa Love Poem

Poems are the word
and in the word is light
the light of life
the life of love

and now that it is
getting dark, it shines
just as brightly again
as when we got married

as if spring suddenly returns
in the moment between the flash
and the thunderclap, a foal
throws up its legs

it is blossoming for us again
and we are immortal as lovers
With fireflies, the light
of our wedding returns to our lives

Poem 6048
Amsterdam, 2026-06-12
Of Asphodel - Coda (William Carlos Williams) - 1962
Poem (collection "Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems")
Collection: Froend
Keywords: Love: relationship (lively), Bible
Tribute to: Williams, William Carlos

Zywa The smell of the evening

It is not just about us
it is about everyone's vow, which
sometimes shortly, sometimes years
after the feast

does not always seem to apply
but, as one grows older
regains its strength
in the smell

of the eternal fields
wafting towards you at the graves -
the smell of alarm
that brings me to my senses

after your futile waiting
for my love while
I was far outside the light
with another

not with you
not at home
not with the children
not even with myself

Poem 6045
Amsterdam, 2026-06-11
Of Asphodel, That Greeny Flower (William Carlos Williams) - 1962
Poem (collection "Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems") - [Book 1]
Asphodels are poisonous
Collection: Froend
Keywords: Love: fidelity, Life: course (end)
Tribute to: Williams, William Carlos

The peonies have

been stolen from the garden --

It's an empty day.



De pioenrozen	Die Rosen wurden
zijn gestolen uit de tuin --	aus dem Garten gestohlen --

Heel de dag is leeg.	Der Tag ist sehr leer.

Poem S1429
Amsterdam, 2022-06-16
The stolen peonies (William Carlos Williams) - 1962
Poem (collection "Pictures from Brueghel")
Collection: After the festivities
Keyword: Emptiness / Void
Tribute to: Williams, William Carlos

Zywa Repetition

The whistling of birds, people
humming and singing to themselves

drumming, plunking, and plucking
on a piano or a guitar

songs and major compositions
played by an orchestra

with or without a choir
or with multiple choirs

it is all music
it is all repetition

with variations, variations
of individual notes, variations

on a theme, music
that, to be called music

must be beautiful
or stir our emotions

a repetition that develops
in such a way that this happens

Poem 6051
Amsterdam, 2026-06-13
The Orchestra (William Carlos Williams) - 1955
Poem (collection "Journey to Love")
A passage from this poem was used in the cantata "The Desert Music" (1984, Steve Reich)
Collection: Mosaic virus
Keyword: Music: feelings
Tribute to: Williams, William Carlos
Composer: Reich, Steve

Zywa The Great Falls in Paterson (NJ)

The fall draws me
         as the view drew me
                   along many landscapes
                            and what I experienced
                                      and learned along the way
                                               opened up many avenues
to new plans
         new places, and
                   new people
                            new opportunities with
                                      new insights
                                               and new acceptance
I remember everything
         even more intense than it was
                   brighter than in the full sun
                            purer is my love
                                      purer are my choices
                                               purer my desires
in the final fall
                   with less pleasure
                                      and less expectation

and what I did not achieve
         did not get and
                   could not prevent
                            dissolves in the sea
                                      of eternity
                                               fall after fall

Poem 5084
Amsterdam, 2023-02-27
The Descent (William Carlos Williams) - 1948
Poem "The Descent" in: "Paterson", Book Two, Section 3 (1948, William Carlos Williams)
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Keywords: Lifestream (follow), Memory: of one's life
Tribute to: Williams, William Carlos

Casting fishing lines

is a slow dance; I'm catching --

peaceful quietness.



Een langzame dans	Ein langsamer Tanz
van werphengels; ze vangen --	von Wurfangeln; sie fangen --

een vredige rust.	friedliche Ruhe.

Poem H3333
Amsterdam, 2022-06-16
The Ritualists (William Carlos Williams) - 1940
Poem (The New Yorker, May ¹⁸, 1940, page 80)
Collection: Actively Passive
Keyword: Calm: harmony
Tribute to: Williams, William Carlos

From now on I cook

here, my dear sister-in-law --

will take a foretaste.



Vanaf nu kook ik	Ab jetzt koche ich
hier, mijn lieve schoonzusje --	hier, die liebe Schwägerin --

zal het voorproeven.	wird es vor-schmecken.

Poem H3334
Amsterdam, 2022-06-16
The Newlywed's Cuisine (Chen Wang) - 800
Poem (collection "The Cassia Tree", in "New Directions 19" [1966, David Rafael Wang and William Carlos Williams])
Collection: Specialities
Keyword: Marriage (position)
Tribute to: Wang, Chen; Williams, William Carlos

Yet I look away

from the full moon, and I think --

back to my homeland.



Al gauw kijk ik weg	Doch bald schaue ich
van de volle maan, ik denk --	vom Vollmond weg und denke --

aan mijn vaderland.	an meine Heimat.

Poem S1428
Amsterdam, 2022-06-16
Thoughts in the Silent Night (Chen Wangs) - 750
Poem (collection "The Cassia Tree", in "New Directions 19" [1966, David Rafael Wang and William Carlos Williams])
Collection: Moist glow
Keyword: Home: bygone / homesickness
Tribute to: Wang, Chen; Williams, William Carlos

Wind and rain at night,

and I wonder how many --

flowers have fallen.



's Nachts wind en regen.	Nachts Wind und Regen.
Ik vraag me af hoeveel bloemen --	Ich frage mich, sind viele --

er gevallen zijn.	Blüten gefallen?

Poem S1427
Amsterdam, 2022-06-16
Spring morning (Chen Wang) - 740
Poem (collection "The Cassia Tree", in "New Directions 19" [1966, David Rafael Wang and William Carlos Williams])
Collection: After the festivities
Keyword: Time: temporality
Tribute to: Wang, Chen; Williams, William Carlos

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