The peonies have

been stolen from the garden --


It's an empty day.


De pioenrozenDie 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 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: Reaching out 
Keywords: Life: stream (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 dansEin 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 ikAb 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 wegDoch 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: homeland / homesickness 
Tribute to: Wang, Chen; Williams, William Carlos 
 

Wind and rain at night,

and I wonder how many --


flowers have fallen.


Nachts wind en regen, 's.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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