You experience

it when you look at the stars:


there is peace on earth.


Je ervaart het 's nachts,
als je naar de sterren kijkt:wenn du in die Sterne schaust:
vrede op aarde.Frieden auf Erden.

Poem H5145
Amsterdam, 2024-12-25
For Christel H, Benny, Quinn Olivia and Emmelie B
Collection: web tissue
Keyword: Peace: order 
Dedicated to: Christel H 

Just look, there is more

to see among the branches --


in the winteryard.


Kijk maar, er is meer
te zien tussen de takken --drüben zwischen den Zweigen --
in de wintertuin.im Wintergarten.

Poem H2864
Amsterdam, 2020-12-21
Collection: Metamorphic body
Keyword: Attention: observe 
Dedicated to: Marlies D, Christel H, Benny B 

Our life is partly

different now, without you --


We say it out loud.


Ons leven is deels
anders zonder jou, hardop --ja anders ohne dich, laut --
spreken we dat uit.sprechen wir das aus.

Poem H2631
Amsterdam, 2019-11-23
On November 24th, Herman H's day of death
Collection: Changing Times
Keyword: Memory: of someone 
Dedicated to: Ineke J, Mark H, Christel H, Ellen H, Marianne H 

It has been too soon,

we had only grown apart --


just a little bit.


Het was te vroeg, nog,
maar een beetje waren we --nur ein bisschen waren wir --
uit elkaar gegroeid.uns fremd geworden.

Poem S0972
Amsterdam, 2019-11-23
Father's day of death
Collection: Local tardiness
Keyword: Missing: death 
Dedicated to: Mark H, Christel H, Ellen H, Marianne H 

Zywa About me

Sometimes I look in the mirror
and I see a look
of recognition

that jumps from my body
to my mind, my thoughts
about myself

Sometimes mum says something
about dad that she recognizes in me
and sometimes I like it

but I prefer to be a mix
of traits from mum
dad, the grandmas, and grandads

who must have seen it
but I did not recognize their look
of recognition

Sometimes I firmly say something
and right away doubt springs upon me
while the others are certain

that those words of mine
do say a lot
about me

Poem 1972
Amsterdam, 2018-12-10
Collection: The drama
Keyword: Identity: image 
Dedicated to: Christel H 

Appearing again

and again, gaps in the days:


that's where we miss him.


Steeds opnieuw vallen
er gaten in de dagen:es Lücke in den Tagen:
waar we hem missen.wo er uns dann fehlt.

Poem H1885
Amsterdam, 2017-12-03
On the death of Herman H
Collection: Greeting from before
Keyword: Missing: deceased 
Dedicated to: Ineke J, Mark H, Christel H, Ellen H, Marianne H 

I know my grandad

from pictures, old stories, and --


from my own genes too.


Ik ken mijn opa
van foto's, verhalen en --von Fotos, Geschichten und --
mijn eigen genen.von meinen Genen.

Poem H1884
Amsterdam, 2017-12-03
On the death of Herman H
Collection: Life line 
Keywords: Self-knowledge (attention), Family: grandma / grandpa 
Dedicated to: Ineke J, Mark H, Christel H, Ellen H, Marianne H 

Of course we linger,

embracing each other's warmth:


one blood and one heart.


Vanzelf blijven we,
omarmen elkaars warmte:in gemeinsamen Wärme:
één bloed en één hart.éin Blut und éin Herz.

Poem H1882
Amsterdam, 2017-12-03
On the death of Herman H
Collection: Local tardiness
Keyword: Family: relatives 
Dedicated to: Ineke J, Mark H, Christel H, Ellen H, Marianne H 

He is here, at home,

wherever he is absent --


though still known by us.


Hij is hier nog, thuis,
overal waar hij niet is --dort, wo er nicht mehr ist, wir --
maar wij hem kennen.ihn aber kennen.

Poem H1881
Amsterdam, 2017-12-03
On the death of Herman H
Collection: Local tardiness
Keyword: Memory: of someone 
Dedicated to: Ineke J, Mark H, Christel H, Ellen H, Marianne H 

Missing his presence

together, so forever --


that it makes time stop.


Zijn aanwezigheid
samen missen, zo voorgoed --vermissen, so für immer --
dat de tijd stil staat.dass die Zeit still steht.

Poem H1880
Amsterdam, 2017-12-03
On the death of Herman H
Collection: Greeting from before
Keyword: Missing: deceased 
Dedicated to: Ineke J, Mark H, Christel H, Ellen H, Marianne H 

That's the way it is

and sure, it may be all-right --


yet we do resist.


Het is zo en zo
zal het ook wel goed zijn, toch --wird es schon gut sein, trotzdem --
verzetten we ons.versetzen wir uns.

Poem H1879
Amsterdam, 2017-12-03
On the death of Herman H
Collection: Blown sand
Keywords: Sadness: mourning, Goodbye: gradual 
Dedicated to: Ineke J, Mark H, Christel H, Ellen H, Marianne H 

Zywa Enough

Enough is enough
We tie a bow around the old
year and share wishes

don't think too much
of days to come
because your feet will always stand in the present


happy to be
with our neighbours
at home where we live

nothing special
everything just
good

enough

Poem 927
Amsterdam, 2016-12-28
Collection: Summer birds
Keyword: Contentment 
Dedicated to: Christel H, Benny B 

 

 
Child (Christel)
Beek (Berg en Dal), 1981-08-24
Collection: 1981
Keyword: Child: security / comfort 
Dedicated to: Christel H 

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