Zywa

Happy Holidays

and Papa Bear is with us:

Open, Sesame!



Blije feestdagen
en Papa Beer is erbij:	und Papa Bär ist bei uns:
Sesam, Open u!	Sesam, Öffne dich!

Poem H5135
Amsterdam, 2024-12-18
Sesame Street
For Ellen H and Levi S (in response to their Christmas wish with Levi as an angel/elf, the third line was: We get wings!)
Collection: More
Keywords: Expectation, New Year
Dedicated to: Ellen H

When it's the first time,

skating, dating, comforting --

Too bad! You are stiff!



Iets voor het eerst doen,	,
schaatsen, uitgaan, of troosten --	eislaufen, ein Date, trösten --
Jammer! Je bent stijf!	Schade! Du bist steif!

Poem H3160
Amsterdam, 2021-12-27
Tension
Collection: It takes a lot of tries to make a début
Keyword: Beginning (make a start)
Dedicated to: Ellen H

Keep feeling alive,

that's just what it's all about --

your body does know.



Onderweg voelen	,
dat je leeft, daar gaat het om --	sich lebendig zu fühlen --
je lichaam weet dat.	das weiß dein Körper.

Poem H2866
Amsterdam, 2020-12-21
"Zywa"
Collection: Metamorphic body
Keyword: Life: experience
Dedicated to: Ellen H

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 Connected in our imagination

My words and poses
my taste and helpfulness, all of it
has been demonstrated to me, time after time

Together we are a copy of people
who together were also a copy
of people of people

unique collections
of ordinary habits
and general peculiarities

in a temporary body
that draws a boundary
between you and me

between all souls and senses:
for a multitude of experiences
that we can share with each other

to erase the boundaries again
being connected in our imagination
and to be more than ourselves

Poem 1959
Amsterdam, 2018-12-05
Collection: Metamorphic body
Keywords: Human: individuals, Human: mankind
Dedicated to: Ellen 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 Big small step

You can't go on like that
you really have to take action
yes, that's what I've said

and

don't wait till Friday
go to the doctor right tomorrow
I think that's the best

yes

you didn't wait
not even till the next day
thinking that's the best

and then

you hang and hovered
between life and death
a man, no child

The job you went to do

You couldn't go on like that
you really had to take action
yes, that's what you've done

Poem 840
Amsterdam, 2016-11-23
At the death of Gert-Jan Schuller
Collection: Pending rain
Keyword: Death: salvation
Dedicated to: Ellen H

Zywa Black sun

The black sun in me cries
the you of before and now wet
from love and breathlessness

Another day
to start again
how can I possibly bear that?

Another night
the doom, the hushed up verdict
the black sun around me

sucking me out and making me
flap in the wind to have me
flown away empty

Failed after all, and
still the whisper at home
the sweet words everywhere

Poem 838
Amsterdam, 2016-11-21
At the death of Gert-Jan Schuller
Collection: Pending rain
Keyword: Missing:
Dedicated to: Ellen H

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