The world is going

to end, not with bombs, but from --


cuddle toys and fries.


De wereld gaat nietDie Welt geht unter.
ten onder aan bommen, maar --Nicht durch Bomben. Wegen Stoff-

aan knuffels en friet.tiere und Pommes.

Poem S3154
Amsterdam, 2026-05-11
A day at Mellie's (Nicolien Mizee) - 2023
Short story "Een dagje naar Mellie", from the collection "Paradise"
Collection: In the light
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien 
 

Having no talent

to acquire adulthood, one --


has to try harder.


Wie geen talent heeftWer kein Talent zum
om volwassen te worden --Erwachsenwerden hat, muss --

moet meer zijn best doen.sich mehr anstrengen.

Poem H5999
Amsterdam, 2025-11-04
Collection: The climbing house
 

I want to do it

myself, not get it from you --


It would remain yours.


Ik wil het zelf doen,Ich möchte es nur
het niet van jou krijgen, want --nicht von dir bekommen, es --

dan blijft het van jou.würde deins bleiben.

Poem H5706
Amsterdam, 2025-07-18
I make your world my own (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Ik maak me jouw wereld eigen", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part III [Ennio and Kees]) - November 21st, 1956, Rome
Collection: ThereFrom
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

Well, when would one be

too old to do that, kissing --


under a shelter?


Och, wanneer ben jeNa ja, wann ist man
te oud om te staan kussen --zu alt, um sich zu küssen --

onder een abri?unter dem Schirmdach?

Poem S2571
Amsterdam, 2025-02-21
Under the bushel (Maarten 't Hart) - 1991
Novel "Onder de korenmaat", chapter 10
Collection: The Note Tree
Tribute to: T Hart, Maarten 
 

In adults, a fit

of the giggles can only --


be heard late at night.


Bij volwassenenBei Erwachsenen
is de slappe lach alleen --ist ein Lachanfall nur spät-

's avonds te horen.abends zu hören.

Poem H5090
Amsterdam, 2024-11-23
Night owl (Ine Boermans) - 2024
Column "Nachtmens", in the VPRO broadcasting-guide no. 47, 2024
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Boermans, Ine 
 

An absent reply

is a characteristic --


of maturity.


Afwezig antwoordGeistesabwesend
geven is een kenteken --antworten ist ein Merkmal --

van volwassenheid.des Erwachsenseins.

Poem S1770
Amsterdam, 2023-05-22
A lightly inhabited island - Faxing to Ger #5 (Nicolien Mizee) - 2022
Diary novel "Een licht bewoond eiland - Faxen aan Ger #5", June 23rd, 2000
Collection: In the shadow
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien 
 

Nowhere can it be

safe anymore, look: adults --


too can cry a lot!


Nergens meer veilig,Nirgendwo sicher,
want kijk: ook volwassenen --denn sieh: auch Erwachsene --

kunnen erg huilen!können sehr weinen!

Poem H3795
Amsterdam, 2023-04-15
The time of the angels (Iris Murdoch) - 1966
Novel, § 20
Collection: Stall
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris 
 

Zywa The Devil's Child (End of summer)

I've been initiated, in classrooms
in workshops and at home
in bed, I knew it for sure, I too

am a devil's child
such a person who, in flesh
and blood, can live on pleasure

who smears soap on his skin
places incense between his clothes
puts on an apron and prepares dinner

Every bite, every kiss
is a yes from my senses
and I can't be more earthly

than, out of lust, jointly
initiating a new human

being into a body

Poem 4145
Amsterdam, 2021-11-26
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
 

Immaturity:

learning what is right, we do --


it throughout our lives.


Onvolwassenheid:Unreife: lernen,
leren wat goed is, dat doen --was gut ist, Menschen machen --

mensen levenslang.das ihr Leben lang.

Poem H1571
Amsterdam, 2016-10-26
Collection: Blown sand
 

At night I played cards,

and winning, I lost my youth --


Such a cruel luck.


's Nachts speelde ik kaart:Ich spielte, gewann,
winnend verloor ik mijn jeugd --und verlor meine Jugend --

Wat een wreed geluk.Ein grausames Glück.

Poem H0998
Amsterdam, 2014-06-28
Ostend (Hugo Claus) - 1999
Poem "Oostende", collections "Wreed geluk" ("Cruel happiness", 1999) and "Ik schrijf je neer" (2002)
Collection: Blankets of snow
Tribute to: Claus, Hugo 
 

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