Adulthood is the

hard skin against feelings of --


gentle compassion.


Volwassenheid isErwachsensein ist
het eelt tegen gevoelens --die Schwielen gegen den Sanft-

van mededogen.mut des Mitgefühls.

Poem S2363
De Koog, 2024-09-19
A beautiful young wife (Tommy Wieringa) - 2014
End of the novella "Een mooie jonge vrouw"
Anesthesia dolorosa (painful numbness, deafferentation pain)

Collection: Wean Di
Tribute to: Wieringa, Tommy 
 

The Big Boy defies

me, he is elusive, knows --


me inside and out.


De Grote JongenDer Große Junge
tart me, hij is ongrijpbaar --trotzt mir, er ist schwer fassbar --

kent me door en door.kennt mich durch und durch.

Poem S2278
Amsterdam, 2024-07-17
Peer Gynt and the Boy (Henrik Ibsen / Edvard Grieg) - 1867
Play (music 1876), second act, "Peer Gynt og Bøygen" ("Peer Gynt and the Boy")
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Ibsen, Henrik 
Composer: Grieg, Edvard 
 

Since I'm old enough

to understand adult jokes --


they're disappointing.


Nu ik de grapjesJetzt, wo ich Witze
van volwassenen begrijp --für Erwachsene versteh --

vallen ze tegen.sind sie enttäuschend.

Poem S1790
Amsterdam, 2023-06-06
The other school - The history of a betrayal (Simon Vestdijk) - 1949
Novel "De andere school - De geschiedenis van een verraad", chapter 1-2 (AD 1916)
Collection: Inmost [1]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon 
 

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