It is a magic

word: rich! You prick up your ears --


You have dreamed of it.


Het is een tover-Es ist ein Zauber-
woord: rijk! Je spitst je oren --wort: reich! Du spitzt die Ohren --

want je droomt ervan.denn du träumst davon.

Poem H6436
Amsterdam, 2026-10-04
Collapse (Édouard Louis) - 2024
Biography "L'effondrement" (translated 2026), chapter 3, paragraph 'Fact number 11'
Collection: Spirals
Tribute to: Louis, Edouard 
Dedicated to: Florentin dK 
 

The dictator has

a name, but all the victims --


are just a number.


De dictator heeftDer Diktator hat
een naam, maar de slachtoffers --einen Namen, die Opfer --

zijn slechts een getal.sind nur eine Zahl.

Poem S3127
Amsterdam, 2026-04-20
My struggle 6. The End (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2011
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Sjette bok" (translated 2018), part 8, The name and the number - June 2011, Malmö
Collection: Writing
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove 
 

When I cross, I have

to use tunnel vision, not --


mind any details!


Als ik oversteekBeim Überqueren
moet ik kokerdenken, niet --muss ich auf mein Ziel achten --

op details letten!und nicht auf Details!

Poem H6181
Amsterdam, 2026-03-25
The Chosen One (Wessel te Gussinklo) - 2024
Unfinished novel "De uitverkorene", chapters 6 and 11
Pay attention to the cars, but not to the tires and license plates

Collection: High gear
Tribute to: Te Gussinklo, Wessel 
 

I wildly leaf through

the encyclopedia --


of my memory.


Ik blader verwoedIch blättere wild
in de encyclopedie --in der Enzyklopädie --

van mijn geheugen.meines Gedächtnis.

Poem H6178
Amsterdam, 2026-03-22
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
 

You write a novel

by moving towards that goal --


every night, asleep.


Een roman schrijf jeEinen Roman schreibt
door elke nacht op dat doel --man, indem man auf diesem --

af te gaan, slapend.Ziel zugeht, im Schlaf.

Poem H6090
Amsterdam, 2026-02-01
My struggle 2. A Man in Love (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2009
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Andre bok", part 3 - January 25th, 2008, Kristiansand
Quote from Lawrence Durrell

Collections: Leaving, Whirligig Scribbler 
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove; Durrell, Lawrence 
 

A doer is not

a spectator, he quickly --


forgets his actions.


Een doener is geenWer handelt, ist kein
toeschouwer, hij vergeet snel --Zuschauer, er vergisst schnell --

wat hij gedaan heeft.was er getan hat.

Poem H6068
Amsterdam, 2026-01-27
My struggle 2. A Man in Love (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2009
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Andre bok", part 3 - End of March, 2002, Stockholm
Dissertation "Den brukne neses estetikk" ("The aesthetics of the broken nose", 2001, Geir Angell Øygarden, about boxers)

Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove; Øygarden, Geir Angell 
 

Zywa Slow motion images

A tail of something
that swam here, the beginning
of welling blood

I spy with my little eye
Streaks and something alive
A faltering world

Or am I looking too quickly?
Past it, over it?
Am I even looking?

It would take an unliveable
number of years
to be aware of what I perceive

I lack the overview
to select what's important
and I wonder why

the unimportant should be
important to me now
Or am I just slower?

Poem 5692
Amsterdam, 2025-10-09
Collection: Pending rain
 

Writing a novel

is swimming underwater --


and not gulping air.


Een roman schrijvenAutor zu sein ist
is onder water zwemmen --unter Wasser schwimmen und --

en geen lucht happen.keine Luft schnappen.

Poem H5287
Amsterdam, 2025-03-04
The block (Renate Dorrestein) - 2013
Book "De blokkade", about writer's block, chapter First Intermezzo
Collections: Pending rain, Look at me 
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate 
 

What is happening

is overexposed, only --


the core can be seen.


Wat er gaande is,Das Geschehen ist
is overbelicht, alleen --überbelichtet, nur der --

de kern kun je zien.Kern kann man sehen.

Poem H5259
Amsterdam, 2025-02-19
The Image Book (Jean-Luc Godard) - 2018
Film "Le livre d'image"
Collection: Greeting from before
Tribute to: Godard, Jean-Luc 
 

I'm restless: the moon

stands still while it is moving --


imperturbably.


Ik ben onrustig:Ich bebe: der Mond
de maan staat onverstoorbaar --steht still und er bewegt sich --

stil te bewegen.unerschütterlich.

Poem H5232
Amsterdam, 2025-02-08
Moon Viewing Music (Peter Garland) - 2018
Composition for three gongs, part 6 "Harai arai / kokoro no tsuki no / kagami kana" ("I cleansed the mirror / of my heart - now it reflects / the moon", haiku by Renseki, 1701-1789, from the 1986 collection "Japanese Death Poems", compiled by Yoel Hoffmann), performed in the Organpark on four gongs by Pepe Garcia on February 8th, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK 
Tribute to: Renseki 
Composer: Garland, Peter 
 

I'm busy, I shut

out all unrest from outside --


keep outside outside.


Ik ben druk bezig,Ich bin beschäftigt
dus sluit ik alle onrust --und schließe die Unruhe --

van buiten buiten.von außen nun aus.

Poem H5218
Amsterdam, 2025-02-06
Collection: Local traffic
 

Heels hit the floor all

over the tangle of legs --


fiercely to the beat.


Hakken komen neerAbsätze schlagen
in een wirwar van benen --auf im Gewirr von Beinen --

hevig in de maat.heftig nach dem Takt.

Poem H5200
Amsterdam, 2025-01-25
Finch Eye (Theo Loevendie) - 1966
Composition (tribute to Simon Vinkenoog), performed on January 25th, 2025 in the Organpark, by Theo Loevendie (piano), Oene van Geel (viola), Yoran Vroom (drums), and Jeroen Vierdag (bass)
Collection: org anp ARK 
Composer: Loevendie, Theo 
 

What do I want, what

helps me to do every day --


what I can: to live.


Wat wil ik, wat helptWas will ich, was hilft
mij om elke dag te doen --mir, jeden Tag das zu tun --

wat ik kan: leven.was ich kann: leben.

Poem H5014
Amsterdam, 2024-10-26
Collection: Bruises
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk 
 

I think it's ugly,

but something beautiful is --


lying over it.


Ik vind het lelijk,Hässlich finde ich
maar het stoort mij niet, iets moois --es, aber da liegt etwas --

ligt er overheen.Schönes darüber.

Poem H5005
Amsterdam, 2024-10-24
I kiss your hands a thousand times - Faxing to Ger #6 (Nicolien Mizee) - 2024
Diary novel "Ik kus uw handen duizendmaal - Faxen aan Ger #6", September 11th, 2000
Collection: In the shadow
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien 
 

I am motionless,

my will is like a goshawk --


exalted and still.


Ik beweeg me niet,Ich bewege nicht
mijn wil is als een havik --mein Wille wie ein Habicht --

verheven en stil.erhoben und still.

Poem H4845
Amsterdam, 2024-08-12
The Three Arrows (Iris Murdoch) - 1972
Play, Act Two, scene Two
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris 
 

He's unsure and can't

do magic, yet he can do --


magical thinking.


Hij is onzekerEr ist unsicher,
en kan niet toveren, maar --kann nicht zaubern, kann aber --

wel magisch denken.sehr magisch denken.

Poem H4829
Amsterdam, 2024-08-04
[Week] 9 (Gerda Blees) - 2022
Poem from the collection "Week"
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: Blees, Gerda 
 

On a tightrope, you

walk best thinking of it as --


air that carries you.


Op een koord loop jeAuf einem Drahtseil
makkelijk als je het ziet --gehst du leicht, wenn du es siehst --

als lucht die jou draagt.als Luft, die dich trägt.

Poem H4620
Amsterdam, 2024-05-07
Shalimar the Clown (Salman Rushdie) - 2005
Novel, chapter Boonyi, § 1
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

I rule out myself

when reading, so I can hear --


what is being said.


Ik streep mezelf wegIch lese ohne
bij het lezen, zo hoor ik --mich selbst, damit ich höre --

wat er gezegd wordt.was mir gesagt wird.

Poem H4593
Amsterdam, 2024-04-10
The Text of the Epistles. A Disquisition upon the Corpus Paulinum (Günther Zuntz) - 2007
Philological study - "Lesen heißt mit fremden Kopfe denken" ("Reading is thinking with other people's minds"), cited in the philological study "Geschreven en toegeschreven" ("Scribed and Ascribed", 2013, Charles Vergeer), § 7.A: "Lezen is zich verdiepen in een tekst. Luisteren naar de toon en de stem van de tekst zoals we luisteren naar muziek." ("Reading is going into a text. Listening to the tone and voice of the text like we listen to music")
Collection: Glimpsed
Tribute to: Vergeer, Charles; Zuntz, Guenther 
 

Away from the world,

at an empty factory --


we can have a talk.


Ver van de wereld,Weit weg von der Welt,
bij een verlaten fabriek --vor einer leeren Fabrik --

kunnen we praten.können wir reden.

Poem H4295
Amsterdam, 2023-11-20
Scenes with My Father (Biserka Suran) - 2022
Documentary "Scenes with My Father" - Conversation on a bench in front of an abandoned factory; there is a loudspeaker next to the entrance
Collection: New Ago
Tribute to: Suran, Biserka 
 

The magic sword can't

be pulled free by focusing --


on the mossy stone.


Het magische zwaardDas magische Schwert
laat zich niet lostrekken door --wird nicht losgerissen durch --

aandacht voor de steen.Fokus auf den Stein.

Poem S1830
Amsterdam, 2023-07-26
Oranges are not the only fruit (Jeanette Winterson) - 1985
Excalibur
Novel, part "Book of Judges"

Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette 
 

Numbers: Eight times eight?

When I am in doubt I know --


that I am in love.


Een som: Acht keer acht?Rechnen: Acht mal acht?
Als ik twijfel, dan weet ik --Wenn ich zweifle, weiß ich gleich --

dat ik verliefd ben.dass ich verliebt bin.

Poem H3810
Amsterdam, 2023-05-05
My Adventures by V.Swchwrm (Toon Tellegen) - 1998
Children's book "Mijn avonturen door V.Swchwrm", page 76
Collection: Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost
Tribute to: Tellegen, Toon 
 

Zywa The Fifth World

Attentively
humans have created
problems, throwing one after another
into the empty foreworld

They lacked norms, invented them
and were content with all the virtues
and vices to live from day to day
and also at night

They wanted to control everything
and created gods and leaders
with power, to be cruel
without strife in their hearts

The leaders organized it
with secret police and militia
with torture and contempt
and the people agreed to it

It became evening and morning
the morning of the fourth world
of the taboos and the dreams
of elusiveness and afterlife

Anyone and anything can be dangerous
be careful who and what you touch
also with roommates, neighbours, friends
dear colleagues and nice people

Better keep in touch virtually
just let the machines work together
because for us in the fifth world
it could be fatal

Poem 5097
Valkenburg, 2023-03-13
Collection: Secrets & Believers
 

Duties fascinate

me, but when they're done I know --


they don't mean too much.


Het werk boeit me totDie Arbeit fesselt
het klaar is, dan weet ik weer --mich, aber danach weiß ich --

dat het niets voorstelt.es stellt wenig dar.

Poem H3728
Amsterdam, 2023-02-14
The Office - The A.P. Beerta-Institute (Han Voskuil) - 1998
Novel "Het Bureau - Het A.P. Beerta-Instituut"
Page 916, Maarten Koning and Freek Matser (1979)

Collection: Frustration
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han 
 

Mowcircles around

the rosary, the centre --


of our attention.


Maaikringen rondomMähkreise rundum
het rozenperk, het centrum --das Rosenbeet, die Mitte --

van onze aandacht.der Aufmerksamkeit.

Poem H3496
Berg en Dal, 2022-10-11
Collection: WoofWoof
 

When he concentrates,

his legs begin to tremble --


Then he says something.


Hij concentreert zich:Er konzentriert sich:
eerst gaan zijn benen trillen --seine Beine beben, erst --

daarna zegt hij iets.dann sagt er etwas.

Poem H2972
Amsterdam, 2021-06-19
Artenio's Father (Frida Vogels) - 2020
Autobiographical account, translated from Italian; it is a summary from the diaries (2020, Frida Vogels), November 2nd, 1963 in Bologna
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

I enjoy writing

tear-off calendar poems --


The same every year.


Met plezier schrijf ikIch schreibe gerne
scheurkalendergedichten --Kalenderblock-Gedichte --

Immer die gleichen.

Poem H2492
Vlissingen, 2019-06-06
Rereading deepens understanding
Collection: New Ago
 

Puzzling my head off,

there's something I cannot find --


what is it again?


Ik pieker me suf,Ich zerbreche mich
ik kan iets echt niet vinden --den Kopf, um es zu finden --

wat is het ook weer?Was ist es nochmal?

Poem S0838
Amsterdam, 2019-01-26
Collection: Local traffic
 

To really see things

you have to look carefully --


slightly beside them.


Om iets echt te zienUm klar zu sehen,
moet je met al je aandacht --muss man achtsam ein wenig --

er net naast kijken.daneben schauen.

Poem H2319
Amsterdam, 2018-11-05
Hear my voice now (Franca Treur) - 2017
Novel "Hoor nu mijn stem", chapter 27
Collection: Appearances
Tribute to: Treur, Franca 
 

I'm walking with you

and someone else, behind you --


but I can't see who.


Ik wandel met jouIch gehe mit dir
en nog iemand, achter jou --und mit jemand anderem --

maar ik zie niet wie.den ich nicht sehe.

Poem S0803
Amsterdam, 2018-10-07
The Waste Land (Thomas Eliot) - 1922
Poem
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: Eliot, Thomas S. 
 

They look at me, what

did I say?, I thought I heard --


someone else speaking.


Ze kijken mij aan,Sie sehen mich an,
wat heb ik gezegd?, ik dacht --was sagte ich?, dachte mir --

dat een ander sprak.ein anderer sprach.

Poem S0662
Trein Tilburg-Amsterdam, 2018-01-17
Collection: I am
 

Voices around me,

which I cannot understand.


Coffee: the meeting.


Stemmen om mij heen,Kaffee, Stimmen um
die ik niet versta. Koffie:mich herum, unverständlich:

de vergadering.die Dienstbesprechung.

Poem S0663
Trein Tilburg-Amsterdam, 2018-01-17
The conference room (Albert Alberts) - 1974
Novel "De vergaderzaal"
Collection: Within the walls
Tribute to: Alberts, Albert 
 

Hey, he looks past me,

completely preoccupied --


with my arrival.


Hij kijkt langs me heen,Na, er schaut an mir
volledig in gedachten --vorbei, völlig beschäftigt --

over mijn aankomst.mit meiner Ankunft.

Poem S0540
Amsterdam, 2017-09-25
Diary 1960-1961 (Frida Vogels) - 2006
"Dagboek 1960-1961" - April 12th, 1960, Amsterdam
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

Unrolling the rope,

untangling knot after knot --


Not flying the kite.


Het touw afrollen,Das Seil abwickeln
het knoop na knoop ontwarren --und die Knoten entwirren --

en niet vliegeren.Kein Drachensteigen.

Poem H1767
Amsterdam, 2017-08-18
Impatient and unkind (Frida Vogels) - 1992
Poem "Ongeduldig en onhebbelijk", written on March 26th, 1963, published in 1994 ("The hard core" - 3, part VIII [Authorship]), and 2007 ("Diary 1962-1963", also described in "De harde kern" - 2 (1993) - Summer 1939 in Laren
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

Zywa Slow circles

All day long, people wait
and take shelter behind
the rain-line

in bays on the side-walk
along the Titanic Bar, no hope
of entrance nor of the end

of the long tears of rain
over the rough wall, the window
and the bars in front of the gaiety

inside, where I walk hand in hand
in slow circles around the band
over the black and the white

of tiles splashed with mud
also contra-clockwise and once
through the middle, non stop

looking at the singer, looking
if she looks back, without hope
that she will

Poem 1282
Amsterdam, 2017-04-21
Damnation (Béla Tarr) - 1988
Film "Kárhozat"
Collection: Heart's Delight
Tribute to: Tarr, Béla 
 

Zywa The together

However different people are
from my thoughts about myself:
if I look better, I know that
the differences do not matter
that what is conspicuous in their behaviour
reflects my own attention

Those times when I was in love
I heard it in some songs
recognised it in movies and sometimes
someone recites a poem
with exactly the right words

that make contact and let
energy flow on a basic tone
that brings us together, the together
that I often ignore

Poem 1133
Amsterdam, 2017-03-05
Collection: The drama
 

The percussionists

are counting, they are alert --


to the right moment.


De slagwerkers staanDie drei Schlagzeuger
te tellen, ze letten op --zählen, sie achten auf den --

het juiste moment.richtigen Moment.

Poem H0164
Amsterdam, 2012-01-22
Collection: Dearme
 

A bird. I follow

it for two seconds, and then --


I see something else.


Een vogel. Ik volgEin Vogel. Ganz kurz
hem twee tellen lang, en dan --folge ich ihm, und sehe --

zie ik iets anders.dann was anderes.

Poem H0072
Amsterdam, 2011-12-17
Collection: Blown sand
 

The full moon is so

beautiful! to keep looking --


is só difficult.


Zie de volle maanSchaue, der Vollmond,
o zo mooi! blijven kijken --ja so schön! lange schauen --

is o zo moeilijk.ist ja so schwierig.

Poem H0039
Amsterdam, 2011-11-28
Collection: Moons
 

Wizards and Sorceresses
know the right moment
Wizards and Sorceresses
I too wait for the time to act

I am patient:
I focus on my current situation
My past does not block me
My wishes of the future do not block me
 

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