Fragments and flashes,

at the moment we see them --


they are memories.


Fragmenten, flitsen,Fragmente, Blitze,
het zijn herinneringen --sie sind Erinnerungen --

terwijl we ze zien.wenn wir sie sehen.

Poem S2566
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 
 

Can my consciousness

be aware of All Evil --


and yet endure it?


Kan mijn bewustzijnKann mein Bewusstsein
Al Het Slechte beseffen --Alles Böse erkennen --

en dat verdragen?und das ertragen?

Poem H4901
Amsterdam, 2024-09-06
The Message to the Planet (Iris Murdoch) - 1989
Novel, part Five
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris 
 

Lost music, lost notes,

or just lost thoughts, waifs and strays --


Elusive moments.


Verdwaalde noten,Verirrte Noten,
of verdwaalde gedachten --oder verirrtes Denken --

Ongrijpbare tijd.Ungreifbare Zeit.

Poem S2046
Amsterdam, 2023-12-11
Collection: Local traffic
 

Busy people have

to watch at high and slow speed --


to see who they are.


De drukke mens moetDer Mensch muss schneller
versneld en vertraagd kijken --und langsamer schauen, um --

om zichzelf te zien.sich selbst zu sehen.

Poem S1975
Amsterdam, 2023-10-24
Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio /Philip Glass) - 1982
Film, edited to the music composed for it by Philip Glass
Collection: Mosaic virus
Tribute to: Reggio, Godfrey 
Composer: Glass, Philip 
 

And another day

I stayed ahead of my death --


Now I have to sleep.


Ook vandaag ben ikAuch heute bin ich
mijn dood weer voorgebleven --meinem Tod vorgeblieben --

Nu moet ik slapen.Jetzt muss ich schlafen.

Poem H3700
Amsterdam, 2023-02-02
Shaft (Hans Groenewegen) - 2005
Poem "Schacht" (collection "en gingen uit sterven")
Collection: Thinkles Lusionless
Tribute to: Groenewegen, Hans 
 

A hairy monster,

all covered in syringes:


Unconscious person.


Een harig monster,Haariges Monster,
een en al injectiespuit:alles Injektionsspritze:

Platgespoten mens.Bewusstloser Mensch.

Poem S1600
Amsterdam, 2022-12-18
Flory Sinanduku in Kinshasa (Kris Pannecoucke) - 2022
Flory Sinanduku in a suit of syringes, Kinshasa 2022 (photo Kris Pannecoucke) - An Enzilochmann (man from the gorge of the Enzi valley) looks alike, with fir branches instead of syringes
Collection: Bruises
Tribute to: Pannecoucke, Kris; Sinanduku, Flory 
 

The Buddha statue

lives crystal clear in the freeze --


melting in the sun.


Het boeddhabeeld leeftDie Buddhaskulptur
glashelder in de vrieskou --lebt kristallklar in dem Frost --

en smelt in de zon.schmilzt in der Sonne.

Poem H3154
Amsterdam, 2021-12-23
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (Kim Ki-duk) - 2003
Film "Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul... geurigo bom"
Collection: WoofWoof
Tribute to: Ki-duk, Kim 
 

Zywa Dreamcatcher

Fold back the duvet, escape
from the heat of the dream
letting the feeling go down
that is left of it

Change position, rest
and daydream about better times
In bed everything is a dream
my life a dream

my consciousness a dreamcatcher
Shadows dwell
in the knots of the gossamer
with undigested remains here and there

Somewhere in the web
I wake up, a story begins
its jumbled turns, I sink away
in the holes of my mind

Elsewhere in the web, a story begins
to wind in another way
along well-known facts, I sink away again
from the dream of my life

Poem 3952
Amsterdam, 2021-09-25
Collection: WoofWoof
 

I will develop

billions of thoughts in my life --


like a Milky Way!


Ik krijg miljardenEs gibt Milliarden
gedachten in mijn leven --Gedanken im Leben, wie --

een Melkweg, zo veel!eine Milchstraße!

Poem H2997
Amsterdam, 2021-08-01
Fundamentals - Ten Keys To Reality (Frank Wilczek) - 2021
Book
Collection: Chance
Tribute to: Wilczek, Frank 
 

Zywa Snips

Stargazers and physicists
pushed the boundaries, they hid God
behind the universe, the multiple one

Knowledge made man smaller
Only an exceptional person can be great
l'uomo universale, the multiple one

I don't have that many sides
The world is falling past me, snipped up
like confetti, however much I do my best

to tie it all together
into a coherent net
and to conform me to the intelligence

of the multiple, as soul
of its soul, flesh of its flesh
blood of its blood

Poem 1541
Amsterdam, 2017-09-10
Collection: web tissue
 

Zywa Chat box

I sleep well, I exercise and I eat
healthy, I can do everything

I want, my body works
I just keep going, I can
do without breaks

Do it the other way around
the teacher says
Thoughts can do a lot

but they are ghosts
above life, they know no death
and they look over suffering


I wish it was like that
then I wouldn't be sitting here
so uncomfortably

learning to silence
the chat box in my head

Poem 1363
Amsterdam, 2017-05-19
Vipassana: the body should be leading
Collection: Metamorphic body
Dedicated to: Claudia A 
 

The waiters walk in

and out of the music pops --


open and closes.


De obers lopenDie Kellner gehen
in en uit de muziek klapt --ein und aus, die Musik klappt --

open en weer dicht.auf und wieder zu.

Poem H0778
Amsterdam, 2014-02-20
Inside and outside (Remco Campert) - 1965
Poem "Binnen en buiten" (collection "Hoera, hoera")
Collection: Silent walk
Tribute to: Campert, Remco 
 

A page, a glimmer

of truth, rustlingless silent --


and then wind again.


Een bladzij, een glimpEine Seite, Blick
waarheid, ritselloos zwijgend --von Wahrheit, raschelnlos still --

en dan waait het weer.und dann wieder Wind.

Poem H0624
Amsterdam, 2013-10-12
Landscapes and other events (Gerrit Kouwenaar) - 1974
Collection of poetry
Collection: Held True
Tribute to: Kouwenaar, Gerrit 
 

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