We are living by

the clock, not by the season --


the day and the night.


Naar de klok levenMan lebt nach der Uhr,
we, en niet naar het seizoen --nicht nach den Jahreszeiten --

de dag en de nacht.dem Tag und der Nacht.

Poem S2998
Amsterdam, 2025-10-01
An uninhabitable time (Arnold Marinissen) - 2023
Composition "Un temps inhabitable" (with the text "Expérience de la vie d'usine" ["Factory life experience"] from the essay "La condition ouvrière" ["The working class condition"] by Simone Weil from 1937), performed by Arnold Marinissen (vibraphone en fixed media), Agathe Labadie (voice), and Dorien Schouten (organ) in the Organpark on November 1st, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK 
Tribute to: Weil, Simone 
Composer: Marinissen, Arnold 
 

Climb up the ladder

and look next to you, a snake --


is waiting for you!


Klim de ladder opSteige die Leiter
en kijk om je heen, naast je --hinauf, pass auf, neben dir --

wacht een slang je op!ist eine Schlange!

Poem H4388
Amsterdam, 2023-12-22
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie) - 1981
Novel, chapter 2-2 "Snakes and Ladders" (the board game "Moksha Patamu")
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

Zywa Enough endings

I make up enough endings
in my mind, knowing
that life continues
with little metabolism
of what ceases to exist
but it is difficult

to take it lightly
while you feel it happening
My heart does want to breathe
wisdom, but it needs blood
to feel the warmth of love
flowing in me, in and out

receiving and giving
around the earth, gathering
in the sea, the salmon swim
back and forth, it snows and rains
the hazel is in bloom
and will give a basket full of nuts

Poem 2478
Amsterdam, 2019-10-25
The End (Paul McCartney, The Beatles) - 1969
Song (album "Abbey Road")
Celtic symbolism: Coll (the Hazel), whose nuts contain magic power and wisdom; the Hazel should be guided by Manannan Mac Lir (the sea god, a master of disguise) and the Salmon (the oldest and wisest animal, the symbol of inspiration and creativity)
Collection: Lilith's Powers
Tribute to: McCartney, Paul; The Beatles 
 

Zywa Trinity

Another day
of manoeuvring
in the holy triangle
of languor, passion and harmony

In my blood, lethargy is floating
lazily along banks and jetties
It lies down
in the signal boxes

of my muscles and mood
as the prey of the fighters
who ignore the night
to make a party

of my life, now or never
to participate, out of desire
for happiness
that is short-lived

Poem 1645
Amsterdam, 2018-01-15
- Being slow, sometimes careless, and maintain what is there (tamas)
- Being active, from passion, and change something (rajas)
- Being in harmony, which gives joy (sattva)
Collection: web tissue
 

On top of the spire

the vane's turning to the wind --


warning or advise?


Op de torenspitsAuf die Turmspitze
draait de vaan mee met de wind --dreht der Schwan nach dem Winde --

waarschuwing? advies?Warnung oder Rat?

Poem S0022
Julianadorp, 2011-12-29
Collection: A Home
 

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