After her reproach,

the street noise only slowly --


returns to his mind.


Na haar verwijtenNach den Vorwürfen
keren de straatgeluiden --kehrt der Straßenverkehrslärm --

maar langzaam terug.nur langsam zurück.

Poem H3583
Amsterdam, 2022-11-28
The Office - Plankton (Han Voskuil) - 1997
Novel "Het Bureau - Plankton"
Page 93, Maarten Koning and Sien de Nooijer-Flipse (1973)

Collection: Dirty hands
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han 
 

Zywa The Child on the Mountain (Early winter)

The rhythm of the seasons
keeps my heartbeat in balance
if I go with it

and don't lazily indulge
in the provisions
in an easy chair in winter

but put on a coat
and go out, over mountains
or meadows for views

without walls
with a warm sun
in the centre

of my body
expanding my mind
with the landscape

Poem 4160
Amsterdam, 2021-11-29
Yijing (I Ching) #56: the Wanderer
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
 

Zywa The Tumble Child (Early autumn)

The wind is weak, yet
there are leaves swirling
before my feet, often
it goes that way for me

What I don't hold, is blowing
away and could fall into pieces
so I jump back and forth
with long arms like a juggler

Should I let everything
happen and just watch
with barbed wire
around my thoughts?

Changes and decay
never coming to an end
I balance on tipping points
in the golden mean

Poem 4150
Amsterdam, 2021-11-27
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
Dedicated to: Ineke J 
 

Zywa Divided man

To take care of you, help
others, perform projects of my own
undisturbed, without being troubled

by anyone or anything, or
being
obliged to anything

Show what I'm worth
and then do something
very different

Sit at home together
cosily on the couch
reading about adventures

and suddenly set out
just like that, being free
and still belonging

I want it all

Poem 4097
Amsterdam, 2021-11-03
Collection: I am
Tribute to: Verhaeghe, Paul 
 

The abreaction:

enjoying dullness in bed --


without being sick.


Afreageren:Abreagieren:
lekker suf in bed liggen --komfortabel dumpf im Bett --

zonder ziek te zijn.ohne krank zu sein.

Poem H2444
Amsterdam, 2019-04-28
The introduction - Faxing to Ger #1 (Nicolien Mizee) - 2017
Diary-novel "De kennismaking - Faxen aan Ger"
Collection: In the shadow
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien 
 

I weigh pleasures, tears,

blossom, and birdsong against --


the weight of the world.


Ik weeg genoegensIch wäge Freude
en vogelzang af tegen --und Gezwitscher ab gegen --

de loden wereld.das Gewicht der Welt.

Poem H1331
Amsterdam, 2015-09-21
Counterweight (Hilde Domin) - 1953
Poem "Gegengewicht"
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Domin, Hilde 
 

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