Zywa Night

My evening walk
through the streets and the park:
all the beauty of day
gradually disappears

into the beauty of the night
that darkness full of life
that has conquered the world
by colonizing the light

From the beauty of the night
I go to sleep to then experience
the beauties of the day rested
and to walk around with them

in the evening
through the streets and the park
and then to go to bed
without disappearing into the night

Poem 6012
Amsterdam, 2026-05-03
Collection: Silent walk
 

The ground beneath her

feet has taken her, the earth --


whose praises I sang.


De grond onder haarDer Boden unter
voeten nam haar, de aarde --ihr nahm sie auf, die Erde --

die ik geroemd heb.deren Lob ich sang.

Poem H4532
Amsterdam, 2024-02-22
The Ground Beneath Her Feet (Salman Rushdie) - 1999
Novel, chapter 15 Beneath her feet
Song "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" (lyrics Salman Rushdie [1999], music U2, album "All That You Can't Leave Behind" [2000]) - Earthquake / Orpheus mourns

Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman; U2 
 

Zywa Wake up

Live! Not dying
like all the sad-eyed people
but like the dog
that dances in the window

Wake up and look
There's sun, there's stars
there's daisies
and it swirls
in your sex

Wake up to a poem
Your blood flows
Spring comes and
there's bread in the oven

I'm not saying anything new
My words are clear
as water, as your soul
The sea falls and rises
but man is cruel

Poem 5240
Amsterdam, 2023-06-12
Cruelty (Namdea Dhasal) - 1973
Poem (collection "Golpitha")
Collection: Changing Times
Tribute to: Dhasal, Namdea 
 

There's enough spring green

for one hundred thousand eyes --


I only have two.


Lentegroen genoegFrühlingsgrün genug
voor honderdduizend ogen --für Tausende von Augen --

Ik heb er slechts twee.Ich habe nur zwei.

Poem H3303
Amsterdam, 2022-05-23
Spring green (Guido Gezelle) - 1901
Poem "Lentegroen" (collection "Laatste verzen")
Collection: Held True
Tribute to: Gezelle, Guido 
 

Vista of a roof

of snow-white cherry blossom --


Stunning fragrances.


Uitzicht op een dakAusblick auf ein Dach
van witte kersenbloesem --von schneeweißen Kirschblüte --

Bedwelmende geur.Berauschender Duft.

Poem H3083
Egmond aan Zee, 2021-10-24
The guardian of the hill of cherry trees (Franco Faggiani) - 2019
Novel "Il guardiano della collina dei ciliegi"
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Faggiani, Franco 
 

Mixed from the low clouds

and the river's misty coat:


a haze of sunlight.


Uit lage wolkenAus Wolken und Fluss-
en riviernevels gemengd:dampf gemischt: das neblige --

een mist van zonlicht.Streulicht der Sonne.

Poem H2267
Braamt, 2018-09-06
Atlas shrugged (Ayn Rand) - 1957
Novel, part 1 'Non-contradiction', chapter 5 'The climax of the D'Anconias'
Collection: Willegos
Tribute to: Rand, Ayn 
 

Zywa Nothing more beautiful

There is nothing more beautiful than the green
of palms after a long journey
through the desert, fresh water
and a shelter from the sun
But the people

watch you, it's all boredom
trapped between thick walls
(Everything better than the streets
  that stink of cattle and shit
  The flies lick your eyes)

There is nothing more beautiful than the colours
of silk and gems on the body
of a handsome woman, pearls and perfume
in her clothes, between her breasts
so that the people

watch you and your husband
spoils you with desire
grapes and sweet cakes
It is a lovely dream
that it will not pass

Poem 1400
Amsterdam, 2017-06-09
Hind bint Abi Umayya (in year 626)
Collection: The Praised One
 

Beauty will always

remain, even if it dies --


a googol more deaths.


Schoonheid blijft en gaatSchönheit bleibt und wird
nooit voorbij, ook al sterft ze --nie vergehen, auch wenn sie --

een googol doden.googol Tode stirbt.

Poem H0542
Amsterdam, 2013-08-11
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
 

A circle of pink

petals spreads around the bush --


fully packed with buds.


Een cirkel rozeEin Kreis von rosa-
bloemblaadjes rondom de struik --Blütenblättern um den Strauch --

vol volle knoppen.voller Vollknospen.

Poem H0321
Amsterdam, 2012-07-19
Collection: Dearme
 

The falls are bubbling

upwards: droplets in the air --


with flying sea trout.


De waterval bruistDer Wasserfall braust
omhoog: vliegende druppels --empor: fliegende Tröpfen --

en zeeforellen.und Meerforelle.

Poem H0167
Amsterdam, 2012-01-24
Collection: Eyes lips chest and belly
 

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