It's so beautiful!

It is truly terrible --


if you are blind here.


Dit is zo prachtig!Das ist wunderschön!
Het is echt heel vreselijk --Es ist absolut schrecklich --

als je hier blind bent.wenn man hier blind ist.

Poem H6333
Amsterdam, 2026-06-21
Haroun and The Sea of Stories (Salman Rushdie) - 1990
Fairy tale, chapter 2, The Mail Coach (page 14)
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

Where would I rather

be? Over there, or better --


here with the pilewort?


Waar zou ik lieverWo wäre ich am
willen zijn? Ginds, of toch maar --liebsten? Dort drüben, oder --

hier bij het speenkruid?hier bei der Feigwurz?

Poem H6186
Amsterdam, 2026-03-27
Agoraphobia (Marjoleine de Vos) - 2013
Poem "Ruimtevrees" (collection "Uitzicht genoeg")
Collection: Home sea
Tribute to: De Vos, Marjoleine 
 

The evening sun, still

warm, caresses the old skin --


of the country house.


De avondzon strijkt,Die Abendsonne,
nog warm, over de oude --noch warm, streichelt die alte --

huid van het landhuis.Haut des Landhauses.

Poem H5952
Amsterdam, 2025-09-18
A golden yellow light grazes the old house (Frida Vogels) - 2014
Verse "Een goudgeel licht strijkt langs het oude huis", published in "Diary 1977-1978" - September 5th, 1978, Bologna
Collection: Helices
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

It is fragile, the

beauty of the atmosphere --


in the night cafés.


Zo breekbaar is ze,Zerbrechlich ist die
de schoonheid van deze sfeer --Schönheit der Atmosphäre --

in de nachtcafé's.in den Nachtcafés.

Poem H5380
Train Terborg-Amsterdam, 2025-04-16
An Artist of the Floating World (Kazuo Ishiguro) - 1986
Novel, chapter 'November 1949'
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: Ishiguro, Kazuo 
 

Better a warm house

than the beauty of windows --


full of frost flowers.


Liever een warm huisLieber die Wärme
dan de schoonheid van ruiten --als die Schönheit von Fenstern --

vol met ijsbloemen.voller Eisblumen.

Poem S2298
Amsterdam, 2024-08-09
The Servants and the Snow (Iris Murdoch) - 1970
Play, Act One
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris 
 

Disillusionment:

seeing the ridiculous --


ignoring beauty.


Desillusie is:Desillusion ist:
het belachelijke zien --das Lächerliche sehen --

schoonheid negeren.Schönheit negieren.

Poem H4740
Amsterdam, 2024-07-03
The Hidden Force (Louis Couperus) - 1900
Novel "De stille kracht", chapter 2, § 1
Collection: Thinkles Lusionless
Tribute to: Couperus, Louis 
 

Perfect images,

captured, just for a moment --


Already passed by.


Volmaakte beelden,Bilder wunderschön
vastgelegd, heel even maar --festgehalten, nur sehr kurz --

Meteen weer voorbij.Schon wieder vorbei.

Poem H4694
Amsterdam, 2024-06-12
The magnetics / The audiotapes (Vincent Maël Cardona) - 2021
Film "Les magnétiques"
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: Cardona, Vincent Mael 
 

Artificial snow

cannons spew on the ski slope --


the water fireworks!


Op de skipisteAuf der Skipiste
spuwen de sneeuwkanonnen --spucken die Schneekanonen --

een watervuurwerk!Wasserfeuerwerk!

Poem H4022
Amsterdam, 2023-08-10
The happiness of the wolf (Paolo Cognetti) - 2021
Novel "La felicità del lupo"
Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Cognetti, Paolo 
 

The hall: enchanted

by the fragilely tinkling light --


in the icicles.


De hal: betoverdDer Flur: verzaubert
door breekbaar tingelend licht --vom spröde klingelnden Licht --

in de ijspegels.in den Eiszapfen.

Poem H3813
Amsterdam, 2023-05-07
Icicles & Rays (Tatiana Koleva) - 2023
Composition for overdubbed vibraphone and live electronics, performed by herself in the Organpark on May 7th, 2023, November 29th, 2023, and March 14th, 2026
Collection: org ANP ark 
Composer: Koleva, Tatiana 
 

She's looking outside,

but still, does she see the view --


our beautiful view?


Ze kijkt naar buiten,Sie schaut nach draußen,
maar ziet ze het uitzicht wel --aber sieht sie die Aussicht --

ons mooie uitzicht?die schöne Aussicht?

Poem H3769
Amsterdam, 2023-03-23
The birds under the sky (Karl Ove Knausgard) - 2019
Novella "Fuglene under himmelen"
Collection: Writing
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove 
 

The ordinary

is in slow motion simply --


nothing but beauty.


Het gewone isDas Gewöhnliche
in slow motion gewoonweg --ist in Zeitlupe einfach --

een en al schoonheid.Schönheit in allem.

Poem H3551
Amsterdam, 2022-10-30
Cashapona (Germaine Sijstermans) - 2022
"Cashapona" (2022, Germaine Sijstermans) for bass clarinet, cello and organ, performed in the Organpark on October 30th, 2022, by Germaine Sijstermans (bass clarinet), Marcus Kaiser (cello), and Dante Boon (organ)
Collection: org ANP ark 
Composer: Sijstermans, Germaine 
 

Glimmering beauty,

clear and upside down, doubled --


in the little pond.


Er schittert schoonheid,Spiegelnde Schönheit,
ondersteboven, dubbel --auf dem Kopf, verdoppelt, da --

in de parkvijver.im kleinen Parkteich.

Poem H3220
Amsterdam, 2022-03-15
Of youth (Hans Bethge / Gustav Mahler) - 1907
Old Chinese poem about friends in a porcelain pavillon in a pond
1908, Gustav Mahler, based on the free version "Der Pavillon aus Porzellan" by Hans Bethge from 1907, after "Yan tao jia tingzi" by Li Bai [701-762]

Collection: Thinkles Lusionless
Tribute to: Bethge, Hans; Li, Bai 
Composer: Mahler, Gustav 
 

Chick chick, the nozzles

form a diaphanous mist --


with a pale rainbow.


Tsjik tsjik, de sproeiersChik chik, die Düsen
vormen vliesdunne nevels --bilden vliesdünne Nebel --

met een regenboog.mit Regenbogen.

Poem H2887
Amsterdam, 2021-01-15
Grace (K. Michel) - 2020
Poem "Gratie" (collection "& rol door")
Collection: Human excess
Tribute to: Michel, K 
 

I sing the beauty

of a lovely bloon bloon bloon --


to the moon moon moon.


Ik zing een liedjeIch singe, schau: ein
van een mooie blon blon blon --wunderschöner Bllon Bllon Bllon --

in de zon zon zon.in der Sonn Sonn Sonn.

Poem H2232
Amsterdam, 2018-06-25
The little balloon (Toon Hermans) - 1958
Song "Het ballonnetje"
Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Hermans, Toon 
 

So beautiful, this

village, it must be painted!


A big art contest!


Ja, het dorp is mooi,Das Dorf ist wunder-
het moet geschilderd worden!schön, es muss gemalt werden!

Elk jaar een wedstrijd!Jährlich ein Wettstreit!

Poem S0553
Amsterdam, 2017-10-30
Diary 1962-1963 (Frida Vogels) - 2007
"Dagboek 1962-1963" - December 8th, 1962, Bologna (about Dozza)
Promotion of tourism

Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

Kabul: enthralling

my eye to the moons shining --


on its countless roofs.


Kabul boeit mijn oogKabul fesselt mein
aan de blinkende manen --Auge an allen Monden --

op al haar daken.auf ihren Dächern.

Poem H1784
Amsterdam, 2017-08-30
Kabul (Sa'ib Tabrizi) - 1650
Poem
Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Tabrizi, Sa'ib 
 

Zywa Floodlight of time

In the last darkness
before dawn, after the party
I wander through the city
my familiar city

The sky is clear
I have no idea
what I would want

The river glides by
Empty quays, no traffic
silence around the monuments
and everything neatly swept

Naked people made
of marble and paint
live in the museum palaces

The princesses play cards
in the basement of the servants
and my steps resound
in the floodlight of time

Poem 1464
Amsterdam, 2017-07-31
The great beauty (Paolo Sorrentino) - 2013
Film "La grande bellezza"
Collection: Silent walk
Tribute to: Sorrentino, Paolo 
 

Zywa La grande bellezza

The movie palace is charity
for fans and old people
helping them pass the time
I watch and I learn
the lines from Mama Capra

about the great beauty
of the dream of the senses
Giulietta is sent away
from the market, with her
homemade goat cheeses

At home in her little paradise
the former bed of the brook
now my daydream in the corner
at the entrance of the hall
bees are buzzing around

Would I rather play?
See myself?
In a hundred roles larger than life?

Poem 1112
Amsterdam, 2017-03-03
New York Movie (Edward Hopper) - 1939
Painting
Film "Shirley: visions of reality (2013, Gustav Deutsch)
Actress Giulietta Masina (1921-1994)

Collection: NightWatch
Tribute to: Hopper, Edward; Deutsch, Gustav 
 

There is a pond in

you fell silent. there's nothing --


to say. dead. silence.


Midden in het meerIm Waldsee gibt es
stil viel. er valt geen woord meer --still gefallen bist, kein Wort --

te zeggen. dood. stil.mehr. so tot. enstill.

Poem H0794
Amsterdam, 2014-02-23
The pond in the lake (Hans Faverey) - 1983
Series of poems "De vijver in het meer" (collection "Zijden kettingen")
Collection: Held True
Tribute to: Faverey, Hans 
 

There is a boulder

in the middle of the road --


there is a boulder.


Midden op de wegMitten auf dem Weg
ligt een steen, er ligt een steen --ist ein Stein, da ist ein Stein --

midden op de weg.mitten auf dem Weg.

Poem H0525
Amsterdam, 2013-07-29
In the middle of the road (Carlos Drummond de Andrade) - 1928
"No meio do caminho" (collection "Alguma poesia")
Collection: Here &Now&
Tribute to: Drummond dA, Carlos 
 

Spring unfolds my eyes

to the great beauty of what --


I already know.


De lente ontluiktDer Mai öffnet mir
mijn ogen voor de schoonheid --die Augen für Schönheit, die --

van wat ik al ken.ich bereits kenne.

Poem H0446
Amsterdam, 2013-05-06
Collection: WoofWoof
 

Fairy-beautiful

is the house under the snow --


No imperfections.


Sprookjesachtig mooiMärchenhaft, so schön
is het huis onder de sneeuw --ist das Haus unter dem Schnee --

Geen gebrek te zien.Gar keinen Mangel.

Poem H0338
Amsterdam, 2012-08-08
Collection: NightWatch
 

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