The monument, now

restored, used to look older --


when it was younger.


Het rijksmonumentDas uralte Bau-
heeft er ouder uitgezien --denkmal sah schon älter aus --

toen het jonger was.als es jünger war.

Poem S3178
Amsterdam, 2026-06-15
Possession, A Romance (A.S. Byatt) - 1990
Novel, chapter 12
After restoration, the monument is clean and will remain so because it is no longer used

Collection: Over
Tribute to: Byatt, A.S. 
 

In this aged house,

only the few porcelain --


polar bears are old.


In dit oude huisIn diesem alten
zijn alleen de ijsberen --Haus sind nur die Eisbären --

van porselein oud.aus Porzellan alt.

Poem H6296
Amsterdam, 2026-05-30
Surviving (Esther Gerritsen) - 2026
Column "Overleven", in the VPRO broadcasting guide No. 22 (May 30th, 2026)
Collection: Within the walls
Tribute to: Gerritsen, Esther 
 

Between the piles, kept

for later, there is a noise --


from the much, much dust.


Tussen de stapels,Zwischen den Stapeln,
bewaard voor later, kraakt het --für später aufgehoben --

vele, vele stof.knirscht der viele Staub.

Poem H5950
Amsterdam, 2025-09-18
I tried to create space (Frida Vogels) - 2014
Verse "Ik trachtte ruimte te scheppen", published in "Diary 1977-1978" - August 24th, 1978, Bologna
Collection: Helices
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

Zywa Reaching

Prehistoric heritage signs
decorate our world
reaching beyond ourselves

to people like us
who have been children with grampgrannies
and their ideals in stone

built with lots of bad luck on stories
and love, the searching togetherness
the chaos of everything, emotional tide

moons around the earth, feelings and words
shouted and repressed, fighting
for later or not being alone, the heritage signs

decorate our longing
for love to share
and they reach beyond ourselves

Poem 1445
Amsterdam, 2017-07-27
Collection: Lilith's Powers
 

The throne is very

old, but has now been restored...


for the museum.


De troon is eeuwenDer Thron ist sehr alt,
oud maar nu gerestaureerd...wurde aber restauriert...

voor het museum.für das Museum.

Poem H0054
Amsterdam, 2011-12-02
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
 

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