Time does not change, it

always remains what it is --


Only man changes.


De tijd is altijdDie Zeit ändert sich
hetzelfde, veranderen --nicht, sie bleibt, was sie ist; nur --

doet alleen de mens.der Mensch ändert sich.

Poem H6337
Amsterdam, 2026-06-24
Reflection (Bob Dylan) - 2026
Bob Dylan published a reflection on life as an eighty-year-old in the New York Times on June 14th, 2026, at the request of that newspaper
Collection: Great Flow
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 
 

Zywa Metamorphosis

Those who haven't seen me in years
have missed the gradual transition
like mad people have forgotten their past
and continue to live as someone else

Plenty of witnesses, all
with different explanations
of who I was, what I did then
and how that was possible

What do you think, do I still
have the cheeks of a young god
and am I also the faces I pull
and the man you don't see?

Do you have to be a Vanessa - a
butterfly who knows transformation -
to have an eye for life-
long-lasting metamorphoses?

Poem 5607
Amsterdam, 2025-02-17
Metamorphosis One/Two/Three/Four/Five (Philip Glass) - 1988
Metamorphosis = shapeshifting, transformation
Compositions "Metamorphosis One/Two/Three/Four/Five" for piano (1988, Philip Glass)
Vanessa is the name of a genus of butterflies
(In advance) For Florentin W's birthday

Collection: The Yellow House Museum
Composer: Glass, Philip 
Dedicated to: Florentin dK 
 

Everything changes.

However, the ocean is --


still the ocean.


Alles verandert.Alles ändert sich.
Hoewel, de oceaan is --Obwohl, der Ozean ist --

nog de oceaan.noch der Ozean.

Poem H5105
Amsterdam, 2024-11-30
Not the Sun (Izak de Dreu) - 2022
Composition "Niet de Zon"; poem, music and arrangement by Izak de Dreu), performed on November 30th, 2024 in the Organpark by Kristia Michael and Amarante Nat (voices), Yiannis Bontis and Juan Cancer Navarro (sackbuts [trombones]), and Francesca Ajossa (harpsichord)
Collection: org anp ARK 
Composer: De Dreu, Izak 
 

I like my new home,

it's perfect, why then do I --


want to make changes?


Mijn nieuwe huis isMein neues Haus ist
perfect, waarom wil ik het --perfekt, warum möchte ich --

dan veranderen?es trotzdem ändern?

Poem H4819
Amsterdam, 2024-08-01
Collection: PumicePieces
 

Zywa Green-eyed anger

Big anger, small anger
Without anger, there is little

improvement, although it often
remains limited to minor changes

because we apply double standards
and, green-eyed, leave

the truth in the middle
looking past

other people's children
everything that is not one's own

Selective love, yes, then
we are stuck with the consequences

and powerlessly suppress
our sincere anger

Powerless, taken seriously
only by like-minded people

Poem 5527
Amsterdam, 2024-05-13
Collection: Mosaic virus
 

Politics revolves

around trying to control --


our powerlessness.


Politiek draait omDie Politik dreht
het trachten te beheersen --um die Kontrolle über --

van onze onmacht.unsere Ohnmacht.

Poem H4550
Amsterdam, 2024-03-06
Vladiwostok! (P.F. Thomése) - 2007
Novel, part 1, chapter 9
Collection: May the Might
Tribute to: Thomése, Pieter Frans 
 

The autumn wind is

already there, but people --


still bath in the brook.


De ruisende windDer rauschende Herbst-
van de herfst waait al, maar nog --wind weht bereits, aber noch --

baadt men in de beek.badet man im Bach.

Poem H4329
Amsterdam, 2023-12-01
Poem by Fujiwara no Ietaka - 1237
Poem by [Junii] Fujiwara no Ietaka (1158-1237): Kaze soyogu / Narano-ogawa no / Yugure wa / Misogi zo natsu no / Shirushi nari keru
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Fujiwara no Ietaka 
 

Zywa The Bison

Mosquitoes may drink my blood
I stay here to enjoy myself
the blood of the moon

the fireflies in the garden
and the whooping children
around a campfire somewhere

Behind, a freight train rumbles past
Once the hooves of bison pounded there


My dreams are blind and nameless
They shit on the spot
and eat when I'm away

Maybe it would be easier
without them, but when I see them
asleep, everything is fine

Behind, a freight train rumbles past
Once the hooves of bison pounded there

Poem 5304
Amsterdam, 2023-09-23
Buffalo Replaced (Mitski) - 2023
Song (album "The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We")
Collection: Reaching out
Tribute to: Mitski (Miyawaki, Mitski) 
 

Buzzing and hypno-

spinning, change is approaching --


I move carefully!


Verandering zoemtDer Wandel brummt sich
hypno-tollend dichterbij --hypno-wirbelnd auf mich zu --

Ik loop stap voor stap!Ich geh vorsichtig!

Poem H4118
Amsterdam, 2023-09-08
Moving (Chaz Underriner) - 2023
Microtonal composition, performed by Ensemble Modelo62 in the Organpark on September 8th, 2023
Collection: org ANP ark 
Tribute to: Underriner, Chaz 
 

Never any change!

Everything always the same --


with variations.


Geen verandering!Keine Änderung!
Alles altijd hetzelfde --Alles immer gleich, bloß mit --

met variaties.Variationen.

Poem H3783
Amsterdam, 2023-04-01
The Office - The Death of Maarten Koning (Han Voskuil) - 2000
Novel "Het Bureau - De dood van Maarten Koning"
Page 113, Maarten and Nicolien Koning (1988)

Collection: Frustration
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han 
 

In the new country

I follow a friend, stepping --


within his footprints.


In het nieuwe landIn dem neuen Land
volg ik een vriend, stil stap ik --folge ich einem Freund in --

in zijn voetstappen.seine Fußstapfen.

Poem H3528
Amsterdam, 2022-10-25
Walk behind a friend (Jila Mossaed) - 2009
Poem "Går efter en vän" (collection "Varje natt kysser jag markens fötter")
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: Mossaed, Jila 
 

There's another pile

of small gradual changes --


One more year has passed.


Een nieuwe stapelEin neuer Stapel
kleine veranderingen:kleiner Veränderungen --

weer een jaar voorbij.des letzten Jahres.

Poem H3390
Amsterdam, 2022-07-18
Collection: Metamorphic body
 

Every day I pass

the forest, it's hard to see --


that we're transforming.


Ik rijd dagelijksIch reise täglich
door het bos, onopvallend --durch den Wald, unauffällig --

veranderen we.verwandeln wir uns.

Poem H2608
Amsterdam, 2019-11-15
Collection: Migration
Dedicated to: Florentin dK 
 

My hands are sculpting

the rough stones and the rough stones --


are sculpting my hands.


Mijn handen houwenDie Hände hauen
ruwe steen en ruwe steen --rauen Stein und rauer Stein --

beeldhouwt mijn handen.skulptiert die Hände.

Poem H2503
Train Vlissingen-Amsterdam, 2019-06-07
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer) - 2005
Novel
Collection: Being my own museum
Tribute to: Safran Foer, Jonathan 
 

Zywa The world is changing

The world is changing us

That's how we are, a little
do we change

the world for our convenience
and to eat, sky high

we build suites of rooms
winged and on wheels

teach it to our children
teach them to think

that the world is changing
on account of people, which is true

after millennia, finally
we make differences

and yet it is not so
The world changes us

it pinches off traditions and imposes new
habits, it determines

the conditions of being
or not being

Poem 1866
Amsterdam, 2018-10-12
Collection: Lilith's Powers
 

With tea she brings up:

well, you do have changed, haven't you?


I guess. (Why didn't you?)


Bij de thee zegt ze:Zum Tee sagt sie: du
je bent wel veranderd hè!hast dich verändert, oder?

Hm. (Waarom jij niet?)Hm. (Warum du nicht?)

Poem S0201
Amsterdam, 2014-05-25
Starting point (Lernert Engelberts) - 1997
Poem "Uitgangspunt" (collection "Ivoren toren te huur")
Collection: MistI
Tribute to: Engelberts, Lernert 
 

Instability:

what exists, is in motion --


The perpetual!


Instabiliteit:Instabilität:
al het bestaande beweegt --was existiert, bewegt sich --

Het perpetuum!Das Perpetuum!

Poem H0249
Amsterdam, 2012-03-27
Collection: I am
 

I kindled a fire,

from it blows a wind, it blows --


the fire far away.


Ik heb vuur gemaakt,Das Feuer lodert,
uit het vuur steekt een wind op --von ihm weht ein Wind, der nimmt --

die het vuur meeneemt.das Feuer mit sich.

Poem H0178
Train Nijmegen-Amsterdam, 2012-01-15
Collection: Mosaic virus
 

Zywa Furnishing song

I keep on looking around the living room -
on just one floor-plan you can do a lot
So, if I put the dinnertable over here
without carpets on the parquet

the lounge suite may stand there if that fits
I'll put the plant and the book shelves
on the other side of the window then
with the armchair next to them

and for the atmosphere a new armature
Right, ready it is, but what a pity now
I forgot the television, too bad
Although, it can be missed I guess

Poem 92
Amsterdam, 2007-10-10
Collection: Mosaic virus
 

Bacteria
transform the world
Bacteria
I too am a change creator

I take action :
I stop what is bad.
I improve what is uncomfortable.
I embellish what is ugly
 

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