The Oracle speaks:

it is the only, but not --


the right solution!


Het Orakel spreekt:Das Orakel spricht:
het is de enige, maar --es ist der einzige, nicht --

niet de juiste weg!der richtige Weg!

Poem H6380
Amsterdam, 2026-08-06
The bad luck, the heaviness, and the floating (Nicolien Mizee) - 2025
Diary novel "De pech, de zwaarheid en het zweven" ("Faxing to Ger #7") - April 6th, 2001
Collection: In the light
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien 
 

Zywa One or the other
(taking leave from what you are not going to do)

What shall I do?
For now, nothing
I decide
to postpone my decision

I know the pros and cons
but I do not yet have the courage
to take leave
from what I am not going to do

My thoughts about how it might
turn out are a problem
How can I trust

that it will go well
that I will be fine
if it goes differently

than expected and it depends
on how I view it at the time
whether I will be open to it?

Poem 6084
Amsterdam, 2026-07-16
What do you want then? (Lot Vekemans) - 2025
Autobiographical account "Wat wil je dan?", chapters 20 and 28
Collection: Changing Times
Tribute to: Vekemans, Lot 
 

I have influence,

because the money I spend --


I can use wisely.


Ook ik heb invloed,Ich habe Einfluss:
want het geld dat ik uitgeef --das Geld, das ich ausgebe --

kan ik besteden.kann ich verwenden.

Poem H5996
Amsterdam, 2025-11-03
Collection: Local interest
 

After every step,

I have to take another --


Yeah, with all my wits.


Na elke stap moetNach jedem Schritt mach
ik een volgende nemen --ich einen weiteren Schritt --

Bij volle verstand.Bei klarem Verstand.

Poem H5933
Amsterdam, 2025-09-08
The sound of flowers (Marten Toonder) - 1993
Autobiography, part 2, 1939-1945 "Het geluid van bloemen", chapter XXIV - December 1942 (in the war)
Collection: Puss & Lord
Tribute to: Toonder, Marten 
 

I have decided.

Maybe it won't work, maybe --


it will exhaust me.


Ik heb besloten.Ich habe mich ent-
Misschien zal het niet lukken --schieden. Vielleicht klappt es nicht --

en mij uitputten.und erschöpft es mich.

Poem H5731
Amsterdam, 2025-07-24
At that moment I decided; a decision (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Op dat moment besloot ik; een besluit", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part IV [Frida], and in "Diary 1962-1963" (2007) - February 8th, 1963, Bologna
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

Eternal question:

considering the facts, is --


it a yes? A no?


De eeuwige vraag:Ewige Frage:
is het gezien de feiten --angesichts der Fakten, ist --

een ja of een nee?es ein Ja? Ein Nein?

Poem H5238
Amsterdam, 2025-02-09
Considering the facts (Griet Op de Beeck) - 2018
Novella "Gezien de feiten", chapter 23
Collection: Willegos
Tribute to: Op de Beeck, Griet 
 

I lick everything

and I still can't make a choice --


what I feel like now.


Ik lik aan allesIch lecke alles
en nog kan ik niet kiezen --und doch kann ich nicht wählen --

waar ik zin in heb.worauf ich Lust hab.

Poem H4516
Amsterdam, 2024-02-11
The Low Tone Orchestra: 9 Options (Cat Hope) - 2022
Composition, performed by ensemble MAZE in the Organpark on February 11th, 2024
Collection: org ANP ark 
Composer: Hope, Cat 
 

I had to do it

but the choice I made felt like --


someone else's coat.


Het moest, maar de keusIch musste, aber
die ik maakte, voelde aan --meine Wahl war wie das Hemd --

als andermans jas.eines anderen.

Poem S1979
Amsterdam, 2023-10-25
choices (Emilie Dewitte) - 2022
Poem "keuzes" (collection "Werk")
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: Dewitte, Emilie 
 

The trail I chose for

was the greenest of the two --


because I thought so.


Het pad dat ik koosIch wählte den Weg,
was het groenste van de twee --der am grünsten war, nur weil --

omdat ik dat dacht.ich es mir dachte.

Poem H2835
Amsterdam, 2020-11-26
The Road Not Taken (Robert Frost) - 1916
Poem (collection "Mountain Interval")
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Frost, Robert 
 

Zywa Forgiven

I stayed
to finish work
the corridor is dark

with familiar lights
red and blue, vigilantly
the devices are blinking

It's the last time
I'm leaving, disappointed
I write everything down

and then I tear it up
the evidence
declared unneeded

my tears have dried
I have chosen
to be who I want to be, I

choose to live

Poem 2017
Amsterdam, 2019-01-07
Acceptance of your own destiny and that of the person who treats you badly
Collection: Bruises
Dedicated to: Libby CF 
 

Sometimes you have to

express out loud what you think --


to validate it.


Soms een gedachteManchmal muss man laut
hardop moeten uitspreken --ausdrücken, was man bedenkt --

dan is ze geldig.dann ist es gültig.

Poem H2299
Amsterdam, 2018-10-05
How everything had to begin (Thomas Verbogt) - 2017
Novel "Hoe alles moest beginnen"
Collection: May the Might
Tribute to: Verbogt, Thomas 
 

I too must move on

and follow someone, or else --


set out on my own.


Ook ik moet verder,Auch ich muss weiter,
iemand volgen, of anders --jemandem folgen, oder --

mijn eigen weg gaan.meinen Weg gehen.

Poem H1894
Amsterdam, 2017-12-12
Diary 1970-1971 (Frida Vogels) - 2011
"Dagboek 1970-1971" - April 23rd, 1970, Bologna
Collection: Lookout
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

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