There is laughter on

the canals, the fun flows far --


into the city.


Er wordt gelachenAuf den Kanälen
op de grachten, het plezier --wird gelacht, die Lustigkeit --

golft ver de stad in.strömt weit in die Stadt.

Poem H6401
Amsterdam, 2026-08-30
Collection: Local traffic
Dedicated to: Carla B 
 

A parasol with

a shower offers cooling --


to the terrace guests.


Een parasol metEin Sonnenschirm mit
douche biedt gasten verkoeling --Dusche bietet Abkühlung --

op het stadsterras.auf der Terrasse.

Poem H5567
Amsterdam, 2025-06-01
With a photo of the terrace on the Torensluis (Tower Sluice, June 28th, 2011, Amsterdam)

Terrace

Collection: Pending rain
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Madelief dK 
 

When you go boating,

you are part of the city-


scape that others see.


SpelevarendenBeim Bootfahren ist
horen bij het stadsgezicht --man Teil der Stadtansicht, die --

dat anderen zien.andere sehen.

Poem H5537
Amsterdam, 2025-05-30
With a photo of pedal boats in a canal (July 13th, 2014, Amsterdam), Keizersgracht seen from the bridge at Huidenstraat

Pedal boats

Collection: Local traffic
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Madelief dK 
 

Zywa Comfort zones [2]

In the city there are many doors
that are open at night
to being awake
experiencing something together
across the threshold
no longer being an outsider

In the city there are many sidewalks
where people stand
and explore distant areas
with flexible words
questions and mental leaps
to become familiar with them

In the city there are many gardens
where children play, birds
whistle and all year round, flowers
attract bees and people
to come and feast
on the nectar of the day

Poem 5434
Amsterdam, 2024-03-02
Collection: WoofWoof
 

 

 
Terrace (Tweede Constantijn Huijgensstraat)
Amsterdam, 2022-08-10
Corner Overtoom
Collection: Photo's 2022
 

City life: walking

with a coffee in my hand --


to meet a new friend.


Het stadse leven:Das Großstadtleben:
koffie in de hand, op weg --zu Fuß, Kaffee in der Hand --

naar nieuwe vrienden.zu neuen Freunden.

Poem H3289
Amsterdam, 2022-05-11
Collection: Changing Times
 

 

 
Garden (common)
Amsterdam, 2018-05-27
Slatuinen ("Lettuce-gardens")
Collection: Photo's 2018
 

The bells are ringing

deep in the depths of the night --


Stars shine above us.


De klokken luidenDie Glocken läuten
in de diepte van de nacht --tief in der Tiefe der Nacht --

Sterren boven ons.Sterne über uns.

Poem H1940
Amsterdam, 2017-12-29
Reymerswael (Frida Vogels) - 2014
Poem, published in "Diary 1977-1978" - December 21st, 1977, Bologna (Reimerswaal is a city in Zeeland)
Collection: Helices
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

In the maze city

people bounce around, always --


they will meet again.


In de doolhofstadIn der Irrstadt prallt
kaatst men maar rond, altijd weer --man einfach herum, und trifft --

ontmoet je elkaar.sich immer wieder.

Poem H1162
Konstanz, 2015-06-19
La Superba (Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer) - 2013
Genoa
Novel

Collection: Palace of the night
Tribute to: Pfeijffer, Ilja Leonard 
 

 

 
Square (Stoa)
Athens, 1976-07-10
The colonnade (Stoa) of the Theseion
Collection: Photo's 1976
 

 

 
Bath
Bath, 1968-07-24
Roman baths in Somerset
Collection: Photo's 1968
 

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