| We draw bows to reach | |
| each other, I with words, and -- | |
| you with your body. | |
| Wij spannen bogen | Wir spannen Bögen |
| naar elkaar, ik met woorden -- | zu einander, mit Worten -- |
| jij met jouw lichaam. | und mit dem Körper. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-17
I want to succeed (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Ik wil erin slagen", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part III [Ennio and Kees]) - September 27th, 1956, Rome
Collection: ThereFrom
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| No matter why you | |
| break up, the act of leaving -- | |
| is simply: leaving. | |
| Waarom je ook uit | Egal warum du |
| elkaar gaat, het weggaan zelf -- | es ausmachst, das Gehen selbst -- |
| is gewoon: weggaan. | ist einfach: gehen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-18
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (Paul Simon) - 1975
Song, album "Still Crazy After All These Years"
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1960-1979
Tribute to: Simon, Paul
| Songs and slogans and | |
| speeches, very many words -- | |
| against all the wars. | |
| Liedjes, leuzen en | Lieder, Slogans und |
| toespraken, heel veel woorden -- | Reden, sehr viele Worte -- |
| tegen de oorlog. | gegen die Kriege. |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-30
She came to stay (Simone de Beauvoir) - 1943
Novel (roman à clef) "L'invitée" (1943, "She came to stay" / "The Invitee", 1949), part 1, chapter 6
Collection: Actively Passive
Tribute to: De Beauvoir, Simone
| Whatever you say | |
| about yourself and your life -- | |
| they are words, just words. | |
| Wat je ook beweert | Was du auch immer |
| over jou en je leven -- | über dich, dein Leben, sagst -- |
| het zijn maar woorden. | es sind nur Worte. |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-30
She came to stay (Simone de Beauvoir) - 1943
Novel (roman à clef) "L'invitée" (1943, "She came to stay" / "The Invitee", 1949), part 1, chapter 6
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: De Beauvoir, Simone
| Participating, | |
| counter voices and dancing: | |
| a language tumult. | |
| Reacties, bijval, | Reaktionen, Tanz, |
| tegenstemmen, meedansen: | Beifall und Gegenstimmen: |
| een tumult van taal. | Tumult von Sprachen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-11
A Change of tongue (Antjie Krog) - 2003
"La Caravane de la Poésie" in 1999 - With Chenjerai Hove (Zimbabwe 1956-2015), Werewere Liking (Cameroon 1950), Amina Saïd (Tunis 1953), and Thierno Seydou Sall (Sénégal) among others, Antjie Krog (South Africa 1952) recites poems in Kayes (Mali), where the audience communicates with her with "a change of tongue"
Tale, part 5, A journey (Day Three)
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
| Never a meeting, | |
| we just discuss everything -- | |
| while we are at it. | |
| Nooit vergaderen | Keine Sitzungen, |
| wij, we bespreken alles -- | wir besprechen alles nur -- |
| terwijl we het doen. | wenn wir dabei sind. |
Amsterdam, 2023-06-30
The filling station on the route - 2 (Jan Baeke) - 2013
Poem "Het tankstation op de route" - 2 (collection "Het tankstation op de route")
Collection: Stall
Tribute to: Baeke, Jan
