He's unconsciously

incompetent, but he's nice --


when he has a beer.


Hij is onbewustEr ist unbewusst
onbekwaam, maar gezellig --inkompetent, aber nett --

wanneer hij bier drinkt.wenn er ein Bier trinkt.

Poem S2247
Amsterdam, 2024-07-01
Farmers are boss (Marcel van Roosmalen) - 2024
Column "Boeren zijn de baas", in the NRC of July 1st, 2024 (about local politicians)
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: Van Roosmalen, Marcel 
 

Tabriz: fine carpets,

all over on the hillsides --


drying in the sun.


Tabriz: vloerkleden,Tabriz: Teppiche,
overal op de heuvels --überall auf den Hügeln --

drogend in de zon.um auszutrocknen.

Poem H4734
Amsterdam, 2024-06-28
The Enchantress of Florence (Salman Rushdie) - 2008
Novel, part 2, chapter 15
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

Zywa Tinkering

The wheel turns fast here
the twelve spokes form circles
and time flies by

There is still so much wrong
around us, we have to
work harder and be patient

While the bigwigs dance
on the volcano and don't dare
to look, afraid

of getting dizzy
and losing everything
we do what we can

always go the extra mile
and look with a different eye
then there will be plenty of ideas

to play and use toys
for a way out of the problems
caused by our solutions

Poem 5515
Amsterdam, 2024-04-24
Tinkering: 'jugaad', a creative improvisation, a frugal innovation, a solution that bends the rules
The wheel: in the flag of Bharat (India)
A fast life: in "The Moor's Last Sigh" (1995, Salman Rushdie), the body of Moraes Zogoiby (the Moor) develops twice as fast as normal
For toys, man invented the wheel

Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

Around the green land

we drive a fence, with a gate --


to future harvests.


Om het groene landUm das grüne Land
slaan we een hek, met een poort --einen Zaun, mit einem Tor --

naar onze oogsten.zu vielen Ernte.

Poem H3304
Amsterdam, 2022-05-23
Collection: A Home
 

The grain in the barn

is very safe in the claws --


of Cool Captain Cat.


Het graan in de schuurDie Weizenernte
is veilig in de klauwen --ist sicher in den Krallen --

van Kapitein Kat.von Captain Katze.

Poem H2718
Amsterdam, 2020-06-11
Collection: Local inconveniences
 

Hairdressers, scissors,

razor blades and carotids --


yet, it does go well.


Kappers, puntscharen,Friseure, Schere,
messen en halsslagaders --Messer und Halsschlagadern --

en toch gaat dat goed.und doch geht das gut.

Poem H2461
Amsterdam, 2019-05-09
The china shop - Faxing to Ger #2 (Nicolien Mizee) - 2018
Diary-novel "De porseleinkast - Faxen aan Ger"
Collection: In the shadow
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien 
 

That's how the world turns:

by people making something --


tangible that lasts.


Zo draait de wereld:So dreht sich die Welt:
door mensen die iets maken --da machen manche etwas --

iets tastbaars dat blijft.Greifbares, das bleibt.

Poem H2265
Braamt, 2018-09-06
Atlas shrugged (Ayn Rand) - 1957
Novel, part 1 'Non-contradiction', chapter 4 'The immovable movers'
Collection: Willegos
Tribute to: Rand, Ayn 
 

It's beautiful stuff,

this pale yellow braided rope --


I smell retsina.


Het is prachtig spul,Es ist schönes Zeug,
dit gele gevlochten touw --dieses geflochtene Seil --

Ik ruik retsina.Rieche: Retsina.

Poem H1993
Zandvoort aan Zee, 2018-01-29
The sea, the sea (Iris Murdoch) - 1978
Novel "The sea, the sea"
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris 
 

Dark waves, smashing up

to pieces on the quay wall --


Choppy and swirling.


Donkere golvenDie Wellen brechen
lopen stuk op de kade --sich an der Kaimauer, sie --

Woelend en kolkend.tosen und wirbeln.

Poem H1716
Amsterdam, 2017-06-26
On closer inspection (Han Voskuil) - 1963
Autobiographical novel "Bij nader inzien" - April 19th, 1950, Amsterdam
Collection: Elude
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han 
 

Zywa A flush for the drudge

Since the taming of the horse
     the beginning
     of globalization
     the long-distance trade, the saddlebags

     those multi-functional trunks
     carried by someone else's legs
     which go out into the world
     with bronze, wheat and rope

     and with a flush for the drudge -
     in the tent, amidst the incense
     of the hempseed or the resin
     of the flowers in power

cannabis indulges itself and is bred
from weed into the daily medicine
that mutates the human blood trunks
into servants who run for it

Poem 1140
Amsterdam, 2017-03-06
Yamna (3000 BCE in Ukraine and South-Russia)
Collection: BloodTrunk 
 

Bombs are made of gold,

they are the expensive balls --


of our high culture.


Bommen zijn van goud,Bomben sind aus Gold,
het zijn kostbare bollen --sie sind kostbare Kugeln --

van hoge cultuur.der hohen Kultur.

Poem S0455
Amsterdam, 2017-01-05
Sir Bumble and Friend Foe (Marten Toonder) - 1953
Comic strip #51 - "Heer Bommel en Vriend Vijand" (tiers 1730-1796), tier 1791
Collection: Puss & Lord
Tribute to: Toonder, Marten 
 

Candle fish, glowing

in the moon, and in the light --


of their own burning.


Kaarsvissen glimmenDie Kerzenfische
in de maan, en in het licht --leuchten im Mond, und im Licht --

waarmee ze branden.mit dem sie brennen.

Poem H1048
Zandvoort aan Zee, 2014-11-06
Candle fish (Minako Oba) - 1986
Story "R?soku uo" (collection "Umi ni yuragu ito")
Dried these fatty fish are used as candles

Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Oba, Minako 
 

 

 
Dome (Rome)
Rome, 1973-05-04
St. Peter's Basilica
Collection: Photo's 1973
 

 

 
Architecture (Granada)
Andalusia, 1970-07-21
Court of the lions (Patio de los leones), Alhambra (in Granada)
Collection: Photo's 1970
 

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