| A trauma absorbs | |
| everything, no sound to be -- | |
| let out anymore. | |
| Trauma is alles | Trauma ist alles |
| absorberen, geen geluid -- | absorbieren, gar kein Klang -- |
| valt er te horen. | ist noch zu hören. |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-16
Higher physics #9 (Ellen Deckwitz) - 2019
Poem (collection "Hogere natuurkunde"), pages 45-46 - This absorption is 'Higher Physics'
Collection: Death on Cast
Tribute to: Deckwitz, Ellen
| The fourth silence is | |
| absorption, which is the case -- | |
| in every silence. | |
| De vierde stilte | Die vierte Stille |
| is absorptie, het geval -- | ist Absorption, sie geltet -- |
| bij elke stilte. | für jeder Stille. |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-16
Higher physics #9 (Ellen Deckwitz) - 2019
Poem (collection "Hogere natuurkunde"), page 47 - There is dull silence, wholesome silence, aggressive silence, silence through absorption, and deathly silence
Collection: Death on Cast
Tribute to: Deckwitz, Ellen
| Pregnant, a timeline | |
| begins, and then suddenly -- | |
| stops at the stillbirth. | |
| Zwanger, een tijdlijn | Schwanger, die Chronik |
| begint, en stopt dan ineens -- | beginnt, und endet plötzlich -- |
| wordt dood geboren. | wird tot geboren. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-25
As the only announcement (Jana Arns) - 2023
Poem "Als enige kennisgeving" (collection "Als enige kennisgeving")
Collection: Unseen
Tribute to: Arns, Jana
| If dead were to dream | |
| they would definitely dream -- | |
| of death all the time. | |
| Als doden zouden | Wenn Toten träumen |
| dromen, zouden ze alsmaar -- | könnten, würden sie immer -- |
| dromen van de dood. | nur vom Tod träumen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-19
Shalimar the Clown (Salman Rushdie) - 2005
Novel, chapter Kashmira, § 2
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
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It is finished |
Amsterdam, 2024-04-14
John 19:30 "It is finished"
Mark 15:46 Joseph places the corpse of his son, the Liberator ('Jesus'), in the memorial room (the memoria) of the family tomb, which is the hall where the relatives gather to commemorate the entombed dead
Mark 16:1-8 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene and Mary, the wife and mother of the Liberator ('Jesus'), went into the memorial room to embalm the body. The stone in front of the entrance appears to have been rolled away. They experience God's presence and flee in fear.
Historical romance novel "Kallirhoë" (Chariton, 2nd century): 3.3.1 when he arrived, he found that the sepulchre's sealing stones were moving, clearing the entrance
Romance novel "Ephesiaká" 3.8 (Xenophon of Ephese, 3rd century): Perilaus goes to Anthia's tomb and finds the entrance open
Philological studies "A nameless one - Jesus the Nazarene" (1997), "The panther cub: life and suffering of Jesus the Nazarene" (2000), and "Paul - Looking into Your Reading Face" (2012) by Charles Vergeer
Collection: The King
Tribute to: Vergeer, Charles
| Corpses in the street | |
| look like humans, but fake ones -- | |
| more like broken dolls. | |
| Een lijk op straat lijkt | Auf der Straße seh'n |
| op een mens, een namaak-mens -- | Leichen aus wie Menschen, wie -- |
| een kapotte pop. | kaputte Puppen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-03-14
Fury (Salman Rushdie) - 2001
Novel, § 6
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| We all look away | |
| from the laid-out, away from -- | |
| his rumbling belly. | |
| Iedereen kijkt weg | Die Leute schauen |
| van het opgebaarde lijk -- | weg von dem Aufgebahrte -- |
| want zijn buik rommelt. | weg vom Bauch, der knurrt. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-05
The illustrious deceased person (Luigi Pirandello) - 1909
Story "L'illustre estinto"
Collection: After the festivities
Tribute to: Pirandello, Luigi
| I'm viewing the house, | |
| it's old, an inheritance -- | |
| so tidy, so dead. | |
| Ik bekijk het huis, | Ich sehe mich um |
| het is oud, een erfenis -- | im alten Haus, ein Erbe -- |
| zo netjes, zo dood. | so sauber, so tot. |
Amsterdam, 2021-04-11
Last Friends (Jane Gardam) - 2013
Novel
Collection: Shelter
Tribute to: Gardam, Jane
| There is a corpse, so | |
| I quickly turn to Mam, but -- | |
| she looks far away. | |
| Er ligt een lijk, snel | Eine Leiche, schnell |
| draai ik me om naar mama -- | wende ich mich an Mama -- |
| maar ze kijkt ver weg. | doch sie schaut weit weg. |
Amsterdam, 2020-12-01
Leaf Storm (Gabriel García Márquez) - 1955
Novella "La hojarasca"
Collection: Dream flight
Tribute to: García Márquez, Gabriel
| The edge of the voice, | |
| eroding like snow to death -- | |
| in white mummy ice. | |
| De rand van de stem | Der Rand der Stimme |
| verweert als sneeuw tot een dood -- | verwittert wie Schnee zum Tod -- |
| in wit mummie-ijs. | in Mumieneis. |
Amsterdam, 2020-11-13
Ice mummy - 3 (Claude van de Berge) - 2002
Poem "IJsmummie" - 3 (collection "IJsmummie")
In West Greenland, old people plunge into an ice canyon when there is a lack of food
Collection: Shelter
Tribute to: Van De Berge, Claude
| Petrification | |
| is standing still, no changes -- | |
| in your heart and home. | |
| Verstening is stil | Versteinerung ist |
| staan, geen veranderingen -- | Stillstand, keine Änderung -- |
| in je huis en hart. | im Heim und im Herz. |
Amsterdam, 2016-12-15
Tom Puss and The Petrified Leg-problem (Marten Toonder) - 1957
Comic strip #76 - "Tom Poes en Het Stenenbeen-probleem" (tiers 3170-3219), tier 3176
Collection: Puss & Lord
Tribute to: Toonder, Marten
| Only silence since | |
| you fell silent. there's nothing -- | |
| to say. dead. silence. | |
| Het is stil sinds jij | Es ist still seit du |
| stil viel. er valt geen woord meer -- | still gefallen bist, kein Wort -- |
| te zeggen. dood. stil. | mehr. so tot. enstill. |
Amsterdam, 2014-02-24
there (Bert Schierbeek) - 1972
Poem "er" (collection "De deur")
Collection: MistI
Tribute to: Schierbeek, Bert
| Clothes being blown up | |
| from the grass by the river -- | |
| What could have happened? | |
| Kleren waaien op | Kleider wehen auf |
| uit het gras langs de rivier -- | vom Gras entlang des Flusses -- |
| Wat is er gebeurd? | Was ist da passiert? |
Amsterdam, 2013-09-30
Beyond the end (Gerrit Achterberg) - 1931
Poem "Achter het einde" (collection "Afvaart")
Collection: Inwardings
Tribute to: Achterberg, Gerrit
| The afterfeathers | |
| are blown up in the wind, cold -- | |
| shivers down my spine. | |
| De vogelveertjes | Die Vogelfedern |
| waaien op in de wind, koud -- | wehen auf in dem Wind, kalt -- |
| krijg ik het ervan. | wird es mir davon. |
Amsterdam, 2012-01-14
Collection: Local inconveniences
