Sometimes my tongue is

so heavy with longing that --


I must be silent.


Soms is mijn tong zoManchmal ist meine
zwaar van verlangen dat ik --Zunge so schwer vor Sehnsucht --
niets meer kan zeggen.dass ich schweigen muss.

Poem S2849
Amsterdam, 2025-08-08
Not every day (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Niet alle dagen", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part V [Mother], and in "Diary 1966-1967" (2009) - May 26th, 1967, San Severo
Collection: Between us
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

Hunger of the heart:

filling the emotional --


emptiness inside.


Honger van het hart:Hunger des Herzens:
de emotionele --die emotionale --
leegte opvullen.Leere ausfüllen.

Poem H5459
Amsterdam, 2025-05-13
Seven kinds of hunger (Renate Dorrestein) - 2016
Novel "Zeven soorten honger", part Tuesday, chapter Three
Collection: Old sore
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate 
 

I'm just a little

poet, the most beautiful --


girls still pass me by.


Ik ben een kleineIch bin ein kleiner
dichter, de mooiste meisjes --Dichter, die schönsten Mädchen --
lopen mij voorbij.beachten mich nicht.

Poem H4602
Amsterdam, 2024-04-23
Little poet (Nescio)
Story "Dichtertje", written in 1917, chapter 3
Collection: Rasping ants
Tribute to: Nescio 
 

I want to kiss her,

but not wake her up, because --


then she'll start talking.


Ik wil haar kussen,Küssen möchte ich
maar niet wakker maken, want --sie, aber wecken nicht, denn --
dan gaat ze praten.dann wird sie reden.

Poem S1306
Amsterdam, 2022-01-02
Beside Myself (Marianna Salzmann) - 2017
Novel "Außer sich", chapter, 'Without time'
Collection: Tightrope walk
Tribute to: Salzmann, Marianna 
 

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