Emancipation:

a fight that begins at home --


against your father.


Emancipatie:Emanzipation:
een gevecht dat thuis begint --der Kampf beginnt zu Hause --

tegen je vader.gegen den Vater.

Poem S2911
Amsterdam, 2025-08-22
Diary 1970-1971 (Frida Vogels) - 2011
"Dagboek 1970-1971" - December 5th, 1971, Bologna
Collection: Lookout
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

You did, you said: you.

As if I just have to be --


obliging to you.


Jawel, je zei: jij..Du hast gesagt: du.
Alsof ik zomaar voor jou --Als müsste ich dir einfach --

gedienstig moet zijn.nur behilflich sein.

Poem S1980
Amsterdam, 2023-10-27
Citizen: An American Lyric - VII (Claudia Rankine) - 2014
Poem (collection "Citizen: An American Lyric")
Collection: May the Might
Tribute to: Rankine, Claudia 
 

You did, you said: I.

How dare you! What do you think!


That you are something?


Jawel, je zei: ik..Du hast gesagt: ich.
Hoe durf je! Wat denk je wel!Was fällt dir ein! Was glaubst du!

Dat je heel wat bent?Dass du etwas bist?

Poem S1981
Amsterdam, 2023-10-27
Citizen: An American Lyric - VII (Claudia Rankine) - 2014
Poem (collection "Citizen: An American Lyric")
Collection: May the Might
Tribute to: Rankine, Claudia 
 

Rights never will be

granted, first you must suffer --


and then you'll take them.


Rechten worden nooitRechte werden nie
verleend, eerst moet je lijden --gewährt, zuerst leidet man --

en dan neem je ze.und dann nimmt man sie.

Poem S1711
Amsterdam, 2023-03-16
Fury (Salman Rushdie) - 2001
Novel, § 14
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

Don't chain a woman,

she will jump up to bite you --


again and again.


Keten een vrouw niet,Kette keine Frau,
steeds weer zal ze opspringen --sie wird immer aufspringen --

om je te bijten.um dich zu beißen.

Poem S1620
Amsterdam, 2022-12-30
Chained people (Friedrich Nietzsche) - 1881
Passage "Kettenträger" (#227) im 4. Buch von: "Morgenröte. Gedanken über die moralischen Vorurteile" (Passage "Chained people" in book 4 of: "The Dawn of Day - Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality")
Collection: May the Might
Tribute to: Nietzsche, Friedrich 
 

Zywa Spoiled / Undervalued

On occasions I stand
on a pedestal, but too often
it is me

I am annoyed
by spoiled egos
and undervalued love

Why believe in freedom
and equality? They exist
or do not exist

Rarely do they exist spontaneously
Or should I believe in them
to soothe the doubts

about my actions
my complicity
and sensible modesty?

knowing that children are formed
by adult frustrations and they too
will have to assert the ideals

Poem 4831
Amsterdam, 2022-11-21
Collection: The climbing house
 

Zywa Until I am

Until I am someone
who thinks, mature, a fellow human
things are being done with me

regardless of the wishes
I was born with
baked within my body

There are the wishes of others
who I trust
to teach me how

to live, and I learn
the right of the strongest
who I am not

until I offer resistance
or go away, until I can do that
and do it

until I am
because I have equal rights
I think and speak out

longing to be mature, a fellow
human, a speaker, an example
and a helper

Poem 4594
Amsterdam, 2022-07-23
Collection: Lilith's Powers
 

Away with the vice

squad-patriarchy: I am --


Boss Of My Belly!


Weg met het zeden-Weg mit dem Sitten-
politiearchaat: ik ben --polizeiarchat: ich bin --

Baas In Eigen Buik!Boss In Meinem Bauch!

Poem S1407
Amsterdam, 2022-05-10
Action supporting abortion, by Dolle Mina ("Mad Mina") on March 14th, 1970, with the slogan "Baas in eigen buik" ("Boss of your own belly")
Collection: The climbing house
 

The Black Unicorn

keeps resisting, she's not good --


she may not be free.


De Zwarte EenhoornDas Schwarze Einhorn
verzet zich, ze is niet goed --versetzt sich, sie ist nicht gut --

ze mag niet vrij zijn.sie darf nicht frei sein.

Poem S1209
Amsterdam, 2021-08-02
The Black Unicorn (Audre Lorde) - 1978
Poem (collection "The Black Unicorn")
Collection: May the Might
Tribute to: Lorde, Audre 
 

Sing, and sing it loud:

Fight! Join us, fight injustice!


Don't give in! Fight! Fight!


Zing, en zing het hard:Singe, singe laut:
Vecht mee tegen het onrecht!Bekämpfe Unrecht mit uns!

Schik je niet! Vecht! Vecht!Füge dich nicht! Kämpf!

Poem H2876
Amsterdam, 2020-12-28
Fight the Power (The Isley Brothers) - 1975
Song
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: The Isley Brothers 
 

Together, we cross,

from the shadows to the light:


We exist! Make way!


We steken overWir gehen rüber
van de schaduw naar het licht:vom Schatten in die Sonne:

We bestaan! Maak plaats!Wir sind da! Mach Platz!

Poem H2877
Amsterdam, 2020-12-28
When they see us (José James) - 2020
Song
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: James, José 
 

Zywa The Internationale

What are you actually capable of?
I have no use for you at all
You have grown old, dirty
and you have no one
to look after you, so

you can tell
I'm tired of you
Get out of here
or I'll cause you something
It is your own fault

You know the way it goes
what you are worth, that
it can't go on like this
Don't just sit there
hoping this will pass

I don't want to see you anymore
You'd better be happy
so patient I've been with you
And now it's time for tea
I'll make it myself today

Poem 2151
Amsterdam, 2019-03-13
Battle anthem - 1871
Collection: PumicePieces
Tribute to: Pottier, Eugène 
 

When Dad says something,

mother's eyes are just as strong --


As loud as his voice.


Als vader iets zegt,Wenn Vater spricht, ist
is moeders oog even sterk --Mutters Blick genauso stark --

Zo hard als zijn stem.wie seine Stimme.

Poem H2350
Amsterdam, 2019-01-11
Child (Charles Ducal) - 2014
Poem "Kind" (collection "De buitendeur")
Collection: Willegos
Tribute to: Ducal, Charles 
 

It is an insult

if you want to fight for me --


As if I am weak!


Je beledigt meDu beleidigst mich,
als je voor me wilt vechten --wenn du für mich kämpfen willst --

Alsof ik zwak ben!Als wäre ich schwach!

Poem S0505
Amsterdam, 2017-07-02
Within the skin (Han Voskuil) - 2009
Autobiographical novel "Binnen de huid" (written 1964-1967), chapter 26 - February 9th, 1955, Amsterdam
Collection: Elude
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han 
 

Zywa I'll never sway

You think that I should not love you
but I can't help it, I just do
though you ignore that I would show
to be the sweetest one you know
but nowadays I'm only free
in what I dream of you and me

I love you stillthis very day
a white flag willI never sway
because your willI can't obey

A lot didn't go the way it should
or was not done, not understood
my dream is over now, for good
I know, we cannot start anew
this is the final last adieu
apart from me, that's wise of you

I love you stillthis very day
a white flag willI never sway
because your willI can't obey

And if I ever come across
you, I will not admit my loss
I'll just walk on, won't turn to you
from now I'll hide that I am blue

Poem 1188
Amsterdam, 2017-03-11
White flag (Dido) - 2003
Song (Dido Armstrong, Rick Nowels en Mark Bates, album "Life for rent")
Collection: Untwisted
Tribute to: Dido (Armstrong, Dido) 
 

The air mooes and pounds

on itself, it falls and hunts --


for equality.


De lucht boe't en bonktDie Luft muht und haut
op zichzelf, ze valt en jaagt --auf sich selbst, sie fällt und jagt --

steeds gelijkheid na.immer nach Gleichheit.

Poem S0257
Amsterdam, 2014-11-19
Atmospheric pressure differences
Collection: Migration
 

The old central square:

above the demonstrators


roofs full of pigeons.


Het centrale plein:Der zentrale Platz:
boven de demonstrantenüber den Demonstranten --

daken vol duiven.Dächer voller Tauben.

Poem H0853
Amsterdam, 2014-03-08
1989: Tiananmen Square, Beijing
1989: Alexanderplatz, Berlin
1989: Wenceslas Square, Prague
2005: Independence Square, Kyiv
2011: Liberation Square, Cairo
Taksim Square, Istanbul
2014: Independence Square, Kyiv

Collection: BloodTrunk 
 

Lionesses
keep their pride together
Lionesses
I too protect my neighbours

I am a fighter :
I
I
I am strong and fast
 

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