I want to write to

everyone: Be careful, words --


are rarely enough.


Ik wil iedereenAn alle möchte
aanschrijven: Pas op, woorden --ich schreiben: Vorsicht, Worte --
zijn vaak niet genoeg.reichen oft nicht aus.

Poem S3040
Amsterdam, 2025-12-22
The secretary bird was thinking about the letter he wanted to write (Toon Tellegen) - 2018
Short story "De secretarisvogel dacht na over de brief die hij wilde schrijven", published in the collection "Het leed van de stoftor" #17
Collection: Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost
Tribute to: Tellegen, Toon 
 

Upset I just pick

something up and put it back --


immediately.


Overstuur pak ikBestürzt hebe ich
zomaar iets op en zet het --etwas auf und lege es --
meteen weer terug.gleich wieder zurück.

Poem H5915
Amsterdam, 2025-09-01
Sacred Fire (Carl Friedman) - 1996
Story "Heilig vuur" (from the collection "De grauwe minnaar")
Collection: Here &Now&
Tribute to: Friedman, Carl 
 

It was nasty, but

I felt that I was alive --


Chock-full of disgust.


Het was niet fijn, maarEs ist widerlich,
ik voelde dat ik leefde --aber ich bin lebendig --
Boordevol walging.Von Ekel erfüllt.

Poem S2732
Amsterdam, 2025-06-22
Underland (Alma Mathijsen) - 2024
Novel "Onderland", chapter John
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: Mathijsen, Alma 
 

Is this my fate, to

keep crying since I lost her --


and found her again?


Is dit mijn lot, datIch weine, weil ich
ik huil sinds ik haar verloor --sie verloren und wieder-
en weer terugvond?gefunden habe.

Poem H4931
De Koog, 2024-09-23
Miserly fate (Scipione Maffei / Antonio Vivaldi) - 1732
Air "Destin avaro" from the opera "La fida ninfa" ("The faithful nymph", RV 714), 2nd act, 10th scene - Morasto
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Tribute to: Maffei, Scipione 
Composer: Vivaldi, Antonio 
 

Tears well up, how warm

they are, I didn't receive this --


gift for a long time.


Er wellen tranenTränen quellen warm
op, ze zijn warm, een geschenk --heraus, ein Geschenk, das mir --
dat ik lang niet kreeg.lange gefehlt hat.

Poem H4876
Amsterdam, 2024-08-25
The Black Prince (Iris Murdoch) - 1973
Comical novel, A Celebration of Love, part Two
Collection: Stall
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris 
 

Private brainstorming,

a smashing serious clash:


puberty chaos.


Brainstorm in het hoofd,Brainstorming im Kopf,
knallende onenigheid:schwere Zusammenstöße:
puberteitschaos.Pubertätschaos.

Poem H4794
Amsterdam, 2024-07-23
Inside Out 2 - 2024
Animated film
Collection: It takes a lot of tries to make a début
 

The Mystic Lamb moves

him much, so I keep looking --


at his emotion.


Het Lam Gods grijpt hemDas Lamm Gottes rührt
zo aan, dat ik blijf kijken --ihn sehr, ich schaue lange --
naar zijn ontroering.auf seine Tränen.

Poem H4639
Amsterdam, 2024-05-25
Emailing men about their suits. Is that useful work? (Walter van den Berg) - 2024
Article "(Aan) Mannen e-mailen over hun pak. Is dat nuttig werk?" in the NRC of May 25th
Painting "The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb", 12 panels / Ghent Altarpiece (1432, Hubert en Jan van Eyck)

Collection: Glimpsed
Tribute to: Van Eyck, Hubert en Jan; Van Den Berg, Walter 
 

Zywa Half-light

Alone, in the empty movie theatre
between the carpets
my eyes in half-light

closed, back and thighs
firmly in the chair travelling
through the buzzing space

of busy traffic
of merging and outgoing
in the distance and somewhere

a song slides by
- familiar emotions
on exits without a destination

going around the network of roads
Therefore and because no one
would remember the song

it points out, in half-light, only half
the way, but this does not matter
in the one universe of the journey

Poem 1609
Amsterdam, 2017-11-08
Collection: web tissue
 

My feelings, I write

poems about them, although --


that does not help me.


Met mijn gevoelensMeine Gefühle,
kan ik niets, ja, dichten, maar --ich kann darüber schreiben --
dat helpt me niet echt.obwohl das nicht hilft.

Poem S0521
Grossdietwil, 2017-08-24
Diary 1954-1957 (Frida Vogels) - 2005
"Dagboek 1954-1957" - December 9th, 1956, Luxemburg
Collection: Old sore
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

Feelings make changes,

they're constantly altering --


the shell of your thoughts.


Steeds verander jeDeine Gefühle
met je gevoelens de schil --ändern ständig die Hülle --
van je gedachten.deiner Gedanken.

Poem H1751
Amsterdam, 2017-08-08
The hard core - 1, and Diary 1966-1967 (Frida Vogels) - 1992
Autobiographical account "De harde kern" - 1 (1992), and "Dagboek 1966-1967" (2009) - April 7th and 20th, 1967, Amsterdam
Collection: Between us
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

The baby senses

it, so it begins to cry --


Now we can cry too.


De baby voelt hetDas Baby spürt es
aan en begint te huilen --und beginnt zu weinen, jetzt --
Nu kunnen wij ook.können wir es auch.

Poem H0447
Amsterdam, 2013-05-06
Hospital (heart monitoring department)
Collection: Bruises
 

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