Buzzing and racing

around the flame: which moth will --


be the first to burn?


Twee motten zoemenZwei Motten schwirren
om het hardst om de vlam: wie --schnell um die Flamme: wer wird --

verbrandt er het eerst?zuerst verbrennen?

Poem H5248
Amsterdam, 2025-02-11
Two moths (Kaikai) - 1868
Haiku by Kaikai (1795-1868), included in the 1986 collection "Japanese Death Poems", compiled by Yoel Hoffmann: "Futatsu kite / shi o arasou ya / hitorimushi" ("Round a flame / two tiger moths / race to die")
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: Kaikai 
 

It is late, bedtime,

there's a waft around the lamp --


a cloud of white moths.


Het is laat, bedtijd,Um die Öllampe
rondom de lamp walmt een wolk --wabert hell eine Wolke --

van witte motten.aus weißen Motten.

Poem S1822
Amsterdam, 2023-07-09
The Good Apprentice (Iris Murdoch) - 1985
Novel, chapter 2, part 5
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris 
 

The white butterfly

moves, to save it, I quickly --


put out the candle.


De witte vlinderDer Falter regt sich,
beweegt, om hem te redden --um ihn zu retten, lösche --

doof ik vlug de kaars.ich schnell die Kerze.

Poem H3646
Amsterdam, 2023-01-05
Fragment of a chronicle of Marco Leccio and his war on the map in the time of the Great War in Europe, VIII (Luigi Pirandello) - 1919
Story "Frammento di cronaca di Marco Leccio e della sua guerra sulla carta nel tempo della grande guerra europea", VIII
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Tribute to: Pirandello, Luigi 
 

Above the pilgrims

it flies, the large parasol:


a butterfly swarm.


Boven de pelgrimsÜber den Pilgern
vliegt de grote parasol --fliegt das große Parasol --

van een zwerm vlinders.des Schmetterlingsschwarms.

Poem H3575
Amsterdam, 2022-11-22
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie) - 1988
Novel, chapter VIII. The parting of the Arabian Sea
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

Whoever wakes up

here, will wake the butterflies --


sleeping on his cheek.


Wie hier wakker wordt,Wer hier aufwacht, weckt
wekt de vlinders uit hun slaap --die Schmetterlinge, schlafend --

op zijn warme wang.auf seiner Wange.

Poem H3572
Amsterdam, 2022-11-17
The Satanic Verses (Salman Rushdie) - 1988
Novel, chapter IV. Aisha
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

He comes to bathe me

in his yellow butterflies --


of amourousness.


Hij komt mij badenEr kommt mich baden
in wolken gele vlinders --in gelben Schmetterlingen --

van zijn verliefdheid.seiner Verliebtheit.

Poem H2952
Amsterdam, 2021-05-07
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez) - 1967
Novel "Cien años de soledad"
Collection: Dream flight
Tribute to: García Márquez, Gabriel 
 

You flutter inside

me and my hands butterfly --


to touch and feel you.


Jij vlindert in mij,Du falterst in mir,
mijn handen fladderen mee --meine Hände flattern mit --

en betasten jou.und betasten dich.

Poem H2185
Amsterdam, 2018-06-18
Collection: More
 

A butterfly, dazed

after the storm, quietly --


resting in my hands.


Een vlinder, versuftEin benommener
na de storm, rust gewillig --Schmetterling ruht nach dem Sturm --

uit in mijn handen.in meinen Händen.

Poem H1810
Amsterdam, 2017-09-19
Diary 1958-1959 (Frida Vogels) - 2006
"Dagboek 1958-1959" - June 28th, 1959, Bologna
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

Outside the window

we release the butterfly --


A white fluttering.


Op kantoor brengenAktion: wir bringen
we een vlinder naar het raam --den Schmetterling ans Fenster --

Wit fladdert hij weg.Ein weißes Flattern.

Poem H1694
Amsterdam, 2017-06-12
The Office - Dirty hands (Han Voskuil) - 1996
Novel "Het Bureau - Vuile handen" - 1969 (Small white)
Collection: Dirty hands
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han 
 

Zywa Flailing like butterflies

Together in the garden in the evening
done what was to be done
and said what was to be said

we wish nothing more

being connected
with the strange
the leaves, the flowers

and the blackbird not tired yet

flailing around like butterflies
we drink the nectar
and no longer have words

for who we are

I can hardly retell it
but something must have changed
we put on skin again

and felt blood flow

Poem 1159
Amsterdam, 2017-03-08
Collection: Webgarden
 

The bushes are strong,

so many caterpillars:


a butterfly yard.


De struiken zijn sterk,Die Sträuche sind stark,
veel knoppen en veel rupsen:viele Knospen und Raupen:

een vlindertuin.ein Schmetterlings-Hof.

Poem H1537
Vaison-la-Romaine, 2016-10-09
Collection: WoofWoof
 

 

 
Pupa
Amsterdam, 2015-02-28
Collection: Pencil 
 

Flowers everywhere,

and butterflies, today, too --


they are immortal.


Overal bloemen,Überall Blumen,
en vlinders, die ook vandaag --und Falter, guck, auch heute --

onsterfelijk zijn.wieder unsterblich.

Poem H0573
Amsterdam, 2013-09-26
Collection: Eyes lips chest and belly
 

I am in the field,

surrounded by butterflies --


on my floral blouse.


Ik zit in het veld,Ich bin auf dem Feld,
te midden van vlinders op --bei den Schmetterlingen auf --

mijn bloemetjesbloes.meiner Blumenbluse.

Poem H0472
Amsterdam, 2013-06-20
Collection: Life line 
 

A flowering shrub

at the monastery gate:


butterflies greet me.


Een bloeiende struikEin blühender Strauch
slingert om de kloosterpoort --windet sich am Klostertor --

vlinders groeten mij.Falter grüßen mich.

Poem H0373
Amsterdam, 2012-10-25
Collection: web tissue
 

They flutter a bit,

the newly born butterflies --


guessing at flowers.


Ze fladderen wat,Sie flattern nur was,
de pasgeboren vlinders --die neue Schmetterlinge --

radend naar bloemen.ratend nach Blumen.

Poem H0329
Amsterdam, 2012-07-31
Collection: The Big Secret
 

The vase with flowers,

which I just put outside, look:


full of butterflies.


De vaas met bloemen,Schnittblume, draußen
die ik buiten heb gezet:hingestellt, ziehen sofort --

meteen vol vlinders.Schmetterlinge an.

Poem H0262
Amsterdam, 2012-04-18
Collection: Metamorphic body
 

 

 
Butterfly
Amsterdam, 2001-05-25
Collection: Pencil 
 

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