Fly out, high above

limited and limiting --


ideas you'll find space.


Vlieg uit, hoog bovenFlieg hoch, über be-
beperkte ideeën uit --schränkte Ideen hinaus --

Daar vind je ruimte.Dort findest du Raum.

Poem H6016
Amsterdam, 2025-11-17
Voyage, voyage (Jean-Michel Rivat / Dominique Albert Dubois) - 1986
Song, sung by Desireless (album "François")
Collection: Unseen
Tribute to: Rivat, Jean-Michel 
 

I can't run away,

but I am far from here, and --


no one notices.


Weglopen gaat niet,Ich kann nicht flüchten,
maar toch ben ik al ver weg --trotzdem bin ich schon weit weg --

en niemand ziet het.und niemand sieht es.

Poem H5808
Amsterdam, 2025-08-10
I couldn't run away (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Weglopen kon ik niet", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part IX [Marriage]) and in "Diary 1968-1969" (2010) - November 15th, 1968, Bologna
Collection: Between us
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

The car's answer is:

the meaning of all life comes --


down to 42.


De auto antwoordt:Des Autos Antwort:
de zin van alle leven --des Lebens Sinn ergibt sich --

is 42.auf 42.

Poem H5270
Amsterdam, 2025-02-22
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) - 1978
Review of car model Nio EL8 (Bas van Putten in the NRC of February 22nd, 2025), virtual assistant Nomi
Radio comedy (1978) and book (1979); supercomputer Deep Thought computes that the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything is 42, adding that the beings who instructed this answer never knew what the question was

Collection: Finethreads
Tribute to: Adams, Douglas 
 

My fortress of hope

breaks free from the oppression --


of the mountain range.


De burcht van mijn hoopMeine Hoffnungsburg
breekt los uit de beklemming --bricht los aus der Beklemmung --

van het bergmassief.der Gebirgskette.

Poem H4613
Amsterdam, 2024-04-27
The castle of the Pyrenees (René Magritte) - 1959
Paintings "Le château des Pyrénées" (1959 and 1964 versions)
Collection: Untwisted
Tribute to: Magritte, René 
 

The sky is clear blue,

the day is new, I am free --


from expectations.


De lucht is helder,De Himmel ist klar,
de dag is nieuw, ik ben vrij --der Tag ist neu, ich bin frei --

van verwachtingen.von Erwartungen.

Poem H4489
Amsterdam, 2024-02-03
Occam ocean (Éliane Radigue) - 2015
Personal transmission-composition for orchestra, performed in the Organpark on February 3rd, 2024, by ensemble ONCEIM (L'Orchestre de Nouvelles Créations, Expérimentations, et Improvisations Musicales) and others - @percussion, @brass section
Collection: org ANP ark 
Composer: Radigue, Éliane 
 

There's no liberty

of losing who you are in --


starting a new life.


Er is geen vrijheidUns fehlt die Freiheit,
om jezelf te verliezen --uns selbst zu verlieren in --

in een nieuw leven.einem Neuanfang.

Poem H3657
Amsterdam, 2023-01-09
Three Colours: Blue - Liberty (Krzysztof Kieslowski) - 1993
Film "Trois couleurs: Bleu" - Liberté (Liberty)
Collection: Secrets & Believers
Tribute to: Kieslowski, Krzysztof 
 

Someone who is stuck

can only make a journey --


in (familiar) time.


Iemand die vastzit,Jemand, der feststeckt,
kan alleen maar op reis gaan --kann nur auf Reisen gehen --

in (bekende) tijd.in (bekannter) Zeit.

Poem H3502
Amsterdam, 2022-10-13
#114 - Sir Bumble and the new thinking (Marten Toonder) - 1966
Comic strip "Heer Bommel en het nieuwe denken" (tiers 5689-5746), tier 5695
Thoughts are free

Collection: Puss & Lord
Tribute to: Toonder, Marten 
 

People are praying:

God, please do keep your distance --


You're getting too close!


De mensen bidden:Die Menschen beten:
God, houdt alstublieft afstand --Gott, bitte halte Abstand --

U komt te dichtbij!Sie kommen zu nah!

Poem S1527
Noordwijkerhout, 2022-10-05
God among the people (Toon Tellegen) - 2020
Collection "God onder de mensen": poem "God kwam geleidelijk steeds dichter bij de mensen"
Collection: Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost
Tribute to: Tellegen, Toon 
 

Zywa Sun within the walls

Domestic happiness together
a farewell from time to time
and then a child comes in

No men in our arms
no fuss, we say
to the teenager among us

Forgetting the world
forgotten by the world
being free

within the walls
eternal sunshine
in my spotless mind

As a temple, cleansed
with the wind, which takes
away what is not possible

with the water from the holy well
the sacrificial barley cakes of the earth
and the always burning fire in the hearth

the eternal stream
within the walls
of my life

Poem 4568
Amsterdam, 2022-07-04
Alexander Pope (London 1688-1744) about the Vestal Virgins in his poem "Eloisa to Abelard" (1717) on Abelard and Héloïse:
207 How happy is the blameless Vestal's lot!
208 The world forgetting, by the world forgot:
209 Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
210 Each prayer accepted, and each wish resign'd;
211 Labour and rest, that equal periods keep;

Collection: Metamorphic body
 

Mountains around me,

silence, the space, and the wind --


that I can be here.


Bergen om me heen,Die Berge ringsum,
stilte, de ruimte, de wind --Stille, der Raum, und der Wind --

die ik hier kan zijn.den ich hier sein kann.

Poem H3329
Amsterdam, 2022-06-12
All the heaven you need (Franco Faggiani) - 2022
Novel "Tutto il cielo che serve" (end)
Collection: Thinkles Lusionless
Tribute to: Faggiani, Franco 
 

In our character,

our convictions make imprints --


of unfree conduct.


OvertuigingenÜberzeugungen
stempelen ons karakter --prägen deinen Charakter --

met onvrij gedrag.Du handelst unfrei.

Poem S1357
Amsterdam, 2022-03-18
Against the Epistle to the Ephesians 1:13-14
Character = Imprint

Collection: Imprints Masks
 

Zywa Don't talk, tomorrow too

Don't talk, tomorrow too, tell
no stories, no illusions
rather do not give me anything

The reality is enough
as it is, not specified
free of labels

If I ever learn this
I will be wise and see
the known myself

also what isn't specified
of which I have to guess
what I smell, what I feel

and hear and see
also you
who wishes to be known

Don't talk, don't frame yourself
in an anecdote, such a short film
caught in templates

Poem 3857
Amsterdam, 2021-06-29
Caught in our own stories (Arjen van Veelen) - 2021
Essay in NRC (June 28th, 2021)
Collection: WoofWoof
Tribute to: Van Veelen, Arjen 
 

Thoughts are free, even

insusceptible to lies --


about obvious facts.


Gedachten zijn vrij,Gedanken sind frei,
zelfs onvatbaar voor leugens --nicht anfällig für Lügen --

over de feiten.über die Fakten.

Poem H2945
Amsterdam, 2021-04-29
Homecoming: a novel (Bernhard Schlink) - 2006
Novel "Die Heimkehr"
"Die Gedanken sind frei" ("Thoughts are free", 1780, with music in the "Lieder der Brienzer Mädchen" from 1800)

Collection: Thinkles Lusionless
Tribute to: Schlink, Bernhard 
 

Freedom: being free

from stupidity, it is --


everyone's ordeal.


Vrijheid is vrij zijnFreiheit heißt frei sein
van domheid, de beproeving --von Dummheit, diese Tortur --

van alle mensen.für alle Menschen.

Poem S1154
Amsterdam, 2021-03-30
Collection: The light of words
 

21 years old,

I'm independent, beware:


Don't be a Mistress!


21 jaar,21, jetzt
ik ben zelfstandig, pas op:bin ich selbstständig, Vorsicht:

Geen Mevrouw worden!Keine Frau werden!

Poem S1136
Amsterdam, 2021-02-05
Don't be Miss De Beauvoir, be yourself (Simone de Beauvoir) - 1926
"Ne soyez pas Mademoiselle De Beauvoir, soyez vous-même" (diary)
Collection: Finethreads
Tribute to: De Beauvoir, Simone 
 

My body has stopped,

my head is still running on --


thinking to be free.


Mijn lichaam valt stil,Mein Körper fällt still,
alleen mijn hoofd holt nog door --mein Kopf hastet noch weiter --

en denkt vrij te zijn.und denkt frei zu sein.

Poem S1027
Amsterdam, 2020-06-14
Collection: Greeting from before
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk 
 

Swimming at Capri,

we let all the fish in us --


escape for a while.


Zwemmen bij Capri,Schwimmen bei Capri
de vissen in ons mogen --die Fische in uns dürfen --

even ontsnappen.mal kurz entfliehen.

Poem H2613
Amsterdam, 2019-11-16
The Nude Swim (Anne Sexton) - 1969
Poem (collection "Love Poems")
Collection: Skin-contact
Tribute to: Sexton, Anne 
 

Zywa Freeblood is my name

There is a sound of sex in my name -
at school, I often had a blush
I was ashamed of the giggles

At parties I stood in the quiet places
and in the parade I walked
on long wooden legs

The wind blew, tugged and
tore my trouser legs
There were shouts and calls

for more, Hellooo helloohoo
where are you, what are you
thinking about,
my friend asked

Everyone sees only the veils
under which you hide, are you aware
that none of us knows you?

Just be a little like crazy, for once, dare
to go for it, to die of shame
or to bed with someone

Dare to be a descendant
of the man who chose:

Freeblood is my name

Poem 1962
Amsterdam, 2018-12-05
Man, dare to live (Dirk Witte) - 1917
Song "Mensch, durf te leven" (Dirk Witte, sung by Jean-Louis Pisuisse)
Collection: BloodTrunk 
Tribute to: Witte, Dirk; Pisuisse, Jean-Louis 
 

Thoughts are free, they sing

it out loud, the prisoners --


of their own free thoughts.


Gedachten zijn vrij,Gedanken sind frei,
zingen de gevangenen --singen die Gefangenen --

van hun gedachten.ihrer Gedanken.

Poem S0407
Vaison-la-Romaine, 2016-10-09
The lyrics "Die Gedanken sind frei" have been published in 1780 and set to music for the first time in Bern, at the beginning of the 19th century, and included in the "Lieder der Brienzer Mädchen". Almost a century later, in 1898, Gustav Mahler set the text to music.
Collection: A Home
Composer: Mahler, Gustav 
 

All your thoughts are free,

they are only limited --


by their own bulwarks.


Gedachten zijn vrij,Gedanken sind frei,
ze worden alleen beperkt --sie sind einfach nur begrenzt --

door eigen muren.durch Eigenwände.

Poem H1047
Zandvoort aan Zee, 2014-11-06
Thoughts are free - 1780
Song "Die Gedanken sind frei"
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
 

The cow and the child

stand for the ditch, wondering --


what freedom would be.


De koe en het kindDie Kuh und das Kind
staan voor de sloot te denken --vor dem Graben wundern sich --

wat vrijheid zou zijn.was Freiheit wäre.

Poem H0569
Amsterdam, 2013-09-22
Collection: BloodTrunk 
 

Devils
are not dogmatic
Devils
I too give space to other people

I am modest:
I grant everyone his views
I grant everyone his habits
I grant everyone the same amount of freedom
 

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