Zywa The new world

A hot air balloon hung motionless
in the sky, we stepped out
of the vintage car

by some inventory
on the cobblestones
behind us, my older self stood

on the iron bridge watching
how we and the dog looked
around in the new world

which rose
half-dreamed, half in brick
from the mist of the old

Belgian land beneath
the clouds of time
and the threat

of the wind that will
blow away everything
dear to us

Poem 5998
Amsterdam, 2026-04-28
Lothar Wolleh (Berlin 1930-1979) took the photo "René and Georgette Magritte with their dog after the war" in their home in Brussels in 1967
Paul Simon released the album "Hearts and Bones" in 1983, with the song "René and Georgette Magritte with their dog after the war"; on the website songlexicon.com there is an illustration with this song, inspired by the photo from Lothar Wolleh and by Margritte's work

Collection: New Ago
Tribute to: Magritte, René; Simon, Paul 
 

I don't remember

my future, told to me by --


the fortune teller.


Ik weet mijn toekomstIch kenne meine
niet meer, die mij verteld is --Zukunft nicht mehr, die mir vor-

door de waarzegster.hergesagt wurde.

Poem H6192
Amsterdam, 2026-03-29
I have forgotten why I stood on a stage (Maud Vanhauwaert) - 2011
Poem "ik ben vergeten waarom ik op een podium stond" (collection "Ik ben mogelijk")
Collection: Glimpsed
Tribute to: Vanhauwaert, Maud 
 

I'm afraid of the

future, afraid that I will --


forget my past there.


Bang voor de toekomst,Angst vor der Zukunft,
bang dat ik mijn verleden --Angst, meine Vergangenheit --

daar zal vergeten.dort zu vergessen.

Poem S2882
Amsterdam, 2025-08-14
Not daring to set out, for fear of forgetting where one came from (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Niet op weg durven gaan, uit angst waar men vandaan kwam te vergeten", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part IX [Marriage]), and in "Diary 1970-1971" (2011) - January 26th, 1970, Bologna
Collection: Lookout
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

I don't read your hand,

something that really matters --


you shouldn't want to know.


Ik lees jouw hand niet,Ich lese die Hand
iets dat er toe doet moet je --nicht; etwas, das zählt, soll man --

niet willen weten.nicht wissen wollen.

Poem H4841
Amsterdam, 2024-08-10
The Servants and the Snow (Iris Murdoch) - 1970
Play, Act One
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris 
 

I look at the lines

of your hand and I pretend --


that I can read them.


Ik zie de lijnenIch betrachte die
van jouw hand en doe alsof --Linien deiner Hand, als --

ik ze lezen kan.ob ich verstehe.

Poem H4842
Amsterdam, 2024-08-10
The Servants and the Snow (Iris Murdoch) - 1970
Play, Act One
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris 
 

We lay listening

cards, blabla keywords, blabla --


our associations.


We leggen kaarten,Wir legen Karten,
blabla trefwoorden, blabla --Blabla Stichwörter, Blabla --

de associaties.Assoziationen.

Poem S2122
Amsterdam, 2024-02-10
Diffractive Reading (Bill Mullaney) - 2024
"Diffractive Reading" by Bill Mullaney: reading of the twelve cards designed by him after Pauline Oliveros' "Wind Horse Mandala", in the Organpark on February 10th, 2024
Collection: org ANP ark 
 

One never knows when.

Well, a next time is nothing --


more than that: next time.


Je weet nooit wanneer.Man weiß doch nie wann.
Ach, een volgende keer is --Na ja, ein nächstes Mal ist --

de volgende keer.einfach nächstes Mal.

Poem H4379
Amsterdam, 2023-12-19
Perfect days (Wim Wenders) - 2023
Film (screenplay Wim Wenders and Takuma Takasaki)
Collection: Summer birds
Tribute to: Wenders, Wim; Takasaki, Takuma 
 

That dark light over there,

the outer side of the black --


that is the future.


Dat donkere licht,Dieses dunkle Licht,
de buitenkant van het zwart --das Äußere des Schwarzen --

dat is de toekomst.das ist die Zukunft.

Poem H3788
Amsterdam, 2023-04-08
An uncomfortable pair (Armando and Cherry Duyns) - 1995
"Baard" ("Beard"), scene in the theatre performance "Een ongerieflijk tweetal" ("An uncomfortable pair"), in the series "Herenleed - een programma van weemoed en verlangen" ("Gentlemen's Distress - a program of melancholy and longing"
Collection: Stall
Tribute to: Armando; Duyns, Cherry 
 

Zywa American Dream [2]

There is a fresh wind
there is a new world blowing
through the city, I see
my life in the distance

lying to my feet
Young men aspire to me
they give me everything that's needed
for the new time

They are the promise
I carry its torch
They are the deed
I am the promise

I promise heaven
on earth, my breasts
are full, my dress
is transparent

After every conception
I am a virgin again
After every conception
I am still a virgin

Poem 4086
Amsterdam, 2021-11-01
Summertime (Edward Hopper) - 1943
Painting
Statue "Liberty Enlightening the World" (1886, Frédéric Bartholdi)

Collection: NightWatch
Tribute to: Hopper, Edward 
 

Life always comes down

to the seconds before you --


the little future.


Het leven komt aanDas Leben kommt an
op de seconden vóór je --auf den Sekunden vor dir --

de kleine toekomst.die kleine Zukunft.

Poem H3078
Egmond aan Zee, 2021-10-23
There are no distant places (Franco Faggiani) - 2020
Novel "Non esistono posti lontani"
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Faggiani, Franco 
 

I am so in love

with my future, to meet --


myself later on.


Ik ben zo verliefdIch bin so verliebt
op mijn toekomst, om mijzelf --in meine Zukunft, um mich --

dan te ontmoeten.später zu treffen.

Poem H2996
Amsterdam, 2021-08-01
my future (Billie Eilish) - 2021
Song (album "Happier Than Ever")
Collection: Actively Passive
Tribute to: Eilish, Billie 
 

The future hides it-

self like a chameleon --


in the blackest black.


De toekomst verbergtDie Zukunft verbirgt
zich als een kameleon --sich wie ein Chamäleon --

in het zwartste zwart.im schwärzesten Schwarz.

Poem H2973
Amsterdam, 2021-06-24
The blackest black is Dark Chamaleon Dimers (specific dimers)
Collection: Local interest
 

Only uncertain

is a future a future --


and not a sentence.


Alleen onzekerNur ungewiss ist
is een toekomst een toekomst --die Zukunft eine Zukunft --

en niet een vonnis.und nicht ein Urteil.

Poem H2520
Amsterdam, 2019-07-08
Grand Hotel Europa (Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer) - 2018
Novel
Collection: Palace of the night
Tribute to: Pfeijffer, Ilja Leonard 
 

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