It's snowing, the bear

is licking its lips: yum-yum --


cake decoration!


Het sneeuwt en de beerEs schneit, der Bär leckt
likkebaardt: de versiering --sich die Lippen: köstlich, die --

voor de taart! Smullen!Tortenverzierung!

Poem S3035
Amsterdam, 2025-12-20
It started to snow in the forest (Toon Tellegen) - 1984
Short story "Het begon te sneeuwen in het bos", published in the collections "Er ging geen dag voorbij" (1984) and "Misschien wisten zij alles" (1995)
Collection: Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost
Tribute to: Tellegen, Toon 
 

The cake kept growing

back, and the bear kept feasting --


Got fed up with it!


De taart groeide steedsDer Kuchen wuchs nach,
aan, de beer smulde maar door --der Bär schmauste weiter, die --

Het kwam zijn neus uit!Nase voll davon!

Poem S3017
Amsterdam, 2025-11-27
The bear stood in the middle of the grasshopper's shop (Toon Tellegen) - 2011
Short story "De beer stond midden in de winkel van de sprinkhaan", published in the collections "Het geluk van de sprinkhaan" (2011), and "Ze wisten er meer van" (2020)
Collection: Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost
Tribute to: Tellegen, Toon 
 

Does a drinker find

at the bottom of his glass --


a child, now and then?


Vindt een man die drinktFindet ein Mann, der
op de bodem van zijn glas --trinkt, am Boden des Glases --

af en toe een kind?ab und zu ein Kind?

Poem H5526
Amsterdam, 2025-05-29
Mary and Max (Adam Elliot) - 2009
Animated film
As a child, Mary Daisy Dinkle thinks that in Australia children are born at the bottom of a beer glass

Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Elliot, Adam 
 

The Sucking-lobe-ball

dances its folds up and down --


sprays and leaks empty.


De ZuigkwabbebalDer Sauglappenball
danst zijn plooien op en neer --tanzt und wippt seine Falten --

Hij sproeit en lekt leeg.Er spritzt und leckt leer.

Poem S2558
Amsterdam, 2025-02-07
Resolve (Arnold Dreyblatt) - 2025
Part 2 of the composition "Resolve" (renewal of the microtonal composition "Nodal Excitation" from 1982), performed in the Organpark by Arnold Dreyblatt (excited string bass), Joachim Schutz (electric guitar) and Joerg Hille (percussion and computer-controlled electric guitar) on February 7th, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK 
Composer: Dreyblatt, Arnold 
 

A night of sucking

on sleeping bodies, and then --


the leeches explode.


Grote bloedzuigers,Große Blutegel,
na een nacht op ons lichaam --nach einer Nacht des Saugens --

exploderen ze.explodieren sie.

Poem S2067
Amsterdam, 2023-12-27
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie) - 1981
Novel, chapter 3-2 "In the Sundarbans"
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

Zywa Evil Child

Hand over my mouth, I laugh
at the evil child
you are, who wants everything
as it should be

a better world
justice, equality
and brotherhood, now!

No longer an ideal
that makes fellow human beings suffer
in order not to lack anything themselves

So immature, not you
your complaint, your desire
for more

more solidarity
more harmony
more self-criticism

I know, the seed
of your gluttony
which wants all that
is your sweet anger

Poem 5203
Amsterdam, 2023-05-18
Evil Child: Gluttony (for justice, equality and brotherhood, solidarity, harmony and self-criticism, out of anger at the lack of them in society)
About anger: poem 5206. Big Bad Wolf

Collection: The drama
 

The majority

will want to live frugally --


when it is too late.


De meerderheid zalDie Mehrheit wird erst
wel sober willen leven --dann sparsam leben wollen --

als het te laat is.wenn es zu spät ist.

Poem S1723
Amsterdam, 2023-04-01
The Office - The Death of Maarten Koning (Han Voskuil) - 2000
Novel "Het Bureau - De dood van Maarten Koning"
Page 109, Maarten Koning and Ad Muller (1988)

Collection: Frustration
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han 
 

My body: worn out.

I regret my excuses --


for my gluttony.


Mijn lichaam is op.Mein Körper: erschöpft.
Ik heb spijt van mijn smoesjes --Ich hatte Ausreden, für --

voor mijn gulzigheid.meine Völlerei.

Poem S1633
Amsterdam, 2023-01-07
first, sweeten your hatred (Henk van der Waal) - 2003
Poem "eerst je haat zoeten" (collection "De aantochtster")
Collection: Willegos
Tribute to: Van Der Waal, Henk 
 

I want it all, and

say I can't live without you --


to complete strangers.


Soms wil ik alles,Ich will mal alles,
tegen vreemden ik kan niet --will zu Fremden ich kann nicht --

zonder jou zeggen.ohne dich sagen.

Poem S1423
Amsterdam, 2022-06-08
Breastwork (Marieke Lucas Rijneveld) - 2022
Poem "Borstwering" (collection "Komijnsplitsers")
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: Rijneveld, Lucas 
 

A boss claims to be

caring, but he is a child --


that always wants more.


Een baas zegt zorgzaamEin Chef sagt, er sorgt,
te zijn, maar hij is een kind --aber er ist nur ein Kind --

dat altijd meer wil.das immer mehr will.

Poem S1400
Amsterdam, 2022-04-19
The concept of 'Boss' -- In reference to: "Circe" (2018, Madeline Miller)
Collection: Finethreads
Tribute to: Miller, Madeline 
 

Zywa My house has bells

My house has bells
against sleep-passion, everywhere
where there is a hand
to press the button

The light stays on
there are no blindfolds
We are awake
of fatigue, fighting

against the gloom of the rut
and the shriveling of everything
So much to be experienced
and there is always more

within reach, if you slalom shrewdly
and do not attract the attention
of righteous people
with a show

The curtains closed
against envy and criticism
The loot is captured
the bells are waiting

Poem 4324
Amsterdam, 2022-02-21
The vices of men come down to men being not realistic
Invidia (envy) and gula (gluttony, not fulfilling obligations)

Collection: Greeting from before
 

She digested him,

his vigour: an empty shell --


trophy in her web.


Zij verteerde hem,Sie verdaute ihn
zijn stoerheid: een lege huls --zu einer leeren Hülse --

trofee in haar web.Trophäe im Web.

Poem S1313
Amsterdam, 2022-01-09
An accidental man (Iris Murdoch) - 1971
Novel
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris 
 

Deep into the night,

he read, deep into the words --


We're digging him out.


Tot diep in de nachtBis tief in die Nacht
las hij, diep de woorden in --las er, tief in den Worten --

We graven hem op.Wir graben ihn aus.

Poem S1188
Amsterdam, 2021-06-07
A man read deep into the night (Peter Greenaway) - 2017
In the documentary "The Greenaway Alphabet" by Saskia Boddeke
Collection: Finethreads
Tribute to: Greenaway, Peter 
 

Zywa The giantess likes to eat

The giantess likes to eat
cake pans, crunchy
fishshells with fishink

cheese boards and cell goblets
gland sweat, salad Russians
peachicks and bean runners

she sniffs up sausage smoke
and krautsauer, munches
on fruit stones

takes tomatoes for desert
with white cheese goats
and always hungers

for Himmel und Erde

Poem 2398
Amsterdam, 2019-09-08
Collection: More
Dedicated to: Lotte W 
 

Toasting and drinking,

that's all I know of last night:


unforgettable!


Proosten en drinken,Anstoßen, trinken,
dat weet ik nog van het feest:das erinnere ich mich:

onvergetelijk!ja unvergesslich!

Poem S0871
Amsterdam, 2019-05-20
Letters from Genoa (Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer) - 2016
"Brieven uit Genua", January 22nd, 2013
Collection: Palace of the night
Tribute to: Pfeijffer, Ilja Leonard 
 

People who want all,

should be expecting problems --


with their digestion.


Wie graag alles wil,Wer alles will, muss
kan problemen verwachten --ja Probleme erwarten --

bij het verteren.mit der Verdauung.

Poem S0798
Amsterdam, 2018-09-27
The moon smiles upon you (Muhammad Rumi) - 1250
Ghazal (Ode) 323
Collection: Willegos
Tribute to: Rumi, Mohamed 
 

A day without wine,

two glasses of wine at most --


just three large glasses.


Een dag zonder wijn,Ein Tag ohne Wein,
niet meer dan twee glazen wijn --nicht mehr als zwei Gläser Wein --

drie grote glazen.drei große Gläser.

Poem S0275
Amsterdam, 2015-02-04
I went for a walk today (Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer) - 2008
Poem "ik heb vandaag gewandeld" (collection "De man van vele manieren")
Collection: Palace of the night
Tribute to: Pfeijffer, Ilja Leonard 
 

Everything For Me!

Whenever I want it. Love --


Peace. Food. And drugs.


Alles is Voor Mij!Alles Für Mich! Wann
Wanneer ik het wil. Liefde --immer ich es will. Liebe --

Rust. Voedsel. En drugs.Essen. Und Drogen.

Poem S0263
Amsterdam, 2014-12-04
All is I want (Jack Kerouac) - 1953
Poem (collection "Book of sketches * 1952-1957", published in 2006)
Collection: MistI
Tribute to: Kerouac, Jack 
 

Nothing but the lake

in between the shores of clouds --


drinking all the rain.


Het meer is allesDer See ist alles
tussen de wolkenoevers --zwischen die Wolkenufer --

Het drinkt de regen.Er trinkt den Regen.

Poem H0133
Amsterdam, 2012-01-14
Collection: Greeting from before
 

Rats
can live anywhere
Rats
I too make use of possibilities

I explore life :
I preserve nature
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Springstaart
 

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