| There is your laundry, | |
| which I will clean, but for whom? | |
| Will someone wear it? | |
| Daar ligt jouw wasgoed, | Deine Schmutzwäsche, |
| voor wie zou ik het wassen? | für wen reinige ich sie? |
| Wie zal het dragen? | Wer wird sie tragen? |
Amsterdam, 2023-06-30
No objection, not a sound either (Jan Baeke) - 2013
After the life partner's death
Poem "Geen bezwaar, ook geen geluid" (collection "Het tankstation op de route")
Collection: Over
Tribute to: Baeke, Jan
| The tuba stays here, | |
| I can't play it anymore -- | |
| this very last time. | |
| De tuba blijft hier, | Die Tuba bleibt hier, |
| ik kan er niet op spelen -- | ich kann sie nicht mehr spielen-- |
| deze laatste keer. | dieses letzte Mal. |
Amsterdam, 2021-12-16
Emigrants (Carmien Michels) - 2018
Poem "Landverhuizers"
Collection: Appearances
Tribute to: Michels, Carmien
| Back in the old house, | |
| silently, we fill the boxes -- | |
| with our mother's life. | |
| Terug in het huis, | Wieder zuhause, |
| zwijgend vullen we dozen -- | still füllen wir die Kartons -- |
| met mama's leven. | mit Mutters Leben. |
Amsterdam, 2020-02-03
Eviction (Marcel van Roosmalen) - 2020
Column "Ontruiming", in the nrc.next of February 3rd, 2020
Collection: Being my own museum
Tribute to: Van Roosmalen, Marcel
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Lost in the women's section |
Amsterdam, 2018-05-06
Collection: Froend
| Overlooked stockings, | |
| and a comb with her dark hair. | |
| The bed too big now. | |
| Kousen, en een kam | Strümpfe, und ein Kamm |
| met haar donkere haren. | mit ihrem dunklen Haaren. |
| Het bed nu te groot. | Das Bett jetzt zu groß. |
Amsterdam, 2017-11-05
My wife (Raymond Carver) - 1968
Poem, published in the collections "New: American and Canadian poetry" (1968), "Those days: early writing by Raymond Carver" (1987), and "A new path to the waterfall" (1989)
Collection: Within the walls
Tribute to: Carver, Raymond
| You are dead, unreal | |
| is the order of your things -- | |
| Meaningless fiction. | |
| Jij bent dood, onecht | Du bist tot, unecht |
| de orde van jouw spullen -- | die Ordnung deiner Sachen -- |
| Zinloze fictie. | Sinnlose Fiktion. |
Amsterdam, 2017-09-17
The memories come (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "De herinneringen komen", published in "De harde kern" - 3 (1994), and in "Diary 1958-1959" (2006) - February 2nd, 1959, Milan
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Your sad love letters, | |
| I leave them for everyone -- | |
| at the city dump. | |
| Jouw liefdesbrieven | Deine traurigen |
| laat ik maar aan anderen -- | Briefe lasse ich alle -- |
| op de vuilstortplaats. | auf den Müllhaufen. |
Amsterdam, 2014-12-04
Tablecloths (Jack Kerouac) - 1952
Sketch "Manteles para la mesa" (collection "Book of sketches * 1952-1957", published in 2006)
Collection: MistI
Tribute to: Kerouac, Jack
