As the train slows down

we hug each other, it can --


not be goodbye yet.


De trein remt af, weAls der Zug abbremst,
omhelzen elkaar, het mag --umarmen wir uns, es kann --

nog geen afscheid zijn.noch kein Abschied sein.

Poem H6049
Amsterdam, 2026-01-16
Within the skin (Han Voskuil) - 2009
Autobiographical novel "Binnen de huid" (written 1964-1967), chapter 20 - November 8th, 1954, Amsterdam / Amersfoort
Collection: Elude
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han 
 

Mm, it's time to leave,

but it is so cold outside --


Will you keep me warm?


Mm, tijd om te gaan,Mm, Zeit zu gehen,
maar het is zo koud buiten --aber es ist kalt draußen --

Kom, houd jij me warm?Komm, hältst du mich warm?

Poem H5013
Amsterdam, 2024-10-25
Baby, it's cold outside (Frank Loesser) - 1944
Song
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1940-1959
Tribute to: Loesser, Frank 
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk 
 

The sun sets, casting

the elongated shadows --


of our long farewell.


De zon gaat onderBeim Untergang wirft
en werpt lange schaduwen --die Sonne lange Schatten --

Ons lange afscheid.des langen Abschieds.

Poem H4862
Amsterdam, 2024-08-18
Collection: Webgarden
 

I don't want it yet,

not to go home already --


please, can I clean up?


Ik wil het nog niet,Ich will es noch nicht,
niet al naar huis, alsjeblieft --noch nicht nach Hause, bitte --

mag ik opruimen?kann ich aufräumen?

Poem H4505
Amsterdam, 2024-02-09
Why the wind is so angry (Ed Leeflang) - 1982
Poem "Waarom de wind zo boos is" (collection "Op Pennewips plek")
Community for young people with an intellectual disability

Collection: Stall
Tribute to: Leeflang, Ed 
 

I left her behind,

'See you tomorrow', I thought --


it would be okay.


Ik liet haar achter,Ich habe gesagt:
ik zei Tot Morgen, ik dacht --Bis morgen, Mama, dachte --

het komt wel weer goed.es wird wieder gut.

Poem S2000
Amsterdam, 2023-11-15
aunt Gerty, sister Kamfer, aunt Trui - 2 (Ronelda Kamfer) - 2016
Poem "antie Gerty, suster Kamfer, antie Trui" - 2 (collection "Hammie")
Collection: Home sea
Tribute to: Kamfer, Ronelda 
 

I've been here before,

in this bed, and in this love --


room without a view.


Ik was hier eerder,Ich war schon mal hier,
in dit bed, deze kamer --im Bett, in diesem Liebes-

zonder een uitzicht.Raum ohne Aussicht.

Poem S1840
Amsterdam, 2023-07-31
The PowerBook (Jeanette Winterson) - 2000
Novel, chapter "HELP"
Collection: The Note Tree
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette 
 

Zywa Single track

Who can I ask
to go with me
behind me on a single track

of false hope, genuine hope
against my better judgement
on the way for too few

meagre minutes to celebrate together
but still time that I don't want to miss
even if it does not offer what I wish?

The little trod paths
will be as well a dead-end
as the short way into the mists

that stun you and increasingly
take the view of the mountains
the balding mountains away

I don't want to stand still, I walk around
looking out for a new path
a magical path of life

that I, stumbling and slipping
over the sharp stones if need be
want to clear where it is not

Poem 4586
Amsterdam, 2022-07-18
Collection: On living on [1]
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk 
 

I'd like to meet you

for years, or be endlessly --


stalling for this year.


Liefst ontmoet ik jouDich treffen, möglichst
nog jaren, of eindeloos --noch lange, oder endlos --

dit jaar steeds rekken.dieses Jahr schinden.

Poem S1245
Amsterdam, 2021-09-15
Collection: Changing Times
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk 
 

On the hotel beds

as chairs, we are together --


close, just one last time.


Op hotelbeddenAuf Hotelbetten
als stoelen, dicht bij elkaar --als Stühle, eng zusammen --

nog een laatste keer.noch ein letztes Mal.

Poem H2450
Amsterdam, 2019-05-04
Ash is purest white (Zhangke Jia) - 2018
Poem "Jiang hu er nü"
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2010-2019
Tribute to: Jia, Zhangke 
 

Tender is the night

in which you ardently love --


what will elude you.


Teder is de nachtZärtlich ist die Nacht,
waarin je vurig liefhebt --in der du hemmungslos liebt --

wat aan je ontglipt.was dir schon entwischt.

Poem H1335
Amsterdam, 2015-09-22
Tender night (Hilde Domin) - 1962
Poem "Zärtliche Nacht" (collection "Rückkehr der Schiffe")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1960-1979
Tribute to: Domin, Hilde 
 

The golden twilight:

a beautiful last evening --


but not today, please.


Gouden schemering:Die Golddämmerung:
een mooie laatste avond --ein schöner letzter Abend --

maar liefst niet vandaag.wenn nur nicht heute.

Poem H0697
Amsterdam, 2014-01-26
Collection: NightWatch
 

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