Finally it is

raining, the coffin sinks in-


to the grave water.


Eindelijk regen.Endlich regnet es.
Op het kerkhof zakt de kist --Auf dem Friedhof versinkt der --

in het grafwater.Sark im Grabwasser.

Poem H6114
Amsterdam, 2026-02-23
Man is a great pheasant in the world / The Passport (Herta Müller) - 1986
Novel "Der Mensch ist ein großer Fasan auf der Welt", chapter[s 'Wood spurge' and] 'The Fly'
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: Mueller, Herta 
 

Slipping through the snow

I bring a little life to --


the dying person.


Slippend door de sneeuwGlitschend durch den Schnee
breng ik een brood, wat leven --bringe ich etwas Leben --

naar de stervende.zu der Sterbende.

Poem H5951
Amsterdam, 2025-09-18
The snow was high and is was thawing. Frozen snow (Frida Vogels) - 2014
Verse "De sneeuw lag hoog en het dooide. Opgevroren sneeuw", published in "Diary 1977-1978" - August 28th, 1978, Bologna (on the death of Valeria Decimi)
Collection: Helices
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

There is no farewell

to the deceased, because there's --


a lot to arrange.


Er is geen afscheidKeinen Abschied vom
van de dode, er is veel --Verstorbenen, so viel muss --

om te regelen.geregelt werden.

Poem S2970
Amsterdam, 2025-09-17
Diary 1977-1978 (Frida Vogels) - 2014
"Dagboek 1977-1978" - January 17th, 1978, Bologna
Collection: Helices
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

Readers leave their mail

for the poet in the post --


box on his gravestone.


Lezers doen post voorLeser werfen Post
de dichter in de brieven-für den Dichter in den Brief-

bus op zijn grafsteen.kasten auf dem Grab.

Poem S2739
Amsterdam, 2025-06-30
A letterbox is attached tot the headstone on the grave of Antonio Machado (Sevilla 1875-1939 Collioure); Collioure is located below Perpignan
Collection: Silent walk
Tribute to: Machado, Antonio 
 

No saying goodbye,

start counting down and it will --


happen by itself.


Geen afscheid nemen,Abschied: anfangen,
beginnen af te tellen --runterzuzählen, denn dann --

dan gaat het vanzelf.geschieht es von selbst.

Poem H5353
Amsterdam, 2025-04-06
Wicked mothers (Renate Dorrestein) - 1992
Novel "Ontaarde moeders" ("Unnatural mothers", translation 1994: "Wicked Mothers"), chapter 3, 'Intergalactical wars' - 11-year-old Maryemma says goodbye to her imaginary playmate Victor Hugo
Collection: Lack
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate 
 

To her dead husband

she says out loud what we all --


should know about him.


Tot de dode zegtZu ihrem toten
ze hardop wat iedereen --Mann sagt sie, was wir wissen --

van hem moet weten.müssen über ihn.

Poem H5347
Amsterdam, 2025-03-30
Gala (Ronald Giphart) - 2003
Novella, chapter 'Mijn mensen' ('My people') - Funeral gathering
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: Giphart, Ronald 
 

Parting, he smiles in

my direction, already --


has forgotten me.


Bij het afscheid lachtAbschied, er lächelt
hij in mijn richting, is me --in meine Richtung, hat mich --

nu al vergeten.bereits vergessen.

Poem S2543
Amsterdam, 2025-01-31
She came to stay (Simone de Beauvoir) - 1943
Novel (roman à clef) "L'invitée" (1943, "She came to stay" / "The Invitee", 1949), part 2, chapter 2
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1940-1959
Tribute to: De Beauvoir, Simone 
 

Suddenly, her wet

sleeves were wrapped about my neck --


for a goodbye kiss.


Haar natte mouwenDie nassen Ärmel,
lagen ineens om mijn nek --auf einmal um meinen Hals --

voor een afscheidskus.für den Abschiedskuss.

Poem H5160
Amsterdam, 2025-01-13
a word child (Iris Murdoch) - 1975
Novel, chapter Wednesday [3]
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris 
 

Singing, a woman

strews love letter chips before --


the wheels of the cars.


Een vrouw strooit zingendEine Frau singt und
briefsnippers voor de wielen --streut Briefschnipsel in den Weg --

van elke auto.der Autoräder.

Poem H4868
Amsterdam, 2024-08-23
The Black Prince (Iris Murdoch) - 1973
Comical novel, A Celebration of Love, part One
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris 
 

They all sympathise

and write their best intentions --


to put in the urn.


Iedereen leeft mee,Alle fühlen mit,
schrijft de beste intenties --schreiben schönen Wünsche auf --

doet ze in de urn.für in die Urne.

Poem H4803
Amsterdam, 2024-07-25
As the only announcement (Jana Arns) - 2023
Poem "Als enige kennisgeving" (collection "Als enige kennisgeving")
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: Arns, Jana 
 

The farewell party

is especially festive --


for those who can stay.


Het afscheid, een feestDie Abschiedsparty:
dat vooral feestelijk is --besonders festlich für die --

voor wie kan blijven.die bleiben können.

Poem H4693
Amsterdam, 2024-06-12
The magnetics / The audiotapes (Vincent Maël Cardona) - 2021
Film "Les magnétiques"
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: Cardona, Vincent Mael 
 

We say goodbye, short

- long - stop, the signalling code --


of I think of you.


We nemen afscheid,Wir sagen Tschüss, Kurz
kort - lang - uit, de seincode --- Lang - Aus, der Signalcode --

van Ik denk aan jou.Ich denke an dich.

Poem H4448
Amsterdam, 2024-01-19
recently (Anjet Daanje) - 2016
Novel "jl." (the title also refers to Juno Linnaarts), chapters December 23rd, 1973 and December 9th, 1980
Collection: Finethreads
Tribute to: Daanje, Anjet 
 

With them you cried out

blood from your mouth, it's the last --


I can taste of you.


Met hen schreeuwde jeMit ihnen schriest du
bloed uit je mond, het laatste --Blut aus dem Mund, das Letzte --

dat ik van je proef.was ich von dir schmeck.

Poem S0938
Amsterdam, 2019-09-29
Soldier's wife - Missing song (Liesbeth Lagemaat) - 2015
Poem "Soldatenvrouw - Verdwenen lied" (collection "Abri")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2010-2019
Tribute to: Lagemaat, Liesbeth 
 

I cover your head,

we cannot sing anymore --


as one voice, one song.


Ik dek je hoofd toe,Ich bedecke dich,
we kunnen niet meer zingen --wir können nicht mehr singen --

als één stem, één lied.als éine Stimme.

Poem S0939
Amsterdam, 2019-09-29
Soldier's wife - Missing song (Liesbeth Lagemaat) - 2018
Poem "Soldatenvrouw - Verdwenen lied" (collection "Abri")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2010-2019
Tribute to: Lagemaat, Liesbeth 
 

It doesn't matter what,

but the end shall and must be --


inescapable.


Het maakt niet uit wat,Egal was, aber
maar het einde zal en moet --das Ende wird und soll bloß --

onontkoombaar zijn.unausweichlich sein.

Poem H2443
Amsterdam, 2019-04-28
The introduction - Faxing to Ger #1 (Nicolien Mizee) - 2017
Diary-novel "De kennismaking - Faxen aan Ger"
Collection: In the shadow
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien 
 

Zywa Carry me

Dear friend, feel
my soft belly for
the man who didn't come

and carry me
I am lighter now
thinner are my dreams

you do know it
time passes, kiss me
knead my supple skin

and carry me
through the void of the night
give me farewell

Poem 1525
Amsterdam, 2017-08-19
Collection: Take a picture, now
 

Zywa We are celebrating the end

We celebrate the end
With school and the teachers
we look into the future

bind bandages of best
wishes on the wounds
of friendships

promise not to scratch
   We leave with flowers
      and will miss each other

We celebrate the end
Bye, colleagues, here's on your
health and happiness!

We talk and laugh
as always, as if
it isn't really

the last time
   We leave with flowers
      and will miss each other

We celebrate the end
The house is vacated, tea
with the neighbours, a long time

we just watch the tree
in our garden, growing
in the light, the growing

towards the sun
   We leave with flowers
      and will miss each other

Poem 1173
Amsterdam, 2017-03-09
Collection: Moons
 

Zywa Little waltz in Vienna

There are ten of those girls in Vienna
a shoulder on which you see Death have his cry
there's a shred of the morning emitting a sigh
in a cornerstone of the museum of frost
and a park where stuffed pigeons get lost
          oh, oh, oh, oh!
cherish this taciturn waltz in your arms

Little waltz, little waltz, little waltz
of itself, of our death, and of cognac
in its own pace it moistens the back
of its tail in the sea


I want you, I want you, I want you
the armchair, the Book of the Dead and go through
the discouraging hallway to tumble and bolt
quickly up to the loft with its lilies of gold
in our bed of the moon's shrouded beam
and the dance of which tortoises only can dream
          oh, oh, oh, oh!
keep whirling this waltz with its ruptured intestines

There are four halls of mirrors to see in Vienna
where your voice and the echoes can play
and a death for piano with brushes is stroking
blue paint on the boys
on the roof tiles the beggars are warming
themselves at tears fresh from the garlands of mercy
          oh, oh, oh, oh!
keep whirling this waltz that dies out in my arms

For I want you, I want you, my love
in the attic where children are knights
I keep dreaming of classic Hungarian lights
in the sultry excitement at the end of the day
I am looking at snowy white lilies and sheep
that so quietly lie on your forehead to sleep
          oh, oh, oh, oh!
keep whirling this waltz, I'll embrace you forever

With you I will dance, I will dance in Vienna
a river wells up from my mask of mascara:
its banks are grown over with hyacinths!
There I will leave my sweet mouth with your thighs
and my soul in the photos and flowery labyrinths
darling, my darling, it's time, I give in
so I'll leave in the darkness of rollers emerging your footprints
the grave of the waltz with the ribbons and my violin

Poem 870
Amsterdam, 2016-12-05
Little Viennese waltz (Federico García Lorca) - 1930
Poem "Pequeño vals Vienés"
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009 
Tribute to: García Lorca, Federico 
 

You burn my letters,

the smoke irritates my eyes --


and it chokes my heart.


Mijn brieven branden,Von meinen Briefen
de rook prikt in mijn ogen --brennt der Rauch in meinen Augen --

en verstikt mijn hart.es erstickt mein Herz.

Poem H1199
Amsterdam, 2015-07-04
When de night comes falling from the sky (Bob Dylan) - 1985
Song (album "Empire burlesque")
Collection: Great Flow 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 
 

A quiet goodbye

in bed, with silent kisses --


everlasting seals.


Een vredig afscheidEin stiller Abschied
in bed, met stille kussen --im Bett, mit leisen Küssen --

eeuwige zegels.ewigen Siegeln.

Poem H0482
Amsterdam, 2013-06-27
Stoner (John Williams)
In response to "Stoner" (1965, John Williams)
Collection: On living on [1]
Tribute to: Williams, John 
 

Raven on the spade,

we follow dad to the grave --


Then it's time to cry.


Raaf ligt op de schop,Auf dem Schaufel liegt
we volgen oom naar het graf -- Rabe, wir folgen zum Grab --

Tijd om te huilen.Und dann weinen wir.

Poem H0364
Amsterdam, 2012-10-08
Collection: WoofWoof
Dedicated to: Dory dK 
 

At the reception

I am bouncing everyone --


like silly putty.


Op de receptieAm tollen Empfang
stuiter ik langs iedereen --stoß ich an allen vorbei --

als silly putty.wie Hüpfender Kitt.

Poem S0015
Amsterdam, 2011-12-17
Collection: On living on [2]
 

Zywa Etcetera

From colleague to colleague
I rebound, sticking to them
like silly putty for a while

Impetuously, our blood flows
with attention for each other
with a little gesture
of very best wishes, fare on
well in ebb and adversity!

I'm leaving because it has to be
yet it is good for me
this sour-sweet greeting
of giving goodbye
etcetera

Poem 120
Amsterdam, 2008-12-06
HVO-Querido
Collection: Life line 
 

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