A Happy New Year!

We laugh and thank each other --


for the bygone year.


Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!Frohes neues Jahr!
Lachend danken we elkaar --Wir danken einander für's --

voor het oude jaar.vergangene Jahr.

Poem H6039
Amsterdam, 2026-01-08
My struggle 1. A Death in the Family (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2009
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Første bok", part 1, paragraph 3 - January 1st, 1985
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove 
 

Thank you, and sleep well,

with you I feel free and I --


am truly myself.


Dankjewel, slaap wel,Danke, gute Nacht,
bij jullie voel ik me vrij --bei euch fühle ich mich frei --

om mezelf te zijn.um ich selbst zu sein.

Poem H5910
Amsterdam, 2025-08-31
Good night, friends (Reinhard Mey) - 1972
Song "Gute Nacht, Freunde", album "Mein achtel Lorbeerblatt"
Collection: Wean Di
Tribute to: Mey, Reinhard 
 

I don't understand

what I feel, maybe I am --


amazed at your love.


Ik weet niet goed watIch versteh nicht, was
ik voel, verbazing misschien --ich fühle, vielleicht erstaunt --

over jouw liefde.mich deine Liebe.

Poem H5622
Amsterdam, 2025-06-20
Maybe I'm amazed (Paul McCartney) - 1970
Song (album "McCartney")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1960-1979
Tribute to: McCartney, Paul 
 

They are dear to me,

all the mellow memories --


of the life we shared.


Ze zijn mij dierbaar,Sie sind mir kostbar,
al de herinneringen --all die Erinnerungen --

aan onze liefde.an unsre Liebe.

Poem H5092
Amsterdam, 2024-11-24
Collection: Greeting from before
Dedicated to: Ineke J 
 

If you are grateful,

but you don't know who to thank --


you may well need God.


Als je dankbaar bent,Wenn du dankbar bist
maar niet weet wie te danken --und nicht weißt, wem du danken

heb je God nodig.sollst, brauchst du wohl Gott.

Poem H4980
Amsterdam, 2024-10-14
the ground beneath her feet (Salman Rushdie) - 1999
Novel, chapter 1 The Keeper of Bees
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

A flower wreath fits

you, celebrate every day --


your happy birthday.


Een bloemenkrans pastEin Blumenkranz passt
iedereen, vier elke dag --dir, feiere jeden Tag --

als je verjaardag.deinen Geburtstag.

Poem H4722
Amsterdam, 2024-06-21
For Ria N, who turns 82 today
Collection: Summer birds
Dedicated to: Ria N 
 

Embrace-like we look

at each other silently:


you are a great gift.


Als een omarmingUmarmungsartig
kijken we elkaar stil aan:schauen wir uns schweigend an:

jij bent een cadeau.du bist ein Geschenk.

Poem H4291
Amsterdam, 2023-11-19
Collection: The climbing house
Dedicated to: Femke H 
 

I do not know why,

but just out of gratitude --


I am moved to tears.


Ik weet niet waarom,Ich weiß nicht warum,
maar van dankbaarheid ben ik --aber nur vor Dankbarkeit --

een en al tranen.bin ich ganz Tränen.

Poem H3768
Amsterdam, 2023-03-22
Whatever it is (Saigyo) - 1190
Poem by the monk ("Hoshi") Saigyo (1118-1190)
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Tribute to: Saigyo 
 

Anyway, let's sing

at the funeral, sing loud:


She was there, with us!


Laten we zingenLass uns doch singen
op de begrafenis, luid:bei der Beerdigung, laut:

Zij was er, bij ons!Sie war da, bei uns!

Poem H3765
Amsterdam, 2023-03-21
About burrying daughters (Anna Enquist) - 2004
Poem "Over het begraven van dochters" (collection "De tussentijd", in memory of her daughter Margit (1974-2001))
Collection: Stall
Tribute to: Enquist, Anna 
 

Still to be set up:

the Merry Celebration --


of Counting Blessings.


Nog in te stellen:Noch einzurichten:
de Viering van het Tellen --das Frohe Fest des Zählens --

van Zegeningen.unsrer Segnungen.

Poem H3756
Amsterdam, 2023-03-14
Fury (Salman Rushdie) - 2001
Novel, § 1
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

Here in this heaven

on earth you will be pampered --


when you are with me.


Hier in de hemelIn diesem Himmel
op aarde word je verwend --auf Erden wirst du verwöhnt --

als je bij mij bent.wenn du bei mir bist.

Poem H3285
Amsterdam, 2022-05-08
Collection: The climbing house
 

For a long minute

great gratitude trickles down --


Heavenly caress.


Een lange minuutSehr verlangsamt sinkt
daalt grote dankbaarheid neer --großer Dankbarkeit herab --

Hemelse streling.Himmlisches Streicheln.

Poem H3254
Amsterdam, 2022-04-03
One Minute XL (Jan van de Putte) - 2021
Composition for Wim Boerman, performed by Orkest de Ereprijs and Katharina Gross (cello) on April 3rd, 2022 in the Organpark
Collection: org ANP ark 
Tribute to: Van De Putte, Jan 
 

For the cave hermit

a loaf of bread has been placed --


on the shelf Thank You!


Voor de kluizenaarFür den Einsiedler
is er een brood neergelegd --wurde ein Laib ausgelegt --

op de plank Dank U!auf dem Brett Danke!

Poem H2578
Amsterdam, 2019-10-08
Collection: WoofWoof
 

Zywa For us

In front of us, the jetty, which at the end
of the road from the bustle of the center
after the hills on the coast, protrudes into the sea

For us, no cemetery today, only the thought
of those we have buried and of the unknown
in the global grave of the sea

For us, the baker got up early, the tea has been picked
the house been built, where we will be guests for a week
under the clouds, the children of the sea

For us is life with its fruits, the rain we drink
and the gravity of everything, holding us together
outlined in the window frame around a holiday by the sea

Poem 2290
Amsterdam, 2019-06-21
All Soul's Day
Collection: I am
 

Thanks, tonight there is

still some May, plenty of May --


there is so much May.


Dank u, vanavondDanke für heute
nog wat mei, nog volop mei --noch was Mai, eine Menge --

zoveel mei is er.so viel Mai gibt es.

Poem H1149
Amsterdam, 2015-05-24
Mid-May, evening (Herman de Coninck) - 1997
Poem "Half mei, avond" (collection "Vingerafdrukken")
Collection: Shortages
Tribute to: De Coninck, Herman 
 

Zywa Toki pona

Kulupu kulupu
Lon li pona pona
E suno li pona
E len kin li pona

En mi sijelo kin
sina sijelo kin
telo e kasi en
e kili li pona



Moku mute li pona
Lape mute li pona
Olin li pona pona
mi olin e mi mije

tan o ona li pona
Ona li pona mute
Unpa musi li pona
Unpa mute li pona



Pali pona mama mama
pali pona pona
E suno li pona
pona pona pona

Lon li pona pona
pali pona pona
Mi olin e sina
tan e sina li pona

Poem 183
Amsterdam, 2012-09-11
Sonja Lang created Toki pona in 2001, a language of 120 words
Collection: WoofWoof
Tribute to: Lang, Sonja 
 

Zywa Good tidings

People people
It's very good to live
The sun is good
Clothes are good too

And my body too
your body too
water, the plants and
the fruits are good



Eat a lot is good
Sleep a lot is good
Love is very good
I love my man

because he is good!
He is very good
The joy of sex is good
Often sex is good



Thank you mum dad
thank you very much
The sun is good
very very good

It's very good to live
thank you very much
I love you
because you are good

Poem 185
Amsterdam, 2012-09-11
Translation of poem "Toki pona", written in Toki pona
Collection: WoofWoof
Tribute to: Lang, Sonja 
 

Gathered around her

coffin we are vigorous:


birds of paradise.


Verzameld om haarVersammelt um sie
graf zijn wij vol levenskracht:sind wir voller Lebenskraft:

paradijsvogels.Paradiesvögel.

Poem H0296
Amsterdam, 2012-06-29
Mother's day of death June 29th, 2011, funeral July 2nd, 2011
Strelitzia reginae (Bird of paradise/Crane flowers) on the coffin

Collection: Life line 
 

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