Zywa Gross National Happiness

This is a country without slaves
to multinationals, it makes a great
difference of less money transactions
air traffic, road traffic, and data traffic

For strangers, there is little
work here, we take care of ourselves
You might as well do the same
Somewhere where you stand a chance

You shouldn't come to us
We are enough for each other
without foreign countries
status, and holidays

that make you tired
and leave you with little memory
We can entertain ourselves
without robbing anyone

or ourselves

Poem 5964
Amsterdam, 2026-03-24
King Jigme Singye Wangchuk based Bhutan's policy on GNH (Gross National Happiness) in 1972
Collection: Half The Work
 

Your desires remained

unfulfilled, but you are still --


standing there shining.


Onvervuld blevenAch, deine Wünsche
jouw verlangens, maar je staat --blieben unerfüllt, und doch --

daar toch te stralen.stehst du da und strahlst.

Poem H5800
Amsterdam, 2025-08-07
An unfulfilled life (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Een onvervuld leven", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part V [Mother], and in "Diary 1966-1967" (2009) - April 6th, 1967, Amsterdam (memory of her mother who died 10 years earlier)
Collection: Between us
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

What will my hap be,

will it be good or bad luck?


Will I be happy?


Wat zal mijn lot zijn,Was ist mein Schicksal,
zal het geluk zijn of pech?schickt es mir Glück oder Pech?

Word ik gelukkig?Werd' ich glücklich sein?

Poem H5575
Amsterdam, 2025-06-03
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (Jeanette Winterson) - 2011
Autobiography (normal means: heterosexual), chapter 2, My Advice to Anybody Is: Get Born
Collection: Chance
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette 
 

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