I hop, even if

I've to go to the toilet --


That is how I live.


Altijd huppelen,Ich hüpfe, auch wenn
al moet ik naar de wc --ich auf die Toilette muss --

Zo wil ik leven.Das ist mein Leben.

Poem H5187
Amsterdam, 2025-01-20
The Saint of the Impossible (Arnon Grunberg) - 1998
Novella "De heilige Antonio", chapter 15
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Grunberg, Arnon 
 

Happiness: a word

of adults, it's a word that --


hinders happiness.


Geluk is een woordGlück ist ein Wort für
van volwassenen, het staat --Erwachsene, und es steht --

geluk in de weg.ihrem Glück im Weg.

Poem H5084
Amsterdam, 2024-11-20
the Passion (Jeanette Winterson) - 1987
Novel, chapter 1 the Emperor
Collection: Thinkles Lusionless
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette 
 

Praying is giving

love to your natural need --


for perfection ('God').


Bidden is liefdeBeten heißt Liebe
geven aan je behoefte --geben, an dein Bedürfnis --

aan volmaaktheid ('God').nach Perfektion ('Gott').

Poem H5042
Amsterdam, 2024-11-04
On 'God' and 'Good' (Iris Murdoch) - 1969
Philosophical study "On 'God' and 'Good' " (1992, Iris Murdoch), published in: The Anatomy of Knowledge (1969), and collected in: "The Sovereignty of Good" (1970)
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris 
 

Can you serve others

to become happy yourself --


from their happiness?


Anderen dienenKann man anderen
om gelukkig te worden --dienen, um selbst durch ihr Glück --

van hun geluk?glücklich zu werden?

Poem S2340
Amsterdam, 2024-09-03
The Message to the Planet (Iris Murdoch) - 1989
Novel, part Four - Lacking the power to stand up for your own needs?
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris 
 

Happiness: beware,

if you prefer to spare it --


you will choke on it.


Pas op voor geluk,Pass auf vor dem Glück,
als je er zuinig op bent --wenn du damit sparsam bist --

dan stikt je erin.erstickst du daran.

Poem S1320
Amsterdam, 2022-01-28
The comfort seekers (Marieke Lucas Rijneveld) - 2020
Poem "De troostzoekers" (in Trouw on December 25th, 2020, and in the collection "Komijnsplitsers")
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: Rijneveld, Lucas 
 

It was our promise:

happiness, to discover --


again and again.


Onze belofteUnser Versprechen
was: elkaars geluk, steeds weer --war: Glück; das immer wieder --

dat te ontdekken.neu zu entdecken.

Poem S0790
Vaison-la-Romaine, 2018-09-16
Atlas shrugged (Ayn Rand) - 1957
Novel, part 1 'Non-contradiction', chapter 10 'Wyatt's torch'
Collection: Willegos
Tribute to: Rand, Ayn 
 

I'm happy and look

around with astonishment --


Is there any hold?


Ik ben gelukkig,Ich bin glücklich und
kijk verwonderd om me heen --schaue mich verwundert um --

of er houvast is.ob es ein Halt gibt.

Poem H1733
Amsterdam, 2017-07-10
To be happy; and not knowing why (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Gelukkig zijn; en niet weten waarom", published in "De harde kern" - 3 ("The hard core" - 3, part II [Paris]) - January 4th, 1954, Paris
Collection: ThereFrom
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

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