Tea time is my time,

my private time, letting go --


of what pulls at me.


Theetijd is mijn tijd,Die Teestunde ist
mijn privétijd, loslaten --private Zeit, loslassen --
wat er aan mij trekt.was so an mich zerrt.

Poem H6008
Amsterdam, 2025-11-13
The text for Maria is:
Tea time is my time, / Maria-time, letting go -- // of what pulls at me.

Collection: Bruises
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk 
 

I lie in the grass.

Beneath the white lime blossoms --


Beneath the humming.


Ik lig in het gras.Ich liege im Gras.
Onder de witte bloesem --Unter den weißen Blüten --
Onder het gezoem.Unter dem Summen.

Poem H5917
Amsterdam, 2025-09-01
Collection: I am
 

At a festival

you can sing along with all --


your heart while peeing.


Op een festivalAuf dem Festival
kun je vrolijk meezingen --kann man lustig mitsingen --
tijdens het plassen.beim Urinieren.

Poem H5558
Amsterdam, 2025-06-01
With a photo of movable temporary urinals (September 1st, 2010, NDSM-docks, Amsterdam)

Urinals

Collection: Untwisted
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Madelief dK 
 

The evening light makes

the world warmer and softer --


That's including us.


In het avondlichtIm Abendlicht wird
wordt de wereld warmer en --die ganze Welt wärmer und --
ook zachter, ook wij.auch sanfter, auch wir.

Poem H5560
Amsterdam, 2025-06-01
With a photo of Dory (September 18th, 1983, Beek [Berg en Dal])

Dory

Collection: Untwisted
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Madelief dK, Dory dK 
 

With vine lianas,

woman invented the swing --


once, in paradise.


Met lianen vondMit Reblianen
de vrouw de schommel uit, ooit --erfand die Frau die Schaukel --
in het paradijs.einst, im Paradies.

Poem H5548
Amsterdam, 2025-05-31
With a photo of Lotte on the swing (May 19th, 2013, Gondiswil)
The first invention

Lotte

Collection: Summer birds
Dedicated to: Lotte W 
 

We are daydreaming

in the imitation cave --


of the Grand Hotel.


We liggen te dag-Träumend liegen wir
dromen in de namaakgrot --in der künstlichen Höhle --
van het Grand Hotel.des Luxushotels.

Poem H5217
Amsterdam, 2025-02-05
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 9
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 40s and 50s
Tribute to: De Beauvoir, Simone 
 

The Hanged Man is bound,

yet he is relaxed, balanced --


Touched by a woman.


De GehangeneDer Gehängte ist
is ontspannen, in balans --entspannt und im Gleichgewicht --
Een vrouw liefkoost hem.Er wird gestreichelt.

Poem H4831
Amsterdam, 2024-08-04
Henry and Cato (Iris Murdoch) - 1976
Novel, part One, Rites of passage
Iris Murdoch describes a non-existend painting by Max Beckmann, referring to Tarot card XII

Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris 
 

We sit together

in the yard, nothing happens --


It couldn't be better!


We zitten samenWir sind im Garten
in de tuin, er gebeurt niets --und nichts passiert, es könnte --
Mooier kan het niet!gar nicht besser sein!

Poem H4376
Amsterdam, 2023-12-18
Perfect silence (Thomas Verbogt) - 2011
Novel "Perfecte stilte", chapter Very white
Collection: Home sea
Tribute to: Verbogt, Thomas 
 

The house has new sounds,

a harmony: languages --


dance, and skin colours.


Het huis klinkt anders:Das Haus klingt anders,
een harmonie van talen --eine Harmonie: Sprachen --
dans en huidskleuren.Tanz und Hautfarben.

Poem H4213
Amsterdam, 2023-10-12
Begging to Be Black (Antjie Krog) - 2009
Book, her birthday on October 23rd, 1992
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie 
 

Everyone asleep,

a silent railway carriage --


Daily work is done.


Een stille wagon,Alle schlafen, ein
iedereen zit te slapen --stiller Eisenbahnwagen --
Het werk is gedaan.Arbeit erledigt.

Poem S1807
Amsterdam, 2023-06-27
Long working days in South Korea
Collection: Greeting from before
 

The scent of autumn

in the town park, I relax --


with deep breaths of peace.


De geur van herfstDer Duft des Herbstes
in het park, ik ontspan me --im Park, ich entspanne mich --
en adem vrede.und atme Frieden.

Poem H3539
Amsterdam, 2022-10-29
Collection: Metamorphic body
 

By day I'm dreaming

myself into harmonies:


a bath of music.


Overdag droom ikTagsüber träume
mezelf in harmonieën:ich mich in Harmonien:
een bad van muziek.ein Bad mit Musik.

Poem H3284
Amsterdam, 2022-05-07
Dreamtime (Joost Lijbaart) - 2022
"Dreamtime", performed by Joost Lijbaart (percussion), Kika Sprangers (saxophone) and Wolfert Brederode (piano, organs) on May 7th, 2022 in the Organpark
Collection: org ANP ark 
Composer: Lijbaart, Joost 
 

Music everywhere,

from people and from the earth --


and from heaven too.


Overal muziek,Musik überall,
van mensen en de aarde --von Menschen und der Erde --
en van de hemel.und auch vom Himmel.

Poem H3082
Egmond aan Zee, 2021-10-24
The guardian of the hill of cherry trees (Franco Faggiani) - 2019
Tao
Novel "Il guardiano della collina dei ciliegi"

Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Faggiani, Franco 
 

Open-mindedness:

a dress gracefully pleated --


an arm full of pet.


Onbevangenheid:Unbefangenheit:
een jurkje zwierig geplooid --ein Kleid lieblich gefaltet --
een arm vol huisdier.ein Arm mit Haustier.

Poem H3027
Train Amsterdam-Tilburg, 2021-08-24
The open-mindedness towards life (Hildo Krop) - 1930
"De onbevangenheid tegenover het leven" on the Basin [De Kom] in Amsterdam
Collection: Summer birds
Tribute to: Krop, Hildo 
 

I wear anything,

just simple, wide clothes, I am --


naked by nature.


Ik draag zomaar wat,Ich bevorzuge
liefst ruime kleren, ik ben --einfache Kleidung, ich bin --
naakt van nature.von Natur aus nackt.

Poem H2970
Amsterdam, 2021-06-17
All-crushing - Faxing to Ger #3 (Nicolien Mizee) - 2019
Diary-novel "Allesverpletterende - Faxen aan Ger"
Collection: Out of place
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien 
 

Angels? Wild roses?

Or kisses? Whatever pink --


I go up with it.


Engelen? Rozen?Engel? Perlrosen?
Kussen? Wat voor roze ook --Küsse? Weiß ich was rosa --
ik stijg ermee op.ich geh damit auf.

Poem H2918
Amsterdam, 2021-03-20
Fever 103° (Sylvia Plath) - 1962
Poem
Collection: Actively Passive
Tribute to: Plath, Sylvia 
 

Coloured elephant,

step-dancing in the disco:


rainbow avatar.


Kleurenolifant,Farben-Elefant
stepdancing in de disco:stepptanzend in der Disko:
de regenbooggod.Regenbogengott.

Poem H2417
Amsterdam, 2019-03-26
Collection: WoofWoof
 

Am I still myself,

are you you, or do we merge --


in melodion?


Ben ik nog mijzelf,Bin ich noch ich, du
jij jij, of versmelten we --du, oder verschmelzen wir --
in harmonium?in Harmonium?

Poem H2403
Amsterdam, 2019-02-23
Dirk Luijmes plays the harmonium
Collection: ORG anp ark 
 

Zywa Be Wappy

I wandered through the village
in the woods of densely formed trunks
and I was told that it is not a forest

but a tree, I drank sweet tea
under the tied up aerial roots
and the thick foliage above it

The woman I spoke to, laughed
at my wonder and took my hand
She led me to the middle

where our surrender embraced the trunk
which was too thick for four outstretched arms
The red ribbons touched our head

Back on the terrace on the edge
where the young trunks in the lake
form a living canopy

we saw a flight of parrots
The birds were shouting at us
No Hurry, they yelled every time

when they passed in the bright colours
of their message: No Hurry!
Be Wappy!

Poem 1933
Amsterdam, 2018-11-18
Banyan
Collection: Summer birds
 

Not using the bike

is Zen: wishing to arrive --


where you always are.


De fiets laten staanNicht Rad fahren ist
is zen: willen aankomen --Zen: dort kommen zu wollen --
waar je altijd bent.wo man immer ist.

Poem H2098
Amsterdam, 2018-05-18
- What are you going to do today? - Nothing (Herman de Coninck) - 1993
Poem "- Wat ga je vandaag eens doen? - Niets" (collection "Pastorale")
Collection: Shortages
Tribute to: De Coninck, Herman 
 

Zywa Mouima

The aftertaste of sweet

is bitter, I know
yes I do, but

I have no energy
and I always want

all kind of things, but then
I stroll here on the market

in Marrakech, fair-haired
chatting with a mummy

and then I want to live
like a mummy for my dear body

in harmony with onions
carrots, wind, and sun

my mouth honourable
for my stomach, everything

that is good, just that, come
cook with me, eat with me

give me what I need
give me the Force

Poem 1647
Amsterdam, 2018-01-15
Mouima = little mother, mummy, ARABIC IN THE MAGHREB granny, old woman
Collection: It takes a lot of tries to make a début
 

With a kisby ring

I am floating in the pond --


Among the lilies.


Met een band omMit dem Rettungsring
drijf ik rond in de vijver --treibe ich im Teich herum --
Tussen de lelies.Zwischen Lilien.

Poem H1819
Amsterdam, 2017-10-06
The hard core - 2 (Frida Vogels) - 1993
Autobiographical account "De harde kern" - 2, 1937 in Bloemendaal
Collection: Old sore
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

The fountain is clear,

I dry my body with grass --


The nightingale sings.


Helder is de bron,Der Brunnen ist klar
ik droog me af met wat gras --ich trockne mich ab mit Gras --
De nachtegaal zingt.Die Nachtigall singt.

Poem H1785
Amsterdam, 2017-08-31
By the edge of a fountain (Anon. [Canada] / Mozart) - 1500
Ballad "Au bord d'une fontaine", set to music by Mozart in 1781 (K360, "Hélas, j'ai perdu mon amant")
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Tribute to: Anon. [Canada] 
Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 
 

Zywa Saturday morning

Saturday morning breakfast
in bed, each part of
my body in its place

at ease, happiness down to my toes
the sun shining andante over
the birds in the garden and you

say: you are beautiful
the elephants colour
with your skin

The brown elephants
on the pillows
and there, our dance

on the picture at the table
it exists here and now
timeless and spacious

Poem 1381
Amsterdam, 2017-05-27
Collection: Without reserve
Dedicated to: Dory dK 
 

I do enjoy it

to walk in the noisy city --


and being the noise.


Ik geniet ervan,Ich genieße es,
in de herrie van de stad --in der geräuschvollen Stadt --
de herrie te zijn.das Geräusch zu sein.

Poem H1614
Amsterdam, 2016-12-04
Ode: There is a community of the spirit (Muhammad Rumi) - 1250
Ghazal [Ode]
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Rumi, Mohamed 
 

My scars lace me up,

though my skin becomes tighter --


I become looser.


Littekens snoerenNarben schnüren mich
mij in, mijn huid wordt strakker --ein, meine Haut wird straffer --
en ik word losser.und ich lockerer.

Poem H1084
Amsterdam, 2014-12-05
Collection: Metamorphic body
 

The large smooth boulder:

ancient is the slide, and white --


from women's buttocks.


Grote gladde steen:Großer glatter Stein:
oud is de glijbaan, en wit --alt ist die Rutsche, und weiß --
van vrouwenbillen.von Frauenhintern.

Poem H0458
Train Assen-Amsterdam, 2013-06-07
The Chilchliflue at Steindorf (Solothurn) in Switzerland
Collection: NightWatch
 

The sea and the sun,

nothing more, just my body --


my ripple-free mind.


De zee en de zon,Das Meer, die Sonne,
verder niets, mijn lichaam, mijn --nichts weiter, mein Körper, mein --
rimpelloze geest.Geist welligkeitsfrei.

Poem H0252
Amsterdam, 2012-03-31
Collection: WoofWoof
 

Flowers in the park:

people are strolling around --


opening themselves.


Bloemen in het park:Blumen im Stadtpark:
mensen wandelen wat rond --Menschen spazieren herum --
en openen zich.und sie öffnen sich.

Poem H0244
Amsterdam, 2012-03-13
Collection: WoofWoof
 

You bring a coffee,

your hair loose, washed, lying down --


at my side again.


Je komt met koffie,Du kommst mit Kaffee,
je haren los, gewassen --dein Haar locker, gewaschen --
weer bij me liggen.legst dich wieder hin.

Poem H0092
Julianadorp, 2011-12-25
Collection: Webgarden
 

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