On the boat, sailing

to familiar horizons --


End of vacation.


Op de boot, terugAuf dem Boot, zurück
naar vertrouwde horizons --zum vertrauten Horizont --

Einde vakantie.Ende des Urlaubs.

Poem H6230
Amsterdam, 2026-05-03
Collection: Local traffic
 

The light is dimming,

we pack up and leave, away --


from the summer house.


Het licht wordt zwakker,Das Licht wird schwächer,
we pakken in en gaan, weg --wir packen und gehen, weg --

uit het zomerhuis.vom Ferienhaus.

Poem H6203
Amsterdam, 2026-04-17
Short story (Lind Boström)
My struggle 6. The End (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2011

Short story by Linda Boström, from her collection "Grand Mal" (2011)
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Sjette bok" (translated 2018), part 8 - Mid-August 2009, Malmö

Collection: Writing
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove; Boström, Linda 
 

On the luxury

cruise she laughs: there is better --


misery than this!


Op de cruise lacht ze:Auf der Nilkreuzfahrt
er bestaat wel betere --lacht sie: es gibt besseres --

ellende dan dit!Elend als dieses!

Poem H5466
Amsterdam, 2025-05-15
You now (Griet Op de Beeck) - 2016
Short stories "Gij nu", story 'er moet betere ellende bestaan dan deze zei ze en ze lachte' ('there must be better misery than this she said and she laughed'), chapter One
Collection: Within the walls
Tribute to: Op de Beeck, Griet 
 

Walking holiday,

it's too hot today, there's not --


much to it like this.


Wandelvakantie,Ein Wanderurlaub.
het is te warm vandaag, zo --Heute ist es zu heiß, so --

is er niet veel aan.macht es keinen Spaß.

Poem S2511
Amsterdam, 2025-01-16
Travel diary 1981 (Han Voskuil) - 2000
"Reisdagboek 1981", included in the 2005 collection "Buitenschot" ("Outside shot, hikes") - Provence, Tuesday April 7th
Collection: Frustration
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han 
 

Horses' hooves dance us

on our way and then we glide --


through changing landscapes.


De hoeven dansenDie Hufe tanzen
ons op weg, daarna glijden --uns auf dem Weg, dann gleiten --

we door het landschap.wir durch die Landschaft.

Poem H5047
Amsterdam, 2024-11-07
On vacation, part 1, "Departure" (Alfredo Piatti) - 1891
Composition "In vacanza", part 1 "Partenza", for four cellos, performed by Frans Helmerson, Hayoung Choi, Ella van Poucke and Alexander Warenberg in the Music Hall on the IJ on November 7th, 2024
Collection: Migration
Composer: Piatti, Alfredo 
 

The suitcases here,

there, in and out of the rooms:


a holiday home.


De koffers hierheen,Die Koffer hier, da,
daarheen, kamers in en uit:die Zimmer hinein, hinaus:

een vakantiehuis.ein Ferienhaus.

Poem H5048
Amsterdam, 2024-11-07
On vacation, part 3 "Pastoral dance" (Alfredo Piatti) - 1891
Composition "In vacanza", part 3 "Danza rustica" [not: part 2 "Arrivo" (Arrival)], for four cellos, performed by Frans Helmerson, Hayoung Choi, Ella van Poucke and Alexander Warenberg in the Music Hall on the IJ on November 7th, 2024
Collection: Migration
Composer: Piatti, Alfredo 
 

In my vacation,

back at work for a moment --


like an outsider.


In mijn vakantieWährend des Urlaubs
even terug op het werk --mal zurück bei der Arbeit --

als een vreemdeling.fast wie ein Fremder.

Poem H3709
Amsterdam, 2023-02-06
The Office - The A.P. Beerta Institute (Han Voskuil) - 1998
Novel "Het Bureau - Het A.P. Beerta-Instituut"
Page 274, Maarten Koning and Manda Kraai (1976)

Collection: Frustration
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han 
 

Vacation, sorting

out nails and finding out how --


difficult it is!


Vakantie, spijkersIm Urlaub Nägel
sorteren en ontdekken --sortieren und erkennen --

hoe moeilijk dat is!wie schwierig das ist!

Poem H3706
Amsterdam, 2023-02-05
The Office - The A.P. Beerta Institute (Han Voskuil) - 1998
Novel "Het Bureau - Het A.P. Beerta-Instituut"
Page 184, Maarten Koning with Anton Beerta (1975)

Collection: Frustration
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han 
 

Vacation, it's safe,

windless in the covering --


of my own garage.


Vakantie, veilig,Ferien, sicher
windvrij in de beschutting --und windfrei in der Deckung --

van mijn garage.meiner Garage.

Poem S1655
Amsterdam, 2023-02-05
The Office - The A.P. Beerta Institute (Han Voskuil) - 1998
Novel "Het Bureau - Het A.P. Beerta-Instituut"
Page 123-124, Maarten Koning and Ad Muller (1975)

Collection: Frustration
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han 
 

Zywa All inclusive

On assigned holidays
I step out of the order
of my work into the row
for useful relaxation

The grain comes up
the sun breeds the grains
and colours the winter out of our skin

Everything is included, extras
can be booked on site
and appropriately enjoyed
in one of the wings

Thus we fly laps
in our dreams for a week
enjoying our role

although there is always someone
who doesn't participate, hooking
on to the back with a book
that he could have read at home

without disturbing others
in their well-deserved vacation
of exclusive behaviour

Poem 4076
Amsterdam, 2021-10-31
People in the Sun (Edward Hopper) - 1963
Painting
Collection: NightWatch
Tribute to: Hopper, Edward 
 

Zywa In the reeds

In the morning, barefoot
over dewy wet jetty planks
to the moss-green cobblestone shore

fishing birds
wind between my legs
no man to see

take a bag of food
from the box, carefully
close the cover again

the hatch to stone, steel and waste
the motorized world
full of problems

Only the two of us
in the little boatshelterhouse
a holiday paradise time long

Poem 1194
Amsterdam, 2017-03-11
Collection: Webgarden
 

 

 
Journey (Arkadi)
Arkadi, 1989-04-25
Paul explores Crete
Collection: Photo's 1989
Dedicated to: Paul J 
 

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