Again I'm hoping,

again I reach for your love --


again it recedes.


Steeds opnieuw hoop ik,Wieder hoffe ich,
steeds reik ik naar jouw liefde --greife ich nach der Liebe --

steeds weer wijkt ze weg.und weicht sie zurück.

Poem S2857
Amsterdam, 2025-08-09
Diary 1968-1969 (Frida Vogels) - 2010
"Dagboek 1968-1969" - June 15th, 1968, Bologna - Tantalus
Collection: Between us
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

People stubbornly

believe that misery will --


have a good ending.


Mensen gelovenDie Menschen glauben
hardnekkig dat ellende --hartnäckig, dass das Elend --

goed zal aflopen.gut ausgehen wird.

Poem H5062
Amsterdam, 2024-11-10
The reading club (Renate Dorrestein) - 2010
Roman "De leesclub", chapter Seven
Collection: Between us
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate 
 

The Queen of Nothing

gave hope to the poor people --


She was dangerous.


Koningin van Niets,Königin von Nichts,
ze gaf de armen weer hoop --sie gab den Armen Hoffnung --

Ze was gevaarlijk.Sie war gefährlich.

Poem S2014
Amsterdam, 2023-11-25
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie) - 1981
The Rani [Queen] of 'Cooch Naheen' (in Agra)
Novel, chapter 1-4 "Under the carpet"

Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

Drowning refugees,

sailing to the other side --


of their hope, their dream.


Vluchters verdrinkenFlüchtlinge, auf dem
op weg naar de overkant --Weg zur anderen Seite --

van hun hoop, hun droom.ihres Hoffnungstraums.

Poem S2008
Amsterdam, 2023-11-22
Munya (Abdelkader Benali) - 2008
Novel, chapter Morocco
Munya = Wish/Desire/ What is longed for permanently even though it is very difficult to get

Collection: Passage Passion
Tribute to: Benali, Abdelkader 
 

Beware of the hope

for something good that has been --


It kills happiness.


Pas op voor de hoopPass auf vor Hoffnung
op het goede dat er was --auf das Gute, was da war--

Ze dooft je geluk.Sie löscht dein Glück aus.

Poem S1248
Amsterdam, 2021-09-19
Memories (Ellen Deckwitz) - 2021
Column "Herinneringen" (in NRC)
Collection: Death on Cast
Tribute to: Deckwitz, Ellen 
 

Her son disappeared

in the snow, she still peers out --


listens for footsteps.


In de sneeuw verdweenIhr Sohn ist im Schnee
haar zoon, ze tuurt en luistert --verschwunden, sie starrt und hört --

of ze stappen hoort.ob er wiederkommt.

Poem H2387
Amsterdam, 2019-02-08
The snow (Antonio Machado) - 1912
Poem "La nieve" (collection "Campos de Castilla")
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Machado, Antonio 
 

Hope can gnaw, if it

is mostly a postponement --


of disappointment.


Hoop kan knagen, alsHoffnung kann nagen,
hij vooral een uitstel is --wenn sie eine Verschiebung --

van teleurstelling.der Enttäuschung ist.

Poem H2154
Amsterdam, 2018-05-27
Collection: Local inconveniences
 

Zywa Let me go

Hope would be the worst
that slow poison that constantly torments
because it keeps you alive

Also the hell of the rest, unleashed
by the cleaners to whom I gave the keys
takes too long for me

Emotions are haunting around me
I run to the door
but the room stretches out

A man shouts: What do you want?
Laughing he blows away
Others start to whisper yellowish

I do need skates right now
I empty all the cupboards, heated
under the burning sun

so I have to undress
and know what I want
where I am

Poem 1635
Amsterdam, 2017-11-25
Psychose
Door: "Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate" ("Abandon all hope, ye who enter here"), above the gate of hell (1307-1314, "Inferno", the first part of Dante Alighieri's "La divina commedia")

Collection: Metamorphic body
 

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