Neither stingily

nor excessively, father --


sets off his fireworks.


Vader is beter:Weder geizig noch
gierig noch overdadig --übermäßig zünden wir --

steekt hij vuurwerk af.Feuerwerkskörper.

Poem H6280
Amsterdam, 2026-05-24
Winter (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2015
Autobiographical novel "Om vinteren", part 1, chapter 'December', § 'Fireworks' – New Year's Eve 1972-1980, Tromøya
The social golden mean

Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove 
 

Great people are a

warning to all of us that --


we are not like them.


Grote mensen zijnEin großartiger
voor ons een vermaning, dat --Mensch ist eine Mahnung, dass --

wij zelf niet zo zijn.wir selbst nicht so sein.

Poem S3113
Amsterdam, 2026-03-25
The Chosen One (Wessel te Gussinklo) - 2024
Unfinished novel "De uitverkorene", chapter 4
Collection: High gear
Tribute to: Te Gussinklo, Wessel 
 

You make me suffer:

I am not the heroine --


you so long to serve.


Jij laat me lijden:Du lässt mich leiden:
ik ben niet de heldin die --ich bin nicht die Heldin, der --

jij graag wilt dienen.du dienen möchtest.

Poem S2800
Amsterdam, 2025-07-26
You proudly thought you were my page (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Je dacht met trots dat je mijn page was", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part VI [Kees], and in "Diary 1962-1963" (2007) - July 30th, 1963, Bologna
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

You clung to me, but

I am not the heroine --


you still have faith in.


Jij klampte je vast,Klammere dich nicht
maar ik ben niet de heldin --an, ich bin nicht die Heldin --

op wie jij vertrouwt.der du immer traust.

Poem S2801
Amsterdam, 2025-07-26
You trusted me. It wasn't enough (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Je vertrouwde me. Het was niet genoeg", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part VI [Kees], and in "Diary 1962-1963" (2007) - August 1st, 1963, Bologna
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

Zywa Icon of our time

More and more, we speak picture
language with digital icons of Home
Heart (in the colour of the moment)
Envelope, Clock, Arrow and Bin

but icons of paint and blood travel
with us in their world of gold leaf
as portraits of the life
we like to live

thoughtful and attentive
like a busty bird
showing its feathers

and not camouflaging itself
in the attire of its neighbours
colleagues or pictograms

Poem 4899
Amsterdam, 2022-12-27
With acrylic paintings on canvas, by Ada Breedveld (Dordrecht 1944)
Also for Carla B, Jeanette vdZ, Harry S and Philip L

Collection: The Yellow House Museum
Dedicated to: Ineke J, Hans J, Ruud J, Lucy J, Yuk Lin M 
 

Look at a hero

of old, his statue, ah, such a --


misunderstanding!


Kijk maar naar een heldSchau den Helden an,
van vroeger, zijn standbeeld, ach --seine Statue, ach so --

wat een misverstand!ein Missverständnis!

Poem S1300
Amsterdam, 2021-12-23
On the way to The Hartz (Wessel te Gussinklo) - 2020
Novel "Op weg naar De Hartz"
Collection: Willegos
Tribute to: Te Gussinklo, Wessel 
 

I read and I thought:

yes, this is how one should live!


I got excited.


Ik las en ik dacht:Ich las und dachte:
ja, zo moet je dus leven!ja, so sollte man leben!

Ik werd enthousiast.Ich war begeistert.

Poem H1844
Amsterdam, 2017-11-01
Diary 1962-1963 (Frida Vogels) - 2007
"Dagboek 1962-1963" - March 20th, 1963, Amsterdam
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

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