A human life is

not a story, and for sure --


not a grand story.


Een mensenlevenEin Menschenleben
is geen verhaal, en zeker --ist keine Geschichte, schon --

niet een groots verhaal.gar keine große.

Poem S3261
Amsterdam, 2026-09-09
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
 

A sorcerer doesn't

need a wand or other stuff --


Words are sufficient.


Tovenaars hebbenZauberer brauchen
geen toverstok nodig, niets --keinen Zauberstab, gar nichts --

Woorden zijn genoeg.Worte genügen.

Poem H4731
Amsterdam, 2024-06-23
The Enchantress of Florence (Salman Rushdie) - 2008
Novel, part 1, chapter 5
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

Would religion be

a mistake that people pass --


on to their children?


Is godsdienst een foutIst Religion ein
die de mensen doorgeven --Fehler, den man weitergibt --

aan hun kinderen?an seine Kinder?

Poem S2234
Amsterdam, 2024-06-23
The Enchantress of Florence (Salman Rushdie) - 2008
Novel, part 1, chapter 6
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

The Golden House, all

golden houses are beliefs --


in an illusion.


Het Gouden Huis, elkDas Goldene Haus,
gouden huis is een geloof --jedes, ist ein Glaube an --

in een illusie.eine Illusion.

Poem S2125
Amsterdam, 2024-02-13
The Golden House (Salman Rushdie) - 2017
Novel, chapter (1-) 2
Domus Aurea (Golden House) of emperor Nero in Rome

Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

A country without

music, with residents who --


think they are happy.


Land zonder muziek,Land ohne Musik,
met inwoners die denken --mit Einwohnern, die glauben --

gelukkig te zijn.dass sie glücklich sind.

Poem S2111
Amsterdam, 2024-01-30
Outside, it's Monday (J. Bernlef) - 2003
Having to live gravely and modestly according to the rules of faith
Novel "Buiten is het maandag", § 7-3

Collection: Rasping ants
Tribute to: Bernlef, J. 
 

Zywa Reago ergo sum

I want to live, not sleep
bobbing on a bed
of laurels or walk laps
on a treadmill, always

take part in something new
even though you laugh at me -
After every experience I die
and I wake up

in a new experience
That is the story
of my life
completed

per experience -
respond as well as possible
in every situation
Without plot, without end

just like when I was child
You are mature
if you understand this:
Reago ergo sum

Poem 613
Amsterdam, 2016-04-01
Collection: I am
 

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