| Many people scorn | |
| it, the elixir of life -- | |
| It's a bitter herb. | |
| Velen versmaden | Viele verschmähen |
| het, het levenselixer -- | es, das Lebenselixier -- |
| het bittere kruid. | ein bitteres Kraut. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-13
Not the germinating seed (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Niet het kiemende zaad", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part VIII [Authorship]), and in "Diary 1968-1969" (2010) - November 17th, 1969, Bologna
Collection: Between us
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Well-balanced stacking | |
| what you do and do not do -- | |
| isn't that what life is? | |
| Wat je doet en laat | Ausgewogen zu |
| evenwichtig op elkaar -- | stapeln, was man tut und nicht -- |
| stapelen: leven. | tut, das ist Leben. |
Amsterdam, 2025-04-21
With a photo of the three decorative towers of stacked stones at Gasthaus Bürgisweier Bad (June 5th, 2011, Madiswil)
They are not 'Steintürme' [Stone Towers] / 'Steinmännchen' ['Little Stone Men' / Cairns], which are pyramid-shaped piles of stones on the mountain roads, as signposts)
Collection: Blown sand
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Madelief dK
| Pleasures take their toll, | |
| at the doctor, the dentist -- | |
| and the tax office. | |
| Genoegens eisen | Die Freuden fordern |
| hun tol, bij de tandarts en -- | ihren Tribut, beim Zahnarzt -- |
| de belastingdienst. | und beim Finanzamt. |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-22
The Black Prince (Iris Murdoch) - 1973
Comical novel, Bradley Pearson's foreword
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| There's a dynamic | |
| of growth and decay, sometimes -- | |
| even perfection. | |
| Er is dynamiek | Es gibt Dynamik, |
| van groei en verval, soms ook -- | Wachstum und Verfall, manchmal -- |
| even volmaaktheid. | kurz Vollkommenheit. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-29
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie) - 1981
Novel, chapter 3-7 "Abracadabra": We must live, I'm afraid, with the shadows of imperfection
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| A person must learn, | |
| there are no suns anywhere -- | |
| that don't cast shadows. | |
| Een mens moet leren | Ein Mensch muss lernen, |
| dat er geen zon bestaat die -- | es gibt keine Sonne, die -- |
| geen schaduwen werpt. | keine Schatten wirft. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-29
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie) - 1981
Novel, chapter 3-7 "Abracadabra": We must live, I'm afraid, with the shadows of imperfection
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| It's two lives in one: | |
| everything's double or half -- | |
| being remarried. | |
| Twee levens in éen: | Die zweite Ehe: |
| alles dubbel of maar half -- | alles doppelt oder halb -- |
| sinds mijn hertrouwen. | Zwei Leben führen. |
Amsterdam, 2022-09-07
A pleasant postumity: letters 1965-1997 (Herman de Coninck) - 1994
In response to the translation "During six years she's learned what it means to stay" (1994, Herman de Coninck) - Herman de Coninck, by the way, was married three times
Letter 298, from Herman de Coninck to Laure-Anne Bosselaer and Kurt Brown, October 31st, 1994 (in "Een aangename postumiteit: brieven 1965-1997"); published in 2004
Collection: Shortages
Tribute to: De Coninck, Herman
| I'm living my life | |
| simple, without demanding -- | |
| to have fun all time. | |
| Ik leef mijn leven | Ich lebe einfach, |
| eenvoudig, ik verlang niet -- | für mich muss das Leben nicht -- |
| dat het steeds leuk is. | immer Spaß machen. |
Amsterdam, 2022-07-07
Like it or not - Faxing to Ger #4 (Nicolien Mizee) - 2021
Diary-novel "Hoog en laag springen - Faxen aan Ger #4"
Collection: In the shadow
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien
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If you are lucky, you will grow |
Amsterdam, 2019-01-12
Book "Das geheime Leben der Bäume"
Collection: New Ago
Tribute to: Wohlleben, Peter
| Does it help to leave | |
| when you are dissatisfied? | |
| Live! In the present. | |
| Helpt het, weg te gaan | Hilft es, zu gehen, |
| als je ontevreden bent? | wenn man unzufrieden bist? |
| Leef! In het heden. | Lebe! Hier und jetzt. |
Zandvoort aan Zee, 2018-02-01
Aleph (Paulo Coelho) - 2010
Novel "O Aleph"
Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Coelho, Paulo
