Then, one day, you find

an egg. It needs to stay warm.


That's what you live for!


Op een dag vind jeDu wirst einst ein Ei
een ei. Dat moet warm blijven.finden. Es muss warm bleiben.

Daar leef je dus voor!Ah! Dafür lebst du!

Poem H6024
Amsterdam, 2025-12-17
Angel's Egg (Mamoru Oshii) - 1985
Video-animation film "Tenshi no Tamago"
Collection: Plasma
Tribute to: Oshii, Mamoru 
 

We all do have to

enjoy life, even if it --


is reluctantly.


Je moet genietenWir alle müssen
van het leven, al is het --das Leben genießen, auch --

tegen heug en meug.mit Widerwillen.

Poem S2937
Amsterdam, 2025-08-31
Diary 1974-1976 (Frida Vogels) - 2013
"Dagboek 1974-1976" - September 24th, 1974, Lucera
Collection: Overwritten
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

A voice woke me up:

Don't be sad, no more sorrow!


It's high time for joy.


Ik werd wakker vanIch bin aufgewacht:
een stem: Treur niet, het is hoog!Trauer nicht, es ist höchste!

Tijd om blij te zijn!Zeit, fröhlich zu sein!

Poem H4900
Amsterdam, 2024-09-05
Joy (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds) - 2024
Song, album "Wild God"
Collection: Stall
Tribute to: Cave, Nick 
 

A flower wreath fits

you, celebrate every day --


your happy birthday.


Een bloemenkrans pastEin Blumenkranz passt
iedereen, vier elke dag --dir, feiere jeden Tag --

als je verjaardag.deinen Geburtstag.

Poem H4722
Amsterdam, 2024-06-21
For Ria N, who turns 82 today
Collection: Summer birds
Dedicated to: Ria N 
 

Everything that we

humans can touch is sacred --


Sacred Emptiness.


Alles wat een mensAlles, was ein Mensch
kan aanraken is heilig --berühren kann, ist heilig --

Heilige Leegte.Heilige Leere.

Poem H4227
Amsterdam, 2023-10-17
Desolation Angels (Jack Kerouac) - 1965
Book, chapter 1-2-89, written 1956: the essence of what you can touch remains a mystery
Collection: MistI
Tribute to: Kerouac, Jack 
 

I don't spend money

on pleasures, because not one --


of them can be bought.


Ik geef geen geld uitIch gebe kein Geld
aan pleziertjes, want geen een --für Freuden aus, weil keine --

ervan is te koop.davon zum Kauf ist.

Poem H3610
Amsterdam, 2022-12-17
The hand of the poor sick man (Luigi Pirandello) - 1917
Story "La mano del malato povero"
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: Pirandello, Luigi 
 

Colours are festive,

and the world is full of them --


a child can see that.


Kleuren zijn een feest,Farben sind festlich,
de wereld is er vol van --und die Welt ist voll davon --

dat kan een kind zien.ein Kind erkennt das.

Poem H3569
Amsterdam, 2022-11-11
Collection: Mosaic virus
Dedicated to: Koen K 
 

Zywa Blessing

The palm of a hand
is the sign of good intentions
     I am not armed
     that's my gift

so is everything
in everyone's hands
     live with me
     I will help you

My palm says
who I am, asking you
     who you want to be
     for yourself and me

before oblivion
erases who I didn't help
     to grow, and why
     I didn't bloom

My darling does things
that are a gift
     it's her name
     as a sign

Poem 2288
Amsterdam, 2019-06-20
Signum = sign, God's blessing
Doron = gift, palm

Collection: I am
Dedicated to: Dory dK 
 

Zywa Light out

The master basses
My body dissolves
in a circle of banishments

pushing the crowd away
into underground whispering
Formulas Memories


We know everything
You again! You too, mud
We too, breathe

Keep breathing, we know
again. Only you, of all dust
You again! Mud, you too



High tones wring
with the hall also me
ever longer and thinner

around my axis into a strand
You must, you must, you must
You again! Ache, wipe yourself

out, breathe, breathe out

Poem 1143
Amsterdam, 2017-03-06
Ob-literate (Zeno van den Broek & Gagi Petrovic) - 2016
2nd half of the composition for 2 sopranos, 3 baritones, 3 cubes and an organ, performed in the Organpark on March 18th, 2016 and November 29th, 2018
Collection: ORG anp ark 
Composers: Van den Broek, Zeno; Petrovic, Gagi 
 

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