As long as we live,

we'll party another last --


day after last day.


Zolang we levenWir leben, feiern
feesten we nog een laatste --noch einen letzten Tag nach --

dag na laatste dag.einem letzten Tag.

Poem S3109
Amsterdam, 2026-03-21
Alabama Song (Bertolt Brecht / Kurt Weill) - 1927
Composition "Mahagonny Suite", part 'moderato assai', "Alabama Song" (arrangement Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg, adapted by Wijnand van Klaveren; lyrics Bertolt Brecht, English translation 1925, Elisabeth Hauptmann), performed in the Organpark on March 21st, 2026, by Arno Bornkamp (saxophone), Laurens de Man (piano), and the Utrecht String Quartet: Eeva Koskinen and Katherine Routley (violin), Sebastian Koloski (violoncello), and Harke Wiersma (double bass)
Collection: org anp ARK 
Tribute to: Brecht, Bertolt 
Composer: Weill, Kurt 
 

Zywa The paradox of fertility

To understand ourselves is
to understand our paradoxes -
that it is all real
consistent and sincere
without inner contradiction

Our youth lasts longer
we are fertile for longer
so we live longer
the earth becomes crowded
the silver tsunami reduces prosperity
and we contend with a lack of space

We fight for interventions
to prevent
pregnancies and overpopulation
and we believe less and less
in the fairy tale of the desire
to have children

Immortality lures
us to recombinant
techniques to recreate
ourselves in our image
and likeness

Poem 5339
Amsterdam, 2023-10-16
Biotechnology: recombinant DNA
Genesis 1:26-27

Collection: On living on [2]
 

Old loves scrape sharply

like a shovel over stone --


Another day sounds.


Oude liefde schraaptAlte Liebe kratzt
scherp als een schep over steen --wie Eisen auf Stein, wieder --

Er klinkt nog een dag.gibt es einen Tag.

Poem H4032
Amsterdam, 2023-08-12
that's when everything seems to fall apart (Antjie Krog) - 2022
Poem "dis wanneer alles lyk asof dit ineenstort" (collection "Plunder" ["Pillage"])
Collection: Stall
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie 
 

I'm sinking slowly,

and keep clinging to myself --


because, I'm still here!


Ik zak langzaam wegIch sinke langsam
en klamp me vast aan mezelf --und klammere mich an mich --

want, ik ben er nog!denn, ich bin noch da!

Poem H3800
Amsterdam, 2023-04-23
Happy Days (Samuel Beckett) - 1961
Play, played by Antoinette Jelgersma on April 18th, 2023, in Frascati (director Erik Whien)
Collection: On living on [2]
Tribute to: Beckett, Samuel 
 

Away with strict rules

to prolong my existence --


I keep on living.


Geen strenge regelsKeine Regeln um
om mijn leven te rekken --mein Leben zu verlängern --

maar blijven leven.ich lebe weiter.

Poem H3021
Amsterdam, 2021-08-21
Collection: Dearme
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk 
 

The bell: I'm alive,

but I'm exhausted, yet still --


I want one more chance!


De gong gaat: ik leef,Der Gong: ich lebe,
maar ben uitgeput, en toch --und erschöpft will ich immer --

wil ik nog een kans!noch eine Chance!

Poem H3017
Amsterdam, 2021-08-17
Collection: On living on [1]
 

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