A loving heart does

see you, does listen to you --


and doesn't know-it-all.


Een liefdevol hartEin liebendes Herz
ziet je, luistert naar je, en --sieht dich, hört dich zu, und ist --

weet het niet beter.kein Besserwisser.

Poem H6146
Amsterdam, 2026-03-09
The lowest trees have tops (John Dowland) - 1603
Song for singer and lute
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Composer: Dowland, John 
 

Zywa Holy days of attention

Candlemass, the day
of Mary, the ideal woman
and mother, a sign
for those who then marry
and celebrate their happiness

The evening and morning
are a day together
uncovered, without shame
and without sacrifice that diminishes
their sense of being great

and the evenings and mornings
are a life together
the children grow up
and mark in the year
the days of their parents

with attention, as
a daily effort to be
each other's ideal
Attention, the secret
of every relationship

Poem 5601
Amsterdam, 2025-02-03
February 2nd, Candlemass / Festum purgativum (Feast of the Purification), the presentation of Jesus at the temple
Demeter visits her daughter Persephone with burning candles >> Candlemass

Collection: org aNp arK
Dedicated to: Dory dK 
 

You just have to ask,

and I shall give it to you --


all my love for you.


Vraag het me gewoon,Frage mich einfach,
dan zal ik het je geven --ich werde es dir geben --

mijn liefde voor jou.all meine Liebe.

Poem H5193
Amsterdam, 2025-01-22
Song for the asking (Paul Simon) - 1970
Song, album "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1960-1979
Tribute to: Simon, Paul; Garfunkel, Art 
 

I'm getting worse, but

don't take away from me what --


you can do better.


Ik ga achteruit,Bitte nimm mir doch
maar neem me niet uit handen --nicht aus den Händen, was du --

wat jij beter kunt.besser machen kannst.

Poem S2387
De Koog, 2024-09-28
Collection: Local tardiness
 

With the wedding ring

he promises his body --


to her, to serve her.


En met de trouwringMit dem Ehering
belooft hij haar zijn lichaam --verspricht er seinen Körper --

Om haar te dienen.Um ihr zu dienen.

Poem H4881
Amsterdam, 2024-08-27
Book of Common Prayer (England) - 1552
The "Book of Common Prayer" (second version, 1552) prescribes that at a marriage the groom puts the wedding ring upon the fourth finger of the woman's left hand and thereby says: With this ring I thee wedde; with my body I thee worship; and with all my worldly goodes I thee endow
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Tribute to: Anon. [England] 
 

The highest ruler,

the self, is hungry, in need --


of beauty and love.


De hoogste heerser,Der höchste Herrscher,
het zelf, heeft honger, behoeft --das Selbst, ist hungrig, bedürft --

schoonheid en liefde.Schönheit und Liebe.

Poem H4725
Amsterdam, 2024-06-21
The Enchantress of Florence (Salman Rushdie) - 2008
Novel, part 1, chapter 2
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

An ardent love song

fills the desert with wonders --


makes plants and fruits grow.


Een liefdeslied vultLieder erfüllen
de woestijn met wonderen --sogar Wüsten mit Wundern --

Planten en vruchten.Pflanzen und Früchte.

Poem H4707
Amsterdam, 2024-06-15
Victory City (Salman Rushdie) - 2023
Novel "Victory City" [Vijayanagar >> Bisnaga, based on Fatehpur Sikri ('Victory City', near Agra), the capital of Emperor Abdul-Fath Jalaluddin 'Akbar' (= 'the Great' >> 'Akbar the Great')], part 3 Glory, chapter 16
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

You love me, you do

know what love is, and that is --


why I know now too.


Jij houdt van mij, jijDu liebst mich, du weißt
weet wat liefde is, daarom --was Liebe ist, und deshalb --

weet ik het nu ook.weiß ich es jetzt auch.

Poem H4078
Amsterdam, 2023-08-26
You (Freek de Jonge) - 1981
Song "Jij" (performance "De Mars" ["The March"], music Henny Vrienten)
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: De Jonge, Freek; Vrienten, Henny 
 

Love mirrors itself

to and fro, ever growing-


on its hidden force.


Liefde spiegelt zichDie Liebe spiegelt
over en weer, steeds sterker --sich, steigert so immer mehr --

wordt haar stille kracht.ihre stille Kraft.

Poem H4070
Amsterdam, 2023-08-23
Collection: More
Dedicated to: Dory dK 
 

Bunch of radishes,

the sun rising, still there is --


love, love around me.


Een bos radijzen,Ein Bund Radieschen,
de zon komt op, er is nog --die Sonne geht auf, es gibt --

liefde om mij heen.immer noch Liebe.

Poem H4033
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 
 

He proposes that

he doesn't want to marry me --


Am I in a play?


Hij doet zijn aanzoekEr macht den Antrag,
om niet met me te trouwen --dass er mich nicht heiratet --

Net een toneelstuk!Wie im Theater!

Poem H3932
Amsterdam, 2023-07-04
The last chance - The history of a love (Simon Vestdijk) - 1960
Novel "De laatste kans - De geschiedenis van een liefde", chapter 2-2 (AD 1923)
Collection: Inmost [1]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon 
 

She looks at the child

with love and understanding --


It grows right away.


Ze bekijkt het kindSie sieht das Kind an
zo vol liefde en begrip --mit Liebe und Verständnis --

dat het ervan groeit.Und es wächst sofort.

Poem H3841
Amsterdam, 2023-06-06
The other school - The history of a betrayal (Simon Vestdijk) - 1949
Novel "De andere school - De geschiedenis van een verraad", chapter 1-3 (AD 1916)
Collection: Inmost [1]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon 
 

Freedom is loving

differences, not having --


to put on an act.


Vrijheid is liefdeFreiheit: Liebe zur
voor verschil, is geen toneel --Differenz, keine Rolle --

te hoeven spelen.spielen zu müssen.

Poem H3563
Amsterdam, 2022-11-04
Freedom from conformism
Collection: The climbing house
 

Well, do we still change

each other, is there life in --


our relationship?


Veranderen weNun, lebt unsere
elkaar, zit er leven in --Beziehung noch, ändern wir --

onze relatie?uns gegenseitig?

Poem H3556
Amsterdam, 2022-11-01
Collection: Froend
 

Let me be with you,

it makes me feel completely --


happy, though sad too.


Ik ben graag bij jou,Lass mich bei dir sein,
ik voel me dan zo totaal --dann fühle ich mich total --

blij, en ook droevig.glücklich, und traurig.

Poem H3449
Amsterdam, 2022-09-17
The carbonised alphabet (Paul de Wispelaere) - 1992
Memoirs "Het verkoolde alfabet"
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: De Wispelaere, Paul 
 

Life is far too short,

darling, you make me grateful --


and sadly happy.


Het leven is kort,Das Leben ist kurz,
liefste, jij maakt me dankbaar --Liebling, du machst mich dankbar --

en verdrietig blij.und traurig glücklich.

Poem H3450
Amsterdam, 2022-09-17
The carbonised alphabet (Paul de Wispelaere) - 1992
Memoirs "Het verkoolde alfabet"
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: De Wispelaere, Paul 
 

Even if I don't

want to, we'll stay together --


but sometimes I leave.


Ook als ik niet wil,Auch wenn ich nicht will,
zullen wij samen blijven --bleiben wir zusammen, und --

maar soms ga ik weg.manchmal gehe ich.

Poem H3341
Amsterdam, 2022-06-23
Suriname. Holland. Sranan (Astrid Roemer) - 1985
Poem (albums "En wat dan nog?!" and "Ik ga strijden moeder – Gekozen gedichten" [2021])
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: Roemer, Astrid 
 

Being in your arms,

I haven't any doubt, I feel --


that I belong there.


Hier, in jouw armen,In deinen Armen
heb ik geen twijfel, ik voel --zweifle ich nicht, ich fühle --

dat ik er thuishoor.ich gehöre hier.

Poem H3322
Amsterdam, 2022-06-09
The winner takes it all (ABBA) - 1980
Song (album "Super Trouper")
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: ABBA 
 

Grace: it touches us,

it gives us more energy --


to act socially.


Genade raakt onsGnade berührt uns;
aan, geeft ons weer energie --gibt uns wieder Energie --

om sociaal te zijn.um sozial zu sein.

Poem H3225
Amsterdam, 2022-03-18
Grace = give or do what the other is in need of
Collection: The Big Secret
 

Zywa Outside the wall

The Beast is free, we kiss
outside the wall around
the Beauty of your fidelity

Of course we want to be
good, not stun ourselves
or stay in bed

to dream of big deeds -
figuring them out step by step
within far too many rules

We kiss, we are free
Nothing can hurt us today
We are each other's Hero

Our Love is a big deed
out of sight of the watchtowers
on the wall against our desires

Poem 4210
Amsterdam, 2021-12-10
Heroes (David Bowie) - 1977
Album
Collection: Moons
Tribute to: Bowie, David 
 

My skin is springtime,

pastel green with pink flowers --


radiant of love.


Mijn huid is lente,Meine Haut: Frühling,
zacht groen met roze bloemen --zartgrün mit rosa Blüten --

stralend van liefde.strahlend von Liebe.

Poem H3009
Amsterdam, 2021-08-12
Persephone
Collection: Dearme
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk 
 

To love is to give

and to be, it is caring --


to be Give To Be.


Liefde is gevenLiebe ist geben
en zijn, het is heel zorgzaam --und sein, es ist sehr sorgsam --

Geven Te Zijn zijn.Zu Sein Geben sein.

Poem H2927
Amsterdam, 2021-03-31
After poem 1498. Give To Be (0352. Geven Te Zijn, October 31th, 2014)
Collection: Dearme
 

Expressing your love

works best if you see people --


as body angels.


Liefde uiten luktJemanden lieben
het best als je mensen ziet --geht gut, wenn man Menschen sieht --

als lichaamsengelen.als Körperengel.

Poem H2645
Amsterdam, 2019-12-12
Angels (Arnon Grunberg) - 2019
Column "Engelen", in the VPRO broadcasting-guide (December 14-20th, 2019)
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2010-2019
Tribute to: Grunberg, Arnon 
 

He builds a whole world,

from me, it's a world of flesh --


he's my creator.


Hij bouwt een wereld,Er baut eine Welt
van mij, een wereld van vlees --aus mir, eine Welt aus Fleisch --

hij is mijn schepper.er ist mein Schöpfer.

Poem H2616
Amsterdam, 2019-11-16
Mr. Mine (Anne Sexton) - 1969
Poem (collection "Love Poems")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1960-1979
Tribute to: Sexton, Anne 
 

My man protects me

illogically, with love --


against my fancies.


Mijn man beschermt mijMein Mann beschützt mich
onlogisch, lief en rustig --unlogisch, süß und ruhig --

tegen mijn grillen.vor meinen Launen.

Poem H2524
Amsterdam, 2019-07-12
Grand Hotel Europa (Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer) - 2018
Novel
Collection: Palace of the night
Tribute to: Pfeijffer, Ilja Leonard 
 

Who's ready to give

his life for you? Your loved one!


who you want to keep.


Wie wil zijn levenWer würde für dich
voor jou geven? Je liefste!sein Leben geben? Dein Lieb!

die je wilt houden.das du schützen willst.

Poem S0905
Amsterdam, 2019-06-30
Love and what passes for it - The myths of Medeia and Iason, Alkestis and Admetos, Psyche and Eros - 2000
Stories "Liefde en wat ervoor doorgaat - De mythen van Medeia en Iason, Alkestis en Admetos, Psyche en Eros"
Admetos and his wife Alkestis, who sacrificed herself for him

Collection: Love Mind and Death
Tribute to: Dros, Imme 
 

It is religious

that I desire to touch you --


receive your power.


Het is religieusEs ist religiös,
dat ik jou wil aanraken --dass ich dich berühren will --

jouw kracht ontvangen.Stärke erhalten.

Poem H2441
Amsterdam, 2019-04-28
The introduction - Faxing to Ger #1 (Nicolien Mizee) - 2017
Diary-novel "De kennismaking - Faxen aan Ger"
Collection: In the shadow
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien 
 

Going together,

feeling in your hand in mine --


your heartbeat with mine.


Samen op pad gaan,Den Herzschlag fühlen
en in jouw hand in mijn hand --wir doppelt in deiner Hand --

onze hartslagen.sanft in meiner Hand.

Poem H2385
Amsterdam, 2019-02-08
Rebirth - 2 (Antonio Machado) - 1907
Poem "Renacimiento" - 2 (collection "Soledades. Galerías. Otros poemas.")
Collection: Tardiness in Acceleration
Tribute to: Machado, Antonio 
 

You, my sweetest word,

make me human, you create --


a world inside me.


Jij bent mijn liefsteDu, mein liebstes Wort,
woord, je maakt me mens, je schept --machst mich zu Mensch, du erschaffst --

een wereld in mij.eine Welt in mir.

Poem H2358
Amsterdam, 2019-01-13
You are the word (Remco Campert) - 1955
Poem "Jij bent het woord" (collection "Met man en muis")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1940-1959
Tribute to: Campert, Remco 
 

Love keeps flowing on,

with many short side branches --


of small human lives.


Liefde stroomt maar door,Die Liebe fließt, sie
met veel korte zijtakken --hat viele Verzweigungen --

van mensenlevens.menschlicher Leben.

Poem H2242
Amsterdam, 2018-06-28
Life is a branch of love (Toon Tellegen) - 1997
Poem "Het leven is een zijtak van de liefde" (collection "Over liefde en over niets anders")
Collection: Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost
Tribute to: Tellegen, Toon 
 

Zywa Verbs

To have is not a verb
to have is very little
life, not the true one

Yes, I do
want to experience, enjoy
remain, therefore the world

to become a safer place
starting with myself:

hello mirror image

today I want love
today I want to be

the two main verbs
make and be
make myself be

make you be
and then, that everything
stays with the new

Poem 1657
Amsterdam, 2018-01-21
Collection: Metamorphic body
 

Zywa My beautiful for you

Still after all the years
the mystery
that I love most, you

and your image of me
that you mirror to me
the image to my thoughts

and my promise
to you, my more and less
beautiful for you

in your eyes
that desire me
and call me

Poem 1586
Amsterdam, 2017-10-29
Collection: Without reserve
 

Zywa Ignorantly intelligent

Red hair, big eyes, with her
astonishment, I look
at the history of conflict
and incapacity - love

romantically appearing out of the blue
and saving the people of good will
in this movie, after the failure
of reason, love

that is more than the laws
of nature, which, intelligently designed
or not, run their amoral course
Yes, call it love

but just only if
you willfully and knowingly act aware
of the situation, of good, evil and better
Yes, then it is love

but that young woman has no idea
what she ever started as Supreme Being
though in the end she will know, after
everything has happened as it could

Poem 1540
Amsterdam, 2017-09-08
The fifth element (Luc Besson) - 1997
Film
Collection: web tissue
Tribute to: Besson, Luc 
 

Zywa Love is never

Love is never a wall
covered inside
with cushions and a view
of barbed wire

Love is never a wall
around concealed wishes
a weak spot, a secret
shame or a holy duty

Love is climbing over walls
without solutions
never dislodged drunk
with faith, hope, or dreams

Love is never unbelieving
desperate or unimaginative
and other symptoms
of death

Poem 1518
Amsterdam, 2017-08-17
Collection: The Big Secret
 

Zywa I promise you

I promise you
not to build mountains of gold
on weak ground, I promise you
no lifelong love
out of blind lust

I promise you
no great deeds
but sincere ones
to do what I can
to be who I am

that is: your
wisdom when you're angry
defence wall around your fear
hand under your head
nest for your sorrow

I am your
understanding answer
mountain with a view
double joy
and other side

I am your
well-doing bath
together at the table
bed to sleep in
love to your toes

Poem 1507
Amsterdam, 2017-08-09
That mountain will be built (Thijs Zonneveld) - 2011
In August 2011 Thijs Zonneveld published on the news site nu.nl the column "That mountain will be built" about building a 2 km high mountain in Flevoland; the idea was abandoned in 2015-2016
Collection: The Big Secret
Tribute to: Zonneveld, Thijs 
 

Zywa Give To Be

The eternal is a thought
felt or thought in me
– knowing

to exist only for a while
to possess only for a while
– knowing

that being and having is living
half, and being and giving
is love

– people
who give space
and sweet fruits

– people
who give, people
who give each other to be

Poem 1498
Amsterdam, 2017-08-08
Collection: Life line 
 

Zywa Welling heart

Only afterwards do I know
that a rose is happiness
and seeing a rose is happiness

going by, so I want you
to well up inside me again
when I'm standing still, touched

before a blushing rose
which opens its petals -
not for me, yet

also for me, and I watch
timeless, thoughtless, ignorant
of budding pain

the rose as I watch you: happiness
is welling up in my heart and in my body
are warm waves freely surging outward

like when rose petals
unfold fast forward
into a euphoric state of happiness

Poem 1432
Amsterdam, 2017-07-12
Collection: Without reserve
 

Zywa Big heart

All beginnings are difficult, but
shall his heart grow with mine
and will not-matching sensitivities

be given a warm place anyway?
Can it be big like an elephant?

It already is, trumpets one
yeah ha ha ha, stamp the others
grandma Phant blows my hair in a mess

don't hold on to your questions
she says, better come with us

She trunks me between her ears
chatting about phants and people
with their peculiarities

we reach a wide field
of waving colours

The children phants start tasting them
crushing more flowers than they pick
but with love, new ones grow

you see, grandma Phant says
it's easy

if you give space to the sun

Poem 1220
Amsterdam, 2017-03-14
Collection: Webgarden
 

Zywa Love invites

The idea pushes me to later
to looking back on my life
since the answer

I am going to give now
to his question, his second
proposal: he wants a child

He sits on my stomach
looking so seductive and sweet
that I wish to

keep it as it is
with the two of us and the pill
better I don't say anything

pull him over to me
kiss his eyes shut
and attack

Poem 1215
Amsterdam, 2017-03-13
Collection: Webgarden
 

I kiss you because

I am free with you because --


your love does know me.


Ik kus jou omdatIch küsse dich, weil
ik vrij ben bij jou omdatich mit dir frei bin, weil du --

jouw liefde mij kent.mich liebevoll kennst.

Poem H0547
Amsterdam, 2013-08-11
Collection: The Big Secret
 

I embrace my buck,

snorting fiercely, with his horns --


entangled in shrubs.


Ik omhels mijn bok,Mein lieber Bock schnaubt
die briest en driest zijn horens --zornig, mit seinen Hörnern --

verstrikt in de struik.verstrickt im Gebüsch.

Poem H0145
Train Nijmegen-Amsterdam, 2012-01-15
Collection: NightWatch
 

Hand in hand we sit

together in the garden --


of our affection.


Hand in hand zittenHand in Hand sitzen
wij te praten in de tuin --wir zusammen im Garten --

van onze liefde.unserer Liebe.

Poem H0021
Amsterdam, 2011-11-25
Collection: NightWatch
 

Zywa Love indivisible

People weigh what is not told
add their regret to what they sold
loving what they've gained to hold
all of them disgusted by their loss

Like that, I do not want to live
all the time there's much to give
if I'm not lazy, rather passive
what chance will bring across

However, let us get it straight
there is no force of Fate
So take deep breaths, just wait
and watch attentively

Let the many winds with their
brushes made of fluffy air
stroke the trees here, there and everywhere
and be content with what you see

Perhaps then your smile may
charm someone in such a magic way
that the one will fall in love to stay
with you in joy and sorrow from that day

Poem 101
Amsterdam, 2008-04-25
Love minus zero / No limit (Bob Dylan) - 1965
Song (album "Bringing it all back home"), also sung by Joan Baez (album "Any Day Now", 1968)
Collection: Great Flow 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; Baez, Joan 
 

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