Just go, seduce men,

you have not satisfied me --


you don't long for me!


Ga, verleid mannen,Geh, verführ Männer,
mij heb je niet bevredigd --mich hast du nicht befriedigt --

mij begeer je niet!mich begehrst du nicht!

Poem S2890
Amsterdam, 2025-08-16
Casual (Chappell Roan) - 2022
Song, album "The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess" - Siren
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2020-2029
Tribute to: Roan, Chappell 
 

Love is a moon, it

changes from day to day, there's --


increase, there's decrease.


Liefde is een maan,Liebe ist ein Mond,
ze verandert per dag, wordt --sie verändert sich, sie wird --

groter, wordt kleiner.größer, wird kleiner.

Poem H5332
Amsterdam, 2025-03-19
The Stepmother (Renate Dorrestein) - 2011
Novel "De stiefmoeder", part 'Claire', chapter Five - L'amore è come la luna: quando non aumenta, diminuisce (Love is like the moon: when it does not increase, it decreases)
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2020-2029
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate 
 

Now my love for you

is over, absolutely --


How happy I am!


Mijn liefde voor jouDie Liebe zu dir
is voorbij, over en uit --ist vorbei und vorüber --

Oh, wat ben ik blij!Wie glücklich bin ich!

Poem H4904
Amsterdam, 2024-09-08
The Message to the Planet (Iris Murdoch) - 1989
Novel, part Six
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris 
 

I hear him walking

and I keep my eyes closed as --


he gets into bed.


Ik hoor hem lopenIch halte einfach
en ik houd mijn ogen dicht --die Augen fest geschlossen --

nu hij in bed stapt.als er ins Bett geht.

Poem S2207
Amsterdam, 2024-05-30
Distracted (Karin Lachmising) - 2019
Poem "Afgeleid" (collection "Zeven rivieren ver")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2010-2019
Tribute to: Lachmising, Karin 
 

I always get short

of breath when he comes home and --


only pets the dog.


Ik krijg het benauwdIch ersticke fast,
wanneer hij thuiskomt en dan --wenn er nach Hause kommt und --

alleen de hond aait.nur den Hund streichelt.

Poem S2104
Amsterdam, 2024-01-22
Outsiders (Renate Dorrestein) - 1983
Novel "Buitenstaanders", § 1
Collection: Lack
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate 
 

Zywa What are we waiting for?

Is she here, is this the address, or
the end of the world?
Have I been here before?
Tell me how it is!
     Where could she be?

Where can I take shelter from the cutting wind
and what has come over that brass band out there
in the open field? Did she embrace me here
when she let me go, when she said
     Forget Me Not!

I just stand there staring at the door
of that trailer, I smell the wild animals
but nothing happens, is anyone there?
Tell me what we're waiting for
     Who should I contact?

I know I took off my clothes and knelt
among fools on the stalled train, a gypsy
waved a tattered flag and the red light
of his ring was an alarm, on, off, on, off
     It's not a dream, this is real!

I know the people, the game is played hard
and when the time comes, I'm ready
then I'll come right away, and if it's elsewhere
we'll just set fire to it here
     What are we waiting for?

Poem 5395
Amsterdam, 2023-12-09
Señor (Tales of Yankee Power) (Bob Dylan) - 1978
Song, album "Street-Legal"
Collection: Great Flow 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 
 

Dad drinks Mama's wine,

thinking of the old days, when --


they drank together.


Papa drinkt mama'sPapa trinkt Mamas
wijn en denkt aan vroeger, toen --Wein und denkt an früher, als --

ze samen dronken.sie beide tranken.

Poem S2036
Amsterdam, 2023-12-05
At the River (Louise Glück) - 2009
Poem (collection "A Village Life")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Tribute to: Glück, Louise 
 

Being in love, blind,

but don't be blind later on --


It would be the end.


Verliefdheid maakt blind,Verliebtheit macht blind,
en lang samenzijn vaak ook --ein festes Paar sein oft auch --

maar dan gaat het uit.Dann ist es vorbei.

Poem S2006
Amsterdam, 2023-11-22
Munya (Abdelkader Benali) - 2008
Novel, chapter Amsterdam
Munya = Wish/Desire/ What is longed for permanently even though it is very difficult to get

Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Tribute to: Benali, Abdelkader 
 

It was so right, but

since then kisses no longer --


have the taste of love.


Toen klopte alles,Damals war es gut,
maar sindsdien smaken kussen --nur, seitdem schmecken Küsse --

niet meer naar liefde.nicht mehr nach Liebe.

Poem S1950
Amsterdam, 2023-10-11
Last good taste (Dayna Kurtz) - 2002
Song (album "Postcards from downtown")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Tribute to: Kurtz, Dayna 
 

You and I, over.

When together we are not --


tangibly present.


Wij tweeën, voorbij.Wir beide, vorbei.
Bij elkaar zijn we niet meer --Zusammen sind wir nicht mehr --

tastbaar aanwezig.spürbar anwesend.

Poem S1855
Amsterdam, 2023-08-12
that's when I'm with you (Antjie Krog) - 2022
Poem "dis wanneer ek by jou is" (collection "Plunder" ["Pillage"])
Collection: Over
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie 
 

I feel your shirt, feel

the breast where the heart once was --


of my beloved.


Ik voel jouw hemd, voelIch spüre dein Hemd,
de borst waar ooit het hart was --die Brust, wo einst das Herz war --

van mijn geliefde.meines Geliebten.

Poem S1856
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: Over
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie 
 

Such oppressive love,

after years of marriage --


of growing apart.


Benauwde liefde,Stickige Liebe,
na huwelijksjaren lang --nach Ehejahren des Aus-

uit elkaar groeien.einanderwachsens.

Poem H3987
Amsterdam, 2023-07-29
The PowerBook (Jeanette Winterson) - 2000
Novel, chapter "NEW DOCUMENT"
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette 
 

She broke up with me.

Overwhelming! Finally --


something big happened!


Ze maakte het uit.Sie hat Schluss gemacht.
Indrukwekkend! Eindelijk --Überwältigend! Endlich --

gebeurde er iets!ist etwas passiert!

Poem H3934
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 
 

He could have gotten

to know her, and thus himself --


as he developed.


Hij had haar kunnenDann hätte er sie
leren kennen, en zichzelf --kennenlernen können, und --

verder ontplooien.sich weiterentwickeln.

Poem H3911
Amsterdam, 2023-07-01
The wrinkles of Esther Ornstein - The history of a neglect (Simon Vestdijk) - 1959
Novel "De rimpels van Esther Ornstein - De geschiedenis van een verzuim", chapter 2-4 (AD 1921)
Collection: Inmost [1]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon 
 

He talks about her

all the time, so there's a chance --


it's almost over.


Hij praat heel de tijdEr redet immer
over haar, dus dan kan het --über sie, also, vielleicht --

al bijna uit zijn.ist es fast vorbei.

Poem S1804
Amsterdam, 2023-06-24
The free bird and its cages - The history of a donicile (Simon Vestdijk) - 1957
Roman "De vrije vogel en zijn kooien - De geschiedenis van een domicilie", chapter 3-2 [1920]
Collection: Inmost [1]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon 
 

After a few years,

his love is dull, his smell not --


pleasant anymore.


Na een paar jarenSeine Liebe ist
is zijn liefde saai, zijn geur --nun langweilig, sein Geruch --

niet aangenaam meer.nicht mehr angenehm.

Poem H3683
Amsterdam, 2023-01-26
Expectations (Thomas Heerma van Voss) - 2022
Story "Verwachtingen" (collection "Passagiers/achterblijvers")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2020-2029
Tribute to: Heerma van Voss, Thomas 
 

We broke up and now

we give our little sweet words --


to a new lover.


We zijn uit elkaarWir trennten uns und
en onze lieve woordjes --geben die süßen Worte --

zijn voor een ander.jemand anderem.

Poem H3452
Amsterdam, 2022-09-17
The carbonised alphabet (Paul de Wispelaere) - 1992
Memoirs "Het verkoolde alfabet"
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2020-2029
Tribute to: De Wispelaere, Paul 
 

A lot has happened,

mistakes have been made, and crates --


have been packed and moved.


Er is veel gebeurd,Viel ist ja passiert,
er zijn fouten gemaakt, dozen --wir haben Kisten gepackt --

gepakt en verhuisd.und umgezogen.

Poem S1252
Amsterdam, 2021-10-08
Artis (Spinvis) - 2017
Song "Artis" (album "Trein Vuur Dageraad")
"A day in the life" (1967, John Lennon & Paul McCartney)

Collection: After the festivities
Tribute to: Spinvis 
 

Zywa Queeny

The bedroom smells of perfume and powder
I wade through the colours of my clothes
half on their hangers

You are gone, you lie on the ground
compelling with all your love
on a photo of your arms
around me

You, the king, you wanted me
to be queenish, not indomitable
like a scratching cat

Everything is neat and tidy again
I have my wardrobe put in
and the other one
completely free

Poem 2318
Amsterdam, 2019-06-29
Collection: Eyes lips chest and belly
 

To stay, with kisses,

children do it, and parents --


don't always succeed.


Blijven, met kusjes,Bleiben, mit Küssen,
dat doet een kind, en ouders --Kinder tun es, und Eltern --

lukt het niet altijd.versagen manchmal.

Poem H2090
Amsterdam, 2018-05-16
Six years she learned what it was to stay (Herman de Coninck) - 1988
Poem "Zes jaar heeft ze geleerd wat blijven was" (collection "Enkelvoud")
Collection: Shortages
Tribute to: De Coninck, Herman 
 

Zywa Slowly the night falls

My dear, my dear
and I are bored
he is surfing

the internet and I practise
not to disturb him
fingerings in the air

I will go away, move
and he? frets himself
looking for a way out

Slowly the night falls
silently I close the piano
if only I could help him

Foot by foot four passes
to behind his chair, gently
I touch him, caress

an arm, he puts the screen away
and leans back, lets me
wrap my arms around him

quietly he lays his hands on mine
If only he had tears, words
if need be, passionate kisses

Poem 1203
Amsterdam, 2017-03-12
Room in New York (Edward Hopper) - 1932
Painting
Film "Shirley: visions of reality (2013, Gustav Deutsch)

Collection: NightWatch
Tribute to: Hopper, Edward; Deutsch, Gustav 
 

Zywa Troth

People who get married
already know how it works:
not spontaneously a heaven

of love on earth, but
then what? Is heaven too holy
and too high?

Love a cherishing?
solidified into habits
from time to time

a fountain or the sidecar
from which we see the real
holiness: the pool

of change, the healwhole pool
of nourishing, devouring and decay?
Are we loving

if we extend the decay
by nourishing each other
devouring little from each other

and letting each other free
to fail and to grow
from within, by oneself?

Poem 1053
Amsterdam, 2017-02-21
Collection: Without reserve
 

Zywa Yes I do

Ignorant, I felt confident
but since her later is earlier
than we thought when we signed
it suddenly comes

down to every ordinary day
to what is keeping me
from being nice to her

the love of my Yes
I do

I hesitate to repeat that
Her condition, our problems
I must knowingly forget
to be able to live

ordinary days, in love
with the promising incertainties
in the hands of the filly

of my Yes
I do

Poem 983
Amsterdam, 2017-01-29
Collection: Dearme
Dedicated to: Taoufik D 
 

Unfortunately,

great loves also disappear --


in the waves of time.


Helaas verdwijnenLeider verschwinden
in de golven van de tijd --in den Wellen der Zeit auch --

ook grote liefdes.die große Lieben.

Poem H1527
Plane Amsterdam-Marseille, 2016-10-05
A precious cargo (Toon Tellegen) - 2014
Poem "Een kostbare lading" (collection "De werkelijkheid")
Collection: Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost
Tribute to: Tellegen, Toon 
 

His attention, caught,

and dropped from excitement, then --


she picked up the shards.


Ze trok zijn aandacht,Sie zog seinen Blick,
maar liet die vallen, en toen --ließ ihn leider fallen, dann --

raapte ze scherven.hob sie Scherben auf.

Poem S0398
Amsterdam, 2016-09-30
Broken (Hagar Peeters) - 2008
Sarah and Abraham
Poem "Verbroken" (collection "Loper van licht")

Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Peeters, Hagar 
 

We lay happily

in the grass, almost divorced --


but that did not count.


We lagen heerlijkWir lagen glücklich
in het veengras, in scheiding --im Torfgras, fast geschieden --

maar dat telde niet.doch das zählte nicht.

Poem H1322
Amsterdam, 2015-09-13
Balance (Gerrit Krol) - 2005
Poem "Saldo" (collection " 't komt allemaal goed")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Tribute to: Krol, Gerrit 
 

The wind blows away

all that love has been, it is --


rustling in the trees.


De wind blaast allesDer Wind bläst alles
weg, wat liefde is geweest --weg und die Liebe raschelt --

ruist in de bomen.hoch in den Bäumen.

Poem H0876
Amsterdam, 2014-03-14
The pliancy of sadness - 2 (Hans Lodeizen) - 1949
Poem "De buigzaamheid van het verdriet" - 2 (published in "De vrije bladen" ["The free papers"], 1949, volume 20, book 5)
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: Lodeizen, Hans 
 

Our love palace, now

silent and dark, so empty --


without miracles.


Ons liefdespaleisUnser Liebesnest
werd stil en donker, zo leeg --wurde still und dunkel, leer --

zonder wonderen.ohne die Wunder.

Poem S0129
Amsterdam, 2014-02-04
Love affair (Hans Lodeizen) - 1948
Poem "Romance"
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: Lodeizen, Hans 
 

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