Zywa Love for two

I experience ancient statues
structures, and drawings
as a mystery:

that they could make this!
And the people of those times
thought the same way

that it was almost divine
But the creators had to
forgo the highest praise

lest they be punished
by a jealous deity
challenging them

and making them suffer
even in love, the faithful love
that most gods do not know

and that they do not give to others
because human happiness in love
would make themselves superfluous

Poem 6054
Amsterdam, 2026-06-14
Idyll I (Theocritus) - -260
Theocritus (Syracuse) wrote this poem about the cowherd Daphnis, who wants to be faithful to his wife and dies from his desire for another woman
Collection: Froend
Tribute to: Theocritus 
 

I don't kiss him, the

baby distracts me, as if --


God is guiding her.


Ik wil hem kussen,Ich küsse ihn nicht,
maar de baby leidt me af --das Baby lenkt mich ab, als --

alsof God haar leidt.ob Gott sie führe.

Poem H6054
Amsterdam, 2026-01-18
Within the skin (Han Voskuil) - 2009
Autobiographical novel "Binnen de huid" (written 1964-1967), chapter 22 - December 25th, 1954, Deventer
Collection: Elude
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han 
 

Rental rooms for girls

are like a forest: they're not --


allowed to chop wood!


Kamers voor meisjesZimmer für Mädchen
zijn een soort bos: ze mogen --sind wie ein Wald: sie dürfen --

er geen hout hakken!dort kein Holz hacken!

Poem S2775
Amsterdam, 2025-07-17
Diary 1954-1957 (Frida Vogels) - 2005
"Dagboek 1954-1957" - July 24th, 1956, Rome
Collection: ThereFrom
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

Each and every love

can run its course, as long as --


there is a channel.


Elke liefde kanJede Liebe kann
haar beloop hebben zolang --ihren Lauf nehmen, solang --

er een bedding is.es ein Flussbett gibt.

Poem S2485
Amsterdam, 2024-12-22
A Severed Head (Iris Murdoch) - 1964
Play (1964, Iris Murdoch and John B. Priestley), based on the novel "A Severed Head" (1961, Iris Murdoch), 3rd act, 3rd scene
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris 
 

Here too: forbidden,

my love! Nowhere there is place --


for a paradise!


Ook hier: verboden,Auch hier: verboten,
mijn liefde! Er is geen plaats --meine Liebe! Keinen Platz --

voor een paradijs!für ein Paradies!

Poem S1972
Amsterdam, 2023-10-22
Departure (Arthur Rimbaud / Benjamin Britten) - 1875
Prose poem "Départ" (collection "Les Illuminations"), set to music in 1938-1939 by Benjamin Britten (opus 18)
Collection: Tardiness in Acceleration
Tribute to: Rimbaud, Arthur 
Composer: Britten, Benjamin 
 

Zywa Bushes of love

Insatiable angels float
through the park, wearing wings
of fear and a crown that hurts
Their heart is wounded, lonely
and it no longer knows who it dwells in

The trees cannot help them
Pickpockets lurk in the bushes
of hidden love
The alderman sends police
into the night with handcuffs

People are closing up their homes
They hear, see, and speak no evil
An owl in the hollow of a tree
calls the hour of truth
and my eyes start to water

Poem 5242
Amsterdam, 2023-06-12
A***f***ers Park - 1 (Namdea Dhasal) - 1986
Poem (collection "Gandu Bagicha")
Collection: Changing Times
Tribute to: Dhasal, Namdea 
 

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