We're getting engaged,

for our two souls have found each --


other's happiness.


Verloving: onzeWir verloben uns:
twee zielen hebben elkaars --unsere Seele haben --

geluk gevonden.ihr Glück gefunden.

Poem H6420
Amsterdam, 2026-09-20
Adagio - Zum Palmsonntage (Julius Röntgen) - 1876
Composition for violin and organ, on the occasion of his engagement to violinist Amanda Maier in Leipzig, performed by Margot Kolodziej (violin) and Laurens de Man (organ) at the Organpark on September 20th, 2026
Collection: org anp ARK 
 

But of all the men

I do not love, I do love --


my husband the most.


Van alle mannenVon allen Männern,
van wie ik niet houd, houd ik --die ich nicht liebe, liebe --

het meest van mijn man.ich ihn am meisten.

Poem H6171
Amsterdam, 2026-03-20
Germaine De Staël - 1800
"De tous les hommes que je n'aime pas, c'est certainement mon mari que je préfère" (Germaine was married to Erik Magnus de Staël Holstein)
Collection: Tardiness in Acceleration
Tribute to: De Staël, Germaine 
 

We elegantly

sing a duet, dancing with --


love and happiness.


Elegant zingenAnmutig singen
we een duet, dansend van --wir ein Duett und tanzen --

liefde en geluk.vor Liebe und Glück.

Poem H6101
Amsterdam, 2026-02-14
Duet (Georg Rhau) - 1520
Improvisation on the composition "Bicinium", recorded in 2004 by the Windstreken Ensemble (Pieter de Mast, Jozef Dumoulin and Sandip Bhattacharya), and performed twice in the Organpark: on March 31st, 2007 by Pieter de Mast (flute), Sebastiaan van Delft (organ), and Sandip Bhattacharya (percussion), and on February 14th, 2026 by Pieter de Mast (flute), Sebastiaan van Delft (Molzer-organ), and Modar Salama (percussion)
Collection: ORG anp ark 
Composers: Rhau, Georg; De Mast, Pieter 
 

At night I enchant

you with a kiss, then we'll both --


sing for happiness.


's Avonds betoverAbends verzaubre
ik jou met een kus, dan zing --ich dich mit einem Kuss, dann --

ook jij van geluk.singst auch du vor Glück.

Poem H5658
Amsterdam, 2025-07-04
Bluebird (Paul McCartney & Wings) - 1973
Song, album "Band on the run" - The bluebird is a blue thrush
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1960-1979
Tribute to: McCartney, Paul; Wings 
 

Love is visible

in amorous glances, as --


a mirror image.


Liefde kun je zienLiebe ist sichtbar
in verliefde blikken, als --in verliebten Blicken, als --

een weerspiegeling.Widerspiegelung.

Poem H5412
Amsterdam, 2025-04-26
With a photo of Dory at the Lac des Settons (April 19th, 1982)

Dory

Collection: Take a picture, now
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Madelief dK, Dory dK 
 

Love nestles in the

easy seat and peek-a-boos --


around the candle.


Liefde vlijt zich inLiebe schmiegt sich in
de kuipstoel en kiekeboet --den Schalensitz und kuckuckt --

om de kaarsvlam heen.um die Kerze rum.

Poem H5414
Amsterdam, 2025-04-26
With a photo of Dory in the house of Jan Aart K in Kijkduin (July 23rd, 1981)

Dory

Collection: Take a picture, now
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Dory dK 
 

My heart beats for you,

quietly: living music --


ánd silence. For you.


Mijn hart klopt voor jou,Mein Herz schlägt für dich,
rustig: levende muziek --sanft: lebendige Musik --

én stilte. Voor jou.únd Stille. Für dich.

Poem H5121
Amsterdam, 2024-12-06
Hands, eyes, and heart (Ralph Vaughan Williams / Joan Ursula Penton Lock) - 1955
Song poem "Four Last Songs", #3, "Hands, eyes, and heart" for soprano and piano ("Vier laatste liederen", #3, "Handen, ogen en hart", lyrics Joan Ursula Penton Lock), arranged for trombone and organ, performed on December 6, 2024 in the Orgelpark by Joram van Ketel (trombone) and Iddo van der Giessen (organ)
Collection: org anp ARK 
Tribute to: Lock, Joan Ursula Penton 
Composer: Vaughan Williams, Ralph 
 

I just pretend to

be asleep, it's so peaceful --


for my spouse to see.


Ik doe maar alsofIch gebe vor, zu
ik slaap, dat is voor mijn man --schlafen, das ist so friedlich --

vredig om te zien.für ihn zu sehen.

Poem S2330
Amsterdam, 2024-08-29
The Message to the Planet (Iris Murdoch) - 1989
Novel, part One
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris 
 

We dance on because

it will pass, we'll dance as long --


as we are around!


We dansen omdatWir tanzen, weil es
het voorbij gaat, levenslang --vorübergeht, fürs Leben --

zullen wij dansen!werden wir tanzen!

Poem H4644
Amsterdam, 2024-05-25
Fado (Dirk Veulemans) - 2006
Composition for cittern (2004), arranged for barrel organ in 2006; performed on two self-built mobile organs on May 25th, 2024 in the Organpark by Dirk Veulemans
Collection: org anp ARK 
Composer: Veulemans, Dirk 
 

Zywa Comfort zones [1]

Being in love, with a smile, not blind
to our differences, the life that lies
behind us and the preferences

that, with the fortunate lack
of temerity, are difficult to convince
of the taste and wisdom of others
- heard very, very benevolently
and without indulgence, found
charming, yes, longing for more
content and more togetherness

in the phase that lies ahead, our choices
to be joined softly and smoothly
in shared open spaces

Poem 5432
Amsterdam, 2024-03-02
Collection: More
 

There is a higher

knowing that pulls us, draws us --


towards each other.


Er is een hogerEine höhere
weten dat aan ons trekt, ons --Weisheit zieht an uns, sie zieht --

naar elkaar toe trekt.uns zueinander.

Poem H4384
Amsterdam, 2023-12-20
Collection: Without reserve
 

Zywa Within the insect screens

The calm in your eyes
on me opens me
You lie in me
like a long l
of love

The light has licked you clean
it sings of you the glorious song
of our years, which bridge
everything that separates us
and clothes us in differences

For us, love is
still a thick word
of desire, the l
that erects
when I undress

Poem 5324
Amsterdam, 2023-10-07
The Particularity of Nakedness (Marlene Dumas) - 1987
Painting
Poems "7. The Particularity of Nakedness", "liefdeswoord" ("word of love") and "skryfode" ("writing ode") - 2000, Antjie Krog, collection "Kleur kom nooit alleen nie" ("Colour never comes alone")

Collection: More
Tribute to: Dumas, Marlene; Krog, Antjie 
 

Lasting love: to be

one another's property --


and not to be so.


Van elkaar houdenEinander lieben:
is: elkaars bezit te zijn --gegenseitiges Besitz --

en dat niet te zijn.sein und auch nicht sein.

Poem H4154
Amsterdam, 2023-09-15
The GP and the light girl (Simon Vestdijk) - 1952
The golden mean
Novel "De dokter en het lichte meisje", chapter "Pimp in moderation"

Collection: Inmost [2]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon 
 

Loving each other:

not too close and not too far --


The correct distance.


Van elkaar houden:Einander lieben:
niet te dichtbij, niet te ver --nicht zu nah und nicht zu weit --

De juiste afstand.Richtiger Abstand.

Poem H4155
Amsterdam, 2023-09-15
The GP and the light girl (Simon Vestdijk) - 1952
The golden mean
Novel "De dokter en het lichte meisje", chapter "Pimp in moderation"

Collection: Inmost [2]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon 
 

From Venus and Mars?

Well, in between lies the child --


as the golden mean.


Van Venus en Mars?Von Venus und Mars?
Ertussenin ligt het kind --Dazwischen liegt das Kind, als --

als gulden midden.goldene Mitte.

Poem H4157
Amsterdam, 2023-09-15
The GP and the light girl (Simon Vestdijk) - 1952
The golden mean
Novel "De dokter en het lichte meisje", chapter "The new mean"

Collection: Inmost [2]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon 
 

Oh, Odorono

will prevent disappointments:


love does have a nose!


O, OdoronoOh, Odorono
voorkomt teleurstellingen:verhindert Enttäuschungen:

liefde heeft een neus!Liebe hat Nase!

Poem H3354
Amsterdam, 2022-07-04
Odorono (Pete Townshend, The Who) - 1967
Song (album "The Who Sell Out")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1960-1979
Tribute to: The Who; Townshend, Pete 
 

That you do love me

is nice, but please, oh please don't --


start being like me!


Dat je van mij houdt,Nett, dass du mich liebst,
is fijn, maar alsjeblieft, ga --aber bitte fang nicht an --

niet op mij lijken!

Poem S1264
Amsterdam, 2021-10-16
Collection: Froend
 

That is how we are

a couple, by pretending --


we're not a couple!


Zo zijn wij een paar,So sind wir ein Paar,
gewoon door te doen alsof --wir tun einfach nur so, als --

we het juist niet zijn.wären wir es nicht.

Poem S1224
Overberg, 2021-09-03
Collection: Froend
 

Zywa The seal

Behind the tears between my heart
and my head, love is shining
inexhaustible, I think

The clouds are just knots
and with rain there is love
pouring, because it's the time

of Aquarius, the sun
of kind people shines
in my heart, my open heart

I don't fly, I am
strong because I have become
so and that makes me

beautiful, you say with the seal
of the giving moon
and the all-receiving

sun on your heart, yes like you
see me, I want to be, a flower
in our season

Poem 1559
Amsterrdam, 2017-09-25
Hair (musical) - 1967
Song "Aquarius" (from the musical "Hair", 1967, lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni)
Collection: Summer birds
Tribute to: Rado, James; Ragni, Gerome 
 

Zywa Lazy love

Love is a tree full
of hearts in love
to live in

and to sing together there
to sing together forever
even if it is not yet so

and you are in bed, lazy
     spun in yourself
     being who you are

and to be or not to be
     happy together
     is no question

because you are warm
and the world is turning
with the tree full of hearts

and there is no one
who can stop that

Poem 1517
Amsterdam, 2017-08-17
Collection: Take a picture, now
Dedicated to: Madelief dK 
 

Zywa Blue love

Stars above the high
fort of pipes, our gate of heaven
spaceship, diving bell

gliding saucer
20,000 leagues under the sea
with panoramic window

in the blue night
on our way between points of light
in the pulsating beauty

of the heart of the cosmos
where the stars are falling
in time like water

On veiled tones
we reach and reach
we travel and travel

in blue love
starry love, stroking
through stalks, reed, leaves

We want to kiss
everything endlessly
Your hands and mine

blending pink together
our arms are waving
corals of our heart

Poem 883
Amsterdam, 2016-12-10
First part of the concert by Matteo Mijderwijk (keys) with video by Heleen Blanken, in the Organpark on December 10th, 2016
Collection: ORG anp ark 
Tribute to: Blanken, Heleen 
Composer: Mijderwijk, Matteo 
 

Sunday in the park:

lying down, licking lollies --


and being lovers.


Zondag in het park:Ein Sonntag im Park:
liggend ijslollies likken --hinlegen, Eis am Stiel und --

en geliefden zijn.ein Liebespaar sein.

Poem H0656
Amsterdam, 2014-01-17
On Sunday in the park (Hans Lodeizen) - 1948
Poem "Op zondag in het park"
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: Lodeizen, Hans 
 

Our legs intertwined:

we fly away, into each --


other's happiness.


Jouw been om mijn been:Dein Bein um mein Bein:
vervlochten vliegen we weg --verschlungen fliegen wir ins --

elkaars geluk in.Glück des anderen.

Poem H0471
Amsterdam, 2013-06-20
Collection: Eyes lips chest and belly
 

Love, that's us right now:

breathing in each other's arms --


and in the same rhythm.


Liefde, dat zijn wij:Das ist Liebe: wir
in elkaars armen gelijkliegen uns in den Armen --

op ademhalend.und wir atmen gleich.

Poem H0322
Amsterdam, 2012-07-19
Parent and child / Love couple
Collection: The Big Secret
 

Zywa Through the walls I hear you

Through the walls I hear you
sing so beautifully, I wish you
were here with me, close to me

Maybe, maybe
have I finally, finally
fallen in love

I long for you, your songs so true
your happiness and sadness too
Shall you see mine? I hope so, yes I do

Then we will be each other's
sweet arms where we can go
to be safe from dangers, though

my heart and hands are free
I like to give them, they are mine
If I give them, they still are mine
This is how giving never ends

Through the walls I hear you
sing so beautifully, I wish you
were here with me, close to me

Poem 48
Vaison-la-Romaine, 2006-06-08
This land is mine (Dido) - 2003
Song (album "Life for rent")
Collection: Untwisted
Tribute to: Dido (Armstrong, Dido) 
 

Zywa Next to me again

This morning you stayed

You came with a coffee
washed, your hair hanging loose
in the soft sheets
you lay next to me again

and asked do you love me?

I kissed you
not able to see beyond
my love
in your eyes

searching

The two of us in bed
in the soft sheets
is enough
Your eyes

What do you see in mine?

Poem 37
Train Amsterdam-Rotterdam, 2005-10-29
Collection: Heart's Delight
 

 

 
Love mirror
Nièvre, 1982-04-19
Dory at the Lac des Settons
Collection: Photo's 1982
 

 

 
Home
Kijkduin, 1981-07-23
Dory in the house of Jan Aart K
Collection: Photo's 1981
 

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