| Your love gives me light | |
| and warmth, your love opens doors -- | |
| You open my heart! | |
| Jouw liefde geeft licht, | Deine Liebe schenkt |
| jouw liefde opent deuren -- | Licht und sie öffnet Türen -- |
| Jij opent mijn hart! | Du öffnest mein Herz! |
Amsterdam, 2026-04-26
If love did not exist (Toon Hermans) - 2000
Song "Als de liefde niet bestond", album "Als de liefde"
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Tribute to: Hermans, Toon
| I wake up, the day | |
| shines through the hotel curtains -- | |
| and begins with you. | |
| De nieuwe dag schijnt | Der neue Tag scheint |
| door de hotelgordijnen -- | durch die Hotelvorhänge -- |
| en begint met jou. | und beginnt mit dir. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-10
I love you when I wake up in the morning (Frida Vogels) - 2005
Verse "Ik houd van je wanneer ik 's ochtends wakker word", published in "Diary 1954-1957" - May 6th, 1955, Strasbourg
Collection: ThereFrom
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Romance has no | |
| boundaries: everyone and -- | |
| everything is love! | |
| Romantiek uit zich | Romantik drückt sich |
| onbegrensd: iedereen en -- | grenzenlos aus: jeder und -- |
| alles is liefde! | alles ist Liebe! |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-30
With a photo of a birdhouse named 'Liebesnest' ('Love nest'), at Gasthaus Bürgisweier Bad (June 5th, 2011, Madiswil)
Collection: Without reserve
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Madelief dK
| An attentive kiss | |
| makes you feel all energy -- | |
| deep within yourself. | |
| Gekust worden is | Geküsst zu werden |
| een en al energie diep -- | ist, volle Energie tief -- |
| in jezelf voelen. | in sich zu spüren. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-02
With a photo of Paul with his eyes closed and the mark of lips at his mouth (December 4th, 2004, Amsterdam)
Collection: Without reserve
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Madelief dK, Paul J
| Just care for me, no | |
| wishes, you'll have everything: | |
| me and my hopping. | |
| Wie om mij geeft, vraagt | Wer mich liebt, verlangt |
| me niets, hij heeft alles: mij -- | nichts von mir, er hat alles: |
| en mijn gehuppel. | mich und mein Hüpfen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-01-20
The Saint of the Impossible (Arnon Grunberg) - 1998
Novella "De heilige Antonio", chapter 15
Collection: Without reserve
Tribute to: Grunberg, Arnon
| Love is bigger than | |
| two people, it's the Life Force -- | |
| it's something cosmic. | |
| Liefde is groter | Liebe ist größer |
| dan twee mensen: Levenskracht -- | als zwei Menschen: Lebenskraft -- |
| een kosmische kracht. | etwas Kosmisches. |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-26
The Black Prince (Iris Murdoch) - 1973
Comical novel, A Celebration of Love, part Two
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
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Drawn night, summer night |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-08
19 titles of poems from the collection "dagtekening van liefdesvormen" ("date stamp of love forms", 2024, Rozalie Hirs)
extracted landscape 2015, drawn night 1975, summer night 1982, the sky above montpellier 1983, venus 2010, breath over hills 1994, nothing less than spring 1969, silver needles 1981, delusion-less and windless awake 1986, right next to the waterfall 2008, the springs 2017, steam with love 1974, enraptured with love 1999, atoms of love 1974, expressions 1972, fragments of we 1978, elementary particles 2013, mystical body 2002, secret body of this second 2016
Collection: Mosaic virus
Tribute to: Hirs, Rozalie
| The living dead are | |
| free of Time, their sufferings -- | |
| baptise them in Love. | |
| Levende doden | Lebende Tote |
| zijn vrij van de tijd, hun pijn -- | sind frei von der Zeit, ihr Schmerz -- |
| doopt hen in Liefde. | tauft sie in Liebe. |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-17
Shalimar the Clown (Salman Rushdie) - 2005
Novel, chapter Shalimar the Clown, § 1
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| The ecstatic heart- | |
| brake in that opera song -- | |
| while we're having sex. | |
| Het extatische | Das ekstatische |
| liefdesverdriet in dat lied -- | Herzeleid in diesem Lied -- |
| terwijl wij vrijen. | während wir schmusen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-12-06
The Balcony (Louise Glück) - 2000
Poem (collection "The Seven Ages")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Tribute to: Glück, Louise
| No supermoon nor | |
| a field of flowers, true love -- | |
| kisses dreary days. | |
| Geen volle maan of | Kein Vollmond oder |
| bloemenveld, echte liefde -- | Blumenfeld, wahre Liebe -- |
| kust grauwe dagen. | küsst graue Tage. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-30
Darling (André Manuel) - 1996
Song "Lieveling" (album "Krang")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Tribute to: Manuel, André
| So what, the grand prize, | |
| I don't want it anymore -- | |
| because I have you. | |
| Laat de hoofdprijs maar, | Egal, der Hauptpreis, |
| ik wil hem niet meer hebben -- | ich will ihn schon nicht mehr, denn -- |
| want nu heb ik jou. | jetzt habe ich dich. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-11
Satisfied (Dayna Kurtz) - 2002
Song (album "Postcards from downtown")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Tribute to: Kurtz, Dayna
| Love is everything: | |
| it is desire, connection -- | |
| regret, stubbornness. | |
| Liefde is alles: | Liebe ist alles: |
| verlangen, verbondenheid -- | Verlangen, Verbundenheit -- |
| spijt en koppigheid. | Bedauern, Sturheit. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-01
Gallant creditor (Luigi Pirandello) - 1897
Story "Creditor galante"
Collection: Tardiness in Acceleration
Tribute to: Pirandello, Luigi
| Unconditional | |
| is my love and exhausted -- | |
| you will go away. | |
| Onvoorwaardelijk | Ganz bedingungslos |
| houd ik van jou, uitgeput -- | liebe ich dich, ganz erschöpft -- |
| zul je vertrekken. | wirst du fortgehen. |
Amsterdam, 2022-11-04
Not her (HoneyLove) - 2021
Text on AllPoetry.com
Collection: Bruises
Tribute to: Mayhew, Siera
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The blue butterflies live |
Amsterdam, 2022-10-28
"Butterfly effect" (enlarged reaction)
Vampire moth (Calyptra thalictri)
Collection: On living on [1]
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
| Watch out, love wants all | |
| your attention and to go -- | |
| to bed in good time. | |
| Pas op, de liefde | Vorsicht, die Liebe |
| wil jouw totale aandacht -- | will alle Aufmerksamkeit -- |
| en op tijd naar bed. | und pünktlich ins Bett. |
Amsterdam, 2022-06-22
Idylls #12 (Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer) - 2015
Poem (collection "Idyllen")
Collection: Palace of the night
Tribute to: Pfeijffer, Ilja Leonard
| The friction between | |
| I am me and you are you -- | |
| is love and loveless. | |
| De wrijving tussen | Die Reibung zwischen |
| ik ben ik en jij bent jij -- | ich bin ich und du bist du -- |
| is min en onmin. | ist Lust und Unlust. |
Amsterdam, 2022-04-23
Collection: The drama
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In the amusement park, we kiss |
Amsterdam, 2021-12-18
Once upon a time in the West (Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits) - 1979
Song "Once upon a time in the West" (1979, Dire Straits), and the albums "Making Movies" (1980, Dire Straits) and "Love Over Gold" (1984, Dire Straits)
Collection: Imprints Masks
Tribute to: Knopfler, Mark; Dire Straits
| We kiss at the sea, | |
| all our worries blow away -- | |
| It is spacious here! | |
| We kussen aan zee, | Wir küssen uns am |
| onze zorgen waaien weg -- | Meer und Sorgen verfliegen -- |
| Wat is het hier ruim! | Wie viel Raum hier ist! |
Egmond aan Zee, 2021-10-28
Collection: Without reserve
| So much wanting to | |
| be together all day: love -- | |
| Its start and its end. | |
| Liefst de hele dag | So viel wie möglich |
| samen willen zijn: liefdes- | miteinander sein: Liebes- |
| begin en -einde. | beginn und -ende. |
Amsterdam, 2021-07-05
Collection: More
| Love does not anchor | |
| in the time of corona -- | |
| catching up for years. | |
| Liefde blijft varen | Liebe ankert nicht |
| in tijden van corona -- | in Zeiten der Korona -- |
| ze haalt jaren in. | holt jahrelang auf. |
Amsterdam, 2020-12-12
Gabriel García Márquez:"El amor en los tiempos de cólera" (1985, "Love in the Time of Cholera")
Fermina and Florentino sail on "La Nueva Fidelidad" ("The New Fidelity") in quarantine back and forth on the river Magdalena
Collection: Dream flight
Tribute to: García Márquez, Gabriel
| Loving you is light | |
| and dark is the suffering -- | |
| that you share with me. | |
| Van jou te houden | Dich lieb zu haben |
| is licht, en donker is het -- | ist hell, und dunkel ist das -- |
| lijden dat jij deelt. | Leiden das du teilst. |
Amsterdam, 2020-04-12
Collection: Without reserve
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
| We just don't know that | |
| much about Love, only That -- | |
| Love is All there is. | |
| Zoveel weten we | So viel wissen wir |
| niet van Liefde, alleen Dat -- | nicht über Liebe, nur Dass -- |
| Liefde Alles is. | Liebe Alles Ist. |
Amsterdam, 2019-11-21
That Love is all there is (Emily Dickinson) - 1886
Poem, published in 1914
Collection: Tardiness in Acceleration
Tribute to: Dickinson, Emily
| If only love is | |
| visible, what will be left -- | |
| to see of people? | |
| Als alleen liefde | Wenn nur die Liebe |
| zichtbaar is, wat zie je dan -- | sichtbar ist, was siehst du dann -- |
| nog van de mensen? | noch von den Menschen? |
Amsterdam, 2019-03-29
Collection: Metamorphic body
| To love is trying | |
| to fall, to swim and to fly -- | |
| while you're standing still. | |
| Liefde is pogen | Liebe: der Versuch, |
| te vallen, zwemmen, vliegen -- | zu fallen, schwimmen, fliegen -- |
| tijdens het stilstaan. | während man still steht. |
Amsterdam, 2019-01-13
Why is it (Hans Andreus) - 1958
Poem "Waarom is het" (collection "Zoon van Eros")
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 1940-1959
Tribute to: Andreus, Hans
| Accept, narrow or | |
| broad, the way of love, because -- | |
| it never will end. | |
| Aanvaard, smal of breed, | Ob schmal oder breit, |
| de weg van de liefde, want -- | geh den Weg der Liebe, denn -- |
| die kent geen einde. | er hat kein Ende. |
Vaison-la-Romaine, 2018-09-14
There is no luminous glance from your face (Hafez) - 1350
Ghazal (Ode) 73
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Tribute to: Hafez
| This hour and this day | |
| are my own time, my own life -- | |
| to express my love. | |
| Dit uur, deze dag, | Stunden und Tagen |
| zijn mijn tijd en mijn leven -- | sind meine Zeit, mein Leben -- |
| om lief te hebben. | um zu lieben, jetzt. |
Amsterdam, 2018-06-25
A place to love (Toon Hermans) - 1967
Song "Een plek om lief te hebben"
Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Hermans, Toon
| You look at me and | |
| I see that your eyes reflect -- | |
| the whole world to me. | |
| Jij kijkt mij aan en | Du siehst mich an und |
| jouw ogen weerspiegelen -- | deine Augen spiegeln die -- |
| de hele wereld. | ganze Welt wider. |
Zandvoort aan Zee, 2018-02-02
Aleph (Paulo Coelho) - 2010
Novel "O Aleph"
Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Coelho, Paulo
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Afterwards I make up |
Amsterdam, 2017-10-29
Collection: Without reserve
| There is no escape: | |
| the whole world is entangled -- | |
| in the snares of love. | |
| Ontsnappen kan niet: | Da entkommt niemand: |
| heel de wereld is verward -- | die ganze Welt ist verstrickt -- |
| in liefdesstrikken. | in Liebesschlingen. |
Ufhusen, 2017-08-23
Diary 1954-1957 (Frida Vogels) - 2005
"Dagboek 1954-1957" - March 25th, 1956, Luxemburg (thought based on an old Chinese poem)
Collection: ThereFrom
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
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If I only have love |
Amsterdam, 2017-08-09
When you only have love (Jacques Brel) - 1956
Song "Quand on n'a que l'amour"
Collection: The Big Secret
Tribute to: Brel, Jacques
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Lightning above the city |
Amsterdam, 2017-08-08
Collection: The Big Secret
Dedicated to: Peter H
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Love is now |
Amsterdam, 2017-08-02
Collection: The Big Secret
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I want to eat pies, be full and be fine |
Amsterdam, 2017-03-11
Collection: Moons
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They couldn't see me anymore |
Amsterdam, 2016-12-12
Collection: Moons
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If love is everything |
Amsterdam, 2016-11-16
When you only have love (Jacques Brel) - 1957
Lied "Quand on n'a que l'amour"
Collection: Without reserve
| Love wants to explore | |
| the whole world together, and -- | |
| likes to live at home. | |
| Liefde wil samen | Liebe will die Welt |
| heel de wereld ontdekken -- | zusammen entdecken, und -- |
| en ze woont graag thuis. | zu Hause leben. |
Vaison-la-Romaine, 2016-10-11
Collection: Migration
| Timeless love: I get | |
| absorbed in it, often don't -- | |
| get around to it. | |
| Liefde is tijdloos: | Liebe ist zeitlos: |
| ik ga erin op, maar kom -- | vertieft in sie, komme ich -- |
| er vaak niet aan toe. | oft nicht mehr dazu. |
Amsterdam, 2013-08-11
Collection: The Praised One
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| Lovers | |
| experience eternal energy | |
 | |
| I too experience eternity of time | |
| I live in the flow of energy: | |
| I feel that I am part of an energy flow | |
| I move with the energy flow | |
| I surrender to the eternal energy | |
