She stands behind you,

just let her into your heart --


and you'll feel better.


Ze staat achter je,Sie steht hinter dir,
omarm haar maar, dan zal het --umarme sie und es wird --
beter met je gaan.dir besser gehen.

Poem H5465
Amsterdam, 2025-05-15
Hey Jude (Paul McCartney / The Beatles) - 1968
Song for the 5-year-old Julian Lennon and for John Lennon
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: McCartney, Paul; The Beatles 
 

You're no longer here,

but your love remains with me --


and that comforts me.


Jij bent er niet meer,Du bist nicht mehr hier,
maar jouw liefde blijft bij mij --aber deine Liebe ist --
en dat verkwikt me.und sie erquickt mich.

Poem H5368
Amsterdam, 2025-04-11
Jesus, your graceful glances (Picander / Johann Sebastian Bach) - 1738
Oratorio for Ascension Day "Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen" ("Laud to God in all his kingdoms", BWV 11 / BC D9), air "Jesu, deine Gnadenblicke"
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Tribute to: Picander 
Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian 
 

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: Low gear
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

I am tired, I long

for warmth and a rest, for sleep --


the comfort of love.


Ik ben moe, verlangIch bin so müde,
naar warmte en rust, naar slaap --ich sehne mich nach Wärme --
de troost van liefde.dem Trost der Liebe.

Poem H3219
Amsterdam, 2022-03-15
The solitary one in autumn (Hans Bethge / Gustav Mahler) - 1907
Old Chinese poem
1908, Gustav Mahler, based on the free version "Die Einsame im Herbst" by Hans Bethge from 1907, after "Xiao gu qiu ye zhang" by Qian Qi [710-782]

Collection: Thinkles Lusionless
Tribute to: Bethge, Hans; Qian, Qi 
Composer: Mahler, Gustav 
 

I lie in the song,

it is love's and time's quiet --


backwater for me.


Ik lig in het lied,Ich liege im Lied,
het lied van liefde en tijd --das Lied von Liebe und Zeit --
een stille uithoek.die stille Ecke.

Poem H2828
Amsterdam, 2020-11-15
Every song (Federico García Lorca) - 1936
Poem "Cada Canción" (poetics)
Collection: Tardiness in Acceleration
Tribute to: García Lorca, Federico 
 

A sacrifice: I

surrender and feel my blood --


is really flowing.


Een offer te zijn,Ein Opfer zu sein,
me overgeven, mijn bloed --mich ergeben, mein Blut fließt --
echt voelen stromen.wirklich, ich fühl es.

Poem H2742
Amsterdam, 2020-06-21
Collection: A Home
 

I need you indeed,

however I need you less --


than I do love you.


Zeker, ik heb jouIch brauche dich zwar,
wel nodig, maar toch minder --aber zum Glück weniger --
dan ik van je houd.als ich dich liebe.

Poem H2652
Amsterdam, 2019-12-27
Collection: Without reserve
 

Zywa Love is measurable

Love is measurable
If you are an adult
it is a clear feeling

whether you get love or not:
do you grow, bloom and share?
It is a clear feeling

whether you give love or not:
do you perform good deeds?
It doesn't have to be personal

Do it for your favourite club
for the city where you live
or for all of humanity -

the attention and care
that you give also feed yourself
Intentions are not enough

nor are romantic fantasies:
imagined love is a sedation
that anaesthetizes your perception

reality is blurred -
even if it is nice, who can do it
day and night for a long time?

Poem 2501
Amsterdam, 2019-11-07
Collection: More
 

Zywa Your desire in my blood

I was in love, I ate you
and drank you in, wanted more
and more of you, your sweet
poison for my never
satisfied needs

The world revolved its days
around us and blew its winds
which didn't seem to affect me
but now, in November
everything has become thinner anyway:

the kisses you give me
     the tenderness that feeds my longing
          your desire in my blood
               my skin under your absence
                    and the pink cloud in which I live


Something is wrong
something is missing
it had to grow big
before I could see it
and taste the bitterness

Poem 1952
Amsterdam, 2018-11-30
Inspired by "Him" (Valerie Beth)
Collection: Froend
 

Nobody is as

good as the landlord, always --


he's pouring out love.


Niemand is er zoKeiner ist so gut
goed als de kroegbaas, altijd --wie der Gastwirt, immerzu --
schenkt hij weer liefde.schenkt er Liebe ein.

Poem H2277
Vaison-la-Romaine, 2018-09-14
Love's path is a path without shore (Hafez) - 1350
Ghazal (Ode) 72
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Tribute to: Hafez 
 

Let me blossom you,

you are so dear to me, please:


spring me, summer me.


Ik bebloesem je,Ich beblühe dich,
je bent me lief, alsjeblief:du bist mir lieb: sommere --
zomer me, herfst me.mich und herbste mich.

Poem H2236
Amsterdam, 2018-06-25
Spring me (Toon Hermans) - 1993
Song "Lente me"
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Tribute to: Hermans, Toon 
 

When the work is done

we sleep, nowhere, timelessly --


lying in our love.


Na elke werkdagNach dem Arbeitstag
tijdloos en nergens slapen --schlafen, nirgendwo, zeitlos --
liggend in liefde.liegend in Liebe.

Poem H1952
Amsterdam, 2018-01-02
Collection: Froend
 

I weigh both of us,

pieces of me and of you --


up to a balance.


Ik weeg ons tweeën,Ich wiege uns ab,
stukjes van mij en van jou --Stücke von mir und von dir --
tot een evenwicht.bis zum Gleichgewicht.

Poem H1902
Amsterdam, 2017-12-16
Collection: Take a picture, now
 

Still flowing in me:

his love, I open my heart --


and give what he gave.


Zijn liefde stroomt nogSeine Liebe fließt
in mij, ik open mijn hart --in mich, das, was er mir gab --
en geef wat hij gaf.gebe ich weiter.

Poem H1883
Amsterdam, 2017-12-03
On the death of Herman H
Collection: Greeting from before
Dedicated to: Ineke J 
 

Zywa Licking the nectar

We surrender
to our passion
and we lick the nectar
that sticks to the arousal

With whispers, sighs
moans and the shouts
that people shout
when they don't behave

but have taken off their clothes
and celebrate the love
which makes their lives special

love, licking
the nectar
each other

Poem 1611
Amsterdam, 2017-11-10
Collection: Imprints Masks
 

Zywa Feelosophical

The storms have been weathered
the winds and the seas
the most important remains

the incomprehensible mystery
that you like to be with me
exposed to my hands

and my kisses, naked
beside me and, with a sigh
make us both feel

that life is good
our feelings are grown up now
we know the heaven of the skin

the twinkling stars
the sun in which we melt
and wake up anew

beauty surrounds our bed
in the mirror palace
with words and by touch

my tongue follows the tips
of my fingers over you
eyes lips chest and belly
                 chest and belly

and the warm trail
of your breath creates me
eyes lips chest and belly
                 chest and belly

Poem 154
Amsterdam, 2010-10-07
Collection: Eyes lips chest and belly
 

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