| Memorials are | |
| invisible, everyone -- | |
| keeps walking past them. | |
| Monumenten zijn | Die Denkmäler sind |
| onzichtbaar, iedereen loopt -- | unsichtbar, man geht einfach -- |
| er steeds aan voorbij. | an ihnen vorbei. |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-04
War Memorials (Marcel van Roosmalen) - 2026
Column "Oorlogsmonumenten", in the NRC of May 4th, 2026
Collection: Over
Tribute to: Van Roosmalen, Marcel
| Taking the bus home. | |
| At every stop I have one -- | |
| or more memories. | |
| Met de bus naar huis. | Der Bus nach Hause. |
| Bij elke halte heb ik -- | An jedem Halt habe ich -- |
| een herinnering. | Erinnerungen. |
Amsterdam, 2026-03-03
My struggle 4. Dancing in the Dark (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2010
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Fjerde bok", part 5 - August 23rd, 1985, Kristiansand - Tveit
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| After the nice one | |
| always comes that terrible -- | |
| memory as well. | |
| Na de fijne komt | Ach, nach der schönen |
| altijd die vreselijke -- | Erinnerung kommt immer -- |
| herinnering ook. | der schreckliche Alp. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-08
Waiting - and then slowly seeing rise around you (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Wachten - en dan langzaam om zich heen op zien komen", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part V [Mother], and in "Diary 1966-1967" (2009) - November 30th, 1967, Bologna
Collection: Between us
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| In many countries: | |
| pavements full of stumbling blocks -- | |
| if they were allowed. | |
| In steeds meer landen: | In vielen Ländern: |
| stoepen vol struikelstenen -- | überall Stolpersteine -- |
| als dat zou mogen. | wäre das erlaubt. |
Amsterdam, 2022-06-07
Stolpersteine
Collection: BloodTrunk
|
You on your balcony |
Amsterdam, 2018-06-05
Collection: Dearme
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk
|
I do remember my birth |
Amsterdam, 2017-01-17
Collection: Life line
