I look up at the

ceiling, and I look back, see --


myself looking up.


Ik kijk naar boven,Ich schau nach oben,
en ik kijk terug, zie me --und zurück, sehe mich selbst --

naar boven kijken.nach oben schauen.

Poem H6346
Amsterdam, 2026-06-28
A Long Way from Verona (Jane Gardam) - 1971
Children's book, (part 1: The Maniac) chapter 6 (page 64) (and part 2: The Boy, chapter 15 [page 174]) - North East England, 1940 CE, Jessica Vye, 12 years old (out-of-body fantasy)
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: Gardam, Jane 
 

In this mirror, I

look like a movie version --


of my grandfather.


In deze spiegelIm Spiegel seh ich
lijk ik op een filmversie --aus wie eine Filmversion --

van mijn grootvader.meines Großvaters.

Poem H6324
Amsterdam, 2026-06-19
Possession, A Romance (A.S. Byatt) - 1990
Novel, chapter 28
Collection: Wean Di
Tribute to: Byatt, A.S. 
 

Memories reflect

in one another all your --


experiences.


HerinneringenErinnerungen
weerspiegelen in elkaar --spiegeln ineinander dein --

je ervaringen.gesamtes Leben.

Poem H6258
Amsterdam, 2026-05-17
Mirror in the mirror (Arvo Pärt) - 1978
Composition "Spiegel im Spiegel", for violin and piano, performed on May 17th, 2026 at the Organpark, by Lavinia Meijer (harp), and Johan Luijmes (organ)
Collection: org anp ARK 
Composer: Pärt, Arvo 
 

My date gets off and

looks at the window, perhaps --


at her reflection.


Mijn vriendin stapt afMein Date steigt ab und
en kijkt naar het raam, misschien --schaut auf das Fenster, vielleicht --

naar haar spiegelbeeld.auf ihr Spiegelbild.

Poem H6069
Amsterdam, 2026-01-28
My struggle 2. A Man in Love (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2009
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Andre bok", part 3 - End of March, 2002, Stockholm
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove 
 

Her portrait is gone,

nowhere to be found, we'll just --


put a mirror there.


Haar portret is weg,Ihr Porträt ist weg,
onvindbaar, we zetten er --also stellen wir einfach --

maar een spiegel neer.den Spiegel dorthin.

Poem H5639
Amsterdam, 2025-06-26
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge (Rainer Maria Rilke) - 1910
Novel "Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge", chapter #34, Mehrere Jahre später erst hörte ich wieder von dem Grafen Christian reden (It was not until several years later that I heard of Count Christian again)
Collection: Held True
Tribute to: Rilke, Rainer Maria 
 

Canals: the world turned

upside down, at a great depth --


the sky lighting up.


Grachten: de wereldKanäle: die Welt
op zijn kop, in de diepte --auf dem Kopf, in der Tiefe --

licht de hemel op.leuchtet der Himmel.

Poem H5517
Amsterdam, 2025-05-27
With a photo of the reflection in a canal (May 25th, 2014, Amsterdam)

Canal

Collection: The King
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Madelief dK 
 

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 
 

Antivertising art:

an advertising column --


that is a mirror.


Anti-reclame-Schau, Anti-Werbung-
kunst op straat: een peperbus --Kunst: eine Litfaßsäule --

die een spiegel is.die ein Spiegel ist.

Poem H5396
Amsterdam, 2025-04-22
With a photo of an advertising column on the corner of Rijnsburgstraat and Sloterkade in Amsterdam, covered by Mischa Rakier with mirroring HPL (High Pressured Laminate), October 1st, 2011

Advertising column

Collection: Local tardiness
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Madelief dK 
 

The mirror shows it:

I've lost weight, I'm normal, no --


longer a cartoon.


De spiegel bewijstDer Spiegel zeigt es:
het: ik ben afgevallen --ich habe abgenommen --

en geen spotprent meer.bin kein Cartoon mehr.

Poem H4763
Amsterdam, 2024-07-12
Shame (Salman Rushdie) - 1983
Novel / Exposition with stories, part 4, chapter 10 The Woman in the Veil (burqa)
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

It has to be done!

Let's go: into the mirror --


without a blindfold!


Het moet toch een keer!Wenn es sein muss, dann
Vooruit dan: de spiegel in --gehe ich in den Spiegel --

zonder een blinddoek!Augenbinde ab.

Poem H4172
Amsterdam, 2023-09-20
Mr. Fisher's harrowing of hell (Simon Vestdijk) - 1934
Novel "Meneer Visser's hellevaart" (published 1936), chapter (2 and) 4
Collection: Inmost [1]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon 
 

As a marauder,

I snare people to get hold --


of a new story.


Als stroper strik ikAls Wilderer fang
mensen om een nieuw verhaal --ich Menschen, bekomme so --

te bemachtigen.neue Geschichten.

Poem H4086
Amsterdam, 2023-08-28
Jonas / The dog of Jonas (Freek de Jonge) - 2004
Performance "De vergrijzing", #5 of the series "The ageing"
Collection: A profession
Tribute to: De Jonge, Freek 
 

Together we can

untangle our confessions --


before the mirror.


BekentenissenEingeständnisse
worden fluisterend ontward --werden gemeinsam entwirrt --

in elkaars spiegel.vor einem Spiegel.

Poem H3674
Amsterdam, 2023-01-16
A confession is a knot (Edmond Jabès) - 1959
Poem "Un aveu est un nœud" (collection "Je bâtis ma demeure")
Collection: Finethreads
Tribute to: Jabès, Edmond 
 

I don't cry and smile

with you, only with myself --


reflected by you.


Ik huil en lach nietIch weine nicht mit
mee met jou, maar met mezelf --mit dir, aber mit mir selbst --

weerspiegeld door jou.reflektiert von dir.

Poem S0945
Amsterdam, 2019-10-10
Wedding (Ellen Deckwitz) - 2019
Column "Bruiloft" (in nrc, October 10th, 2019)
Collection: Death on Cast
Tribute to: Deckwitz, Ellen 
 

Zywa You are

The cypresses stand tall
against the pale evening blue
far from here, heat is pressing
on the city where you live

thinking of all kind of things
maybe thinking of me
maybe of yourself
being reflected by me

Just because, precisely because
you don't know, you can't
know, I know
that you know, that
I see and know

who you are, shining
what I don't tell anyone
what I feel
and cry out in myself
You are, you shine, you!

Poem 1842
Amsterdam, 2018-09-22
Collection: Without reserve
 

Zywa Witnesses

They come
invited and uninvited
I don't have to unpack them

from my mind where they live
from my heart where I feel
that they are with me, the witnesses

of my life, my friends
Every moment I can think of them
and share the unshareable

feelings I experience
We are not flattermirrors
we share what comes to our mind

to show without shame
who we are this time
and to watch it ourselves

Poem 1825
Amsterdam, 2018-09-01
Collection: Lilith's Powers
 

Passing the puddle,

the adventure: is it flat --


or bottomless deep?


Om het avontuurDas Abenteuer
heen lopen: is de plas plat --in der Pfütze: ist sie flach --

of bodemloos diep?oder bodenlos?

Poem H2252
Amsterdam, 2018-07-03
The puddle (Wislawa Szymborska) - 2002
Poem "Kaluza" (collection "Chwila")
Collection: Appearances
Tribute to: Szymborska, Wislawa 
 

We step into the

water surface and walk deep --


into the beach clouds.


De waterspiegelWir durchbrechen den
breken we, diep lopen we --Wasserspiegel, tief in die --

Strandwolken hinein.

Poem H2013
Zandvoort aan Zee, 2018-02-02
Collection: The climbing house
 

You only see it

at home. Good mirrors are rare --


in the clothing stores.


Je ziet het thuis pas.Erst daheim sieht man's.
Goede spiegels zijn zeldzaam --Gute Spiegel sind selten --

in kledingwinkels.in den Boutiquen.

Poem S0625
Amsterdam, 2017-12-29
Diary 1977-1978 (Frida Vogels) - 2014
"Dagboek 1977-1978" - October 11th, 1977, Bologna
Collection: Helices
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

They're walking along

with us, on the other side,


and take the bridge too.


Zij lopen met onsSie gehen mit uns,
mee, aan de andere kant,auf der anderen Seite,

nemen ook de brug.dann auf der Brücke.

Poem H1800
Amsterdam, 2017-09-17
Sunday afternoon: a clear winter day (Frida Vogels) - 2006
Poem "Zondagmiddag: een heldere winterse dag", published in "Diary 1958-1959" - November 28th, 1958, Milan (about November 16th, 1958, walking near Nootdorp)
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

Zywa The together

However different people are
from my thoughts about myself:
if I look better, I know that
the differences do not matter
that what is conspicuous in their behaviour
reflects my own attention

Those times when I was in love
I heard it in some songs
recognised it in movies and sometimes
someone recites a poem
with exactly the right words

that make contact and let
energy flow on a basic tone
that brings us together, the together
that I often ignore

Poem 1133
Amsterdam, 2017-03-05
Collection: The drama
 

Zywa Palace of mirrors

This palace of mirrors looks quite
common because it refracts everything

into googol beings and objects and even
more tissues, and so on, and so on

No one can see the whole
Only with closed eyes

it is possible to think a whole
out of loose people and see

that they do not exist separately
but live and move in all

mirror pieces, we too -
only blindly I can see

if I dare, that I can
only care well for myself by

Poem 602
Amsterdam, 2016-03-25
Collection: The drama
 

Behind the mirrored

windows of the steel building --


outside lies inside.


Achter de spiegel-Hinter den Spiegel-
wand van het stalen gebouw --Wänden des Stahlgebäudes --

ligt buiten binnen.liegt außen innen.

Poem H0347
Amsterdam, 2012-08-28
Collection: Untwisted
 

I carefully touch

the sky, and the sun as well --


They are just water.


Voorzichtig raak ikIch berühre leicht
de hemel aan, en de zon --den Himmel, und die Sonne --

Ze zijn van water.Sie sind aus Wasser.

Poem H0202
Amsterdam, 2012-02-09
Collection: A Home
 

Healers
reflect who you are
Healers
I too mirror myself

I heal myself:
I see through my excuses
I let go of what is unhealthy for me
I do what is good for me
 

 

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

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