The most beautiful

on the screen are images --


of vast cloudy skies.


Het allermooisteDas Schönste auf den
op het scherm zijn de beelden --Bildschirmen sind die Bilder --

van wolkenluchten.des Wolkenhimmels.

Poem H6385
Amsterdam, 2026-08-19
Collection: Mosaic virus
 

Clouds flow together

in rivers across the sky --


until they fall down.


Wolken stromen inWolken fließen wie
rivieren aan de hemel --Flüsse über den Himmel --

totdat ze vallen.Fenster steht offen.

Poem H6261
Amsterdam, 2026-05-17
Atmospheric Rivers (Lavinia Meijer) - 2026
Composition, performed on May 17th, 2026 at the Organpark, by Lavinia Meijer (harp), and Johan Luijmes (organ)
Collection: org anp ARK 
Composer: Meijer, Lavinia 
 

In ashen wisps clouds

are moving across the sky --


Far away: the moon.


In flarden trekkenIn Fetzen ziehen
er wolken langs de hemel --Wolken über den Himmel --

De maan is ver weg.Der Mond ist weit weg.

Poem H5229
Amsterdam, 2025-02-08
Moon Viewing Music (Peter Garland) - 2018
Composition for three gongs, part 2 "Even more so / because of being alone / the moon is a friend" (haiku by Yosa (Taniguchi) Buson, 1716-1783, translated by Yuki Sawa and Edith Marcombe Shiffert), performed in the Organpark on four gongs by Pepe Garcia on February 8th, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK 
Tribute to: Yosa (Taniguchi), Buson 
Composer: Garland, Peter 
 

The threatening cloud

above the valley deflates --


And inflates again.


De grote zwarteDie große schwarze
wolk boven het dal loopt leeg --Wolke über dem Tal schrumpft --

En blaast zich weer op.Und wächst dann wieder.

Poem H5169
Amsterdam, 2025-01-16
Travel diary 1981 (Han Voskuil) - 2000
"Reisdagboek 1981", included in the 2005 collection "Buitenschot" ("Outside shot, hikes") - Alps of Provence, Sunday May 3rd
Collection: Frustration
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han 
 

Are there aliens

inside the clouds? Who is there --


rummaging about?


Wonen er wezensGibt's Lebewesen
in de wolken? Wie is daar --in den Wolken? Wer ist da --

aan het rommelen?und stöbert herum?

Poem H4987
Amsterdam, 2024-10-18
Improvisation - 2024
Improvisation by Kerstin Petersen (Molzer-organ) and Lin Chen (percussion), in the Organpark on October 18th, 2024
Collection: org anp ARK 
 

Slow cloud formations

drift darkly within themselves --


humming a little.


Langzame wolkenLangsame Wolken
drijven donker in zichzelf --treiben dunkel in sich selbst --

brommen een beetje.brummen ein wenig.

Poem H4988
Amsterdam, 2024-10-18
fog chambers (Ruth Wiesenfeld) - 2023
Composition "nebelkammern" for organ and large gong, performed by Kerstin Petersen (Verschueren-organ) and Ada Namani (snake gong) in the Organpark on October 18th, 2024
Collection: org anp ARK 
Composer: Wiesenfeld, Ruth 
 

Just let the clouds chase,

just let the hail clatter down --


and wait for a crack.


Laat de wolken maarDie Wolken jagen,
jagen, laat de hagel slaan --der Hagel prasselt herab --

en wacht op een kier.Warte auf Risse.

Poem H0226
Amsterdam, 2012-03-01
Collection: WoofWoof
 

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