The wind strikes over

the edges of the rock pits --


filled with rainwater.


De wind strijkt overDer Wind streicht über
de rand van de rotsputten --die Ränder der Felssenken --
gevuld met water.mit Wasser gefüllt.

Poem H5222
Amsterdam, 2025-02-07
Hydromantic Music (Tomoko Sauvage) - 2025
Performance "Musique Hydromantique" ("Web-toed salamander Music"), for porcelain bowls filled with water and amplified, performed in the Organpark by Tomoko Sauvage on February 7th, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK 
Tribute to: Sauvage, Tomoko 
 

Underwater ice

solidly reflects colours --


into the deep sea.


Onderwaterijs:Unterwassereis:
massief weerkaatst het lichaam --der Festkörper reflektiert --
kleuren de zee in.Farbspektren ins Meer.

Poem H4661
Amsterdam, 2024-05-29
The Spectral Organ (Maria W. Horn & Mats Erlandsson) - 2024
Readapted versions performed on the hyperorgan by Maria W. Horn and Mats Erlandsson in the Organpark on May 29th, 2024; light scenography by Zalán Szakács
Collection: org anp ARK 
Composers: Horn, Maria W; Erlandsson, Mats 
 

The ice cracks and squeaks,

because it does hurt to melt --


and take on colour.


Het ijs kraakt en piept,Das Eis knarrt und quietscht,
het doet pijn om te smelten --es tut ja weh, wenn man schmilzt --
en kleur te krijgen.und Farbe bekommt.

Poem S2205
Amsterdam, 2024-05-29
The Spectral Organ (Maria W. Horn & Mats Erlandsson) - 2024
Readapted versions performed on the hyperorgan by Maria W. Horn and Mats Erlandsson in the Organpark on May 29th, 2024; light scenography by Zalán Szakács
Collection: org anp ARK 
Composers: Horn, Maria W; Erlandsson, Mats 
 

The vast fickleness

of the sea slows down the winds --


makes them wrench themselves.


De grillige zeeDas launische Meer
remt de vaart der winden af --verlangsamt die Winde, zwingt --
laat hen zich wringen.sie, sich zu wringen.

Poem H4585
Amsterdam, 2024-03-29
For the Call of the Running Tide (Lydia Gardiner) - 2024
Composition for two organs, performed in the Organpark on March 29th, 2024 by Ere Lievonen (Van Straten-organ) and Annie Spink (Sauer-organ and Utopa baroque-organ)
Collection: org ANP ark 
Composer: Gardiner, Lydia 
 

The storm sweeps away

everything, there is nothing --


just a shoreless sea.


De storm slaat allesDer Sturm fegt alles
weg, er is alleen nog zee --weg, es gibt nur noch das Meer --
een kustloze zee.küstenloses Meer.

Poem S2098
Amsterdam, 2024-01-16
Again from the start (Jan Slauerhoff) - 1947
Poem "Van voren af aan" (from the collection "Al dwalend"), quoted in the novel "De verdronkene" (2005, "The Storm" / "The drowned", 2010, Margriet de Moor), about the North Sea flood of 1953
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Slauerhoff, Jan; De Moor, Margriet 
 

There's a thunderstorm,

lightning above me, rumbling --


deep beneath my feet.


Het onweert, bliksemDas Gewitter blitzt
boven me, diep gerommel --über mir, grollt bebend, tief --
onder mijn voeten.unter den Füßen.

Poem H4214
Amsterdam, 2023-10-12
Begging to Be Black (Antjie Krog) - 2009
Book, in Lesotho on December 1st, 2008
Collection: Here &Now&
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie 
 

For hours they're chasing

each other across the plains:


thundery showers.


Urenlang jagenStundenlang jagen
ze voort over de vlaktes:sie über die Ebenen:
de onweersbuien.Gewitterböhe.

Poem H3885
Amsterdam, 2023-06-26
The meteorologist (Lars Gustafsson) - 1966
Poem "Meteorologen" (collection "En resa till jordens medelpunkt och andra dikter")
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: Gustafsson, Lars 
 

From clouds from spitfire

the green mountain hails itself --


a dress of ashes.


Uit wolken uit vuurWolken aus Feuer,
hagelt de groene spitsberg --der grüne Berg hagelt sich --
zich een kleed van as.ein Kleid aus Asche.

Poem H3678
Amsterdam, 2023-01-20
Collection: Metamorphic body
 

Storm, I am awake

and I hear the stars stamping --


in the night stables.


Storm, ik lig wakkerSturm, ich bin wach und
en hoor de sterren stampen --höre die Sterne stampfen --
in de nachtstallen.in den Nachtställen.

Poem H3504
Amsterdam, 2022-10-16
II. Archipelago in the autumn - Storm (Tomas Tranströmer) - 1954
Poem "II. Skärgård på hösten - Stormen" (collection "17 dikter")
Collection: Germ Substance
Tribute to: Tranströmer, Tomas 
 

The waterfall pours

mikado rays made of glass --


into open mouths.


De waterval stroomtDer Wasserfall fließt
stralen mikado van glas --Strahlen Mikado aus Glas --
in open monden.in offnen Mündern.

Poem H3487
Noordwijkerhout, 2022-10-05
Tokio's Midsummer Night's Dream 7 (Peter Verhelst) - 2020
Poem "Tokio's midzomernachtdroom 7" (collection "2050")
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Verhelst, Peter 
 

Little raindrops tap

softly, rumble heavily --


down on the fish scales.


De regendruppelsDie Regentropfen
tikken zacht en dreunen zwaar --ticken leicht und dröhnen schwer --
op de visschubben.auf den Fischschuppen.

Poem H3310
Amsterdam, 2022-05-28
Underneath (Jasna Velickovic) - 2020
Composition for hyperorgan and coils, performed by Jasna Veli?kovi? in the Organpark on May 20th, 2022 and May 28th, 2022 (on May 20th, 2022 as part 1 of a chain composition by ten composers)
Collection: org ANP ark 
Composer: Velickovic, Jasna 
 

In a tangle are

the snowflakes dancing about:


winter mosquitoes.


Warrelig dansenWirbelig tanzen
de sneeuwvlokken om en om --die Schneeflocken umherum --
als wintermuggen.wie Wintermücken.

Poem H3302
Amsterdam, 2022-05-23
Winter mosquitoes (Guido Gezelle) - 1896
Poem "Wintermuggen" (collection "Rijmsnoer om en om het jaar", 1897)
Collection: Held True
Tribute to: Gezelle, Guido 
 

Islands are drifting

over the dikes and the roofs --


the birds fly away.


Eilanden op driftInseln treiben ab
over dijken en daken --über Deiche und Dächer --
vogels vliegen weg.Vögel fliegen weg.

Poem H2635
Amsterdam, 2019-11-27
The drowned flats (Eeltsje Hettinga) - 2018
Poem "It sonken Waad"
Collection: Actively Passive
Tribute to: Hettinga, Eeltsje 
 

Zywa Anarchy

A fan is running
in the room full of toys
on the floor and on the bed

in which he doesn't want to go to sleep
the rebellious child jumps
screaming with cymbals beating

His little brother threatens
daddy the policeman
with a drumstick

Men with arm thick branches
are droning through the streets
through light and through dark

Full is the beat
of their heavy shoes
The rhythm of the masters

is clouding the town
where the doors close
the pubs extinguish

and the mail is left
until after the misunderstood
obscuration

Poem 1089
Amsterdam, 2017-02-27
Film "Werckmeister harmóniák" ("Werckmeister harmonies", 2000, Béla Tarr)
Solar eclipse

Collection: On living on [2]
 

A world of water:

clouds, heavy and low, raining --


into sky-high waves.


Een waterwereld:Eine Wasserwelt:
lage wolken regenen --niedrige Wolken regnen --
in hoge golven.auf hohen Wellen.

Poem H0291
Amsterdam, 2012-06-26
Collection: A Home
 

Ice threads are floating,

glittering out of the void --


emerges matter.


IJsdraadjes zwevenEisfäden schweben
flonkerend, vanuit het niets --funkelnd hervor, aus dem nichts --
ontstaat materie.entsteht Materie.

Poem H0229
Amsterdam, 2012-03-03
Ice needles
Collection: Life line 
 

 

 
Falling snow
Putten, 2010-02-01
Arnhemse Karweg
Collection: Photo's 2010
 

Zywa Blanche

Blanche, the white one
is another Tormenta
in another sunnier year

a devastating storm
in the white wall
of clouds around me

Sharply I see everything
rush, struck apart, it is
a raging, twirling and

lightly gliding out of the light
into the nothing
Calmly I see everything

dissolve
out of my eye
my quiet eye

Poem 78
Moutier, 2007-06-13
Blanche = White, Tormenta = Storm
The tropical cyclone "Blanche" (category 2) made landfall in the northeast Kimberley district of Western Australia on the 6th of March 2017

Collection: WoofWoof
 

 

 
Sun
Texel, 2003-12-14
De Cocksdorp
Sun in door window

Collection: Photo's 2003
 

 

 
Waterfall (Krimml)
Krimml, 1965-08-15
Photo taken by Kees J
Collection: Photo's 1965
 

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