No, they don't shout, they

just speak so passionately --


that it sounds quite loud.


Echt, ze schreeuwen niet,Sie schreien nicht, sie
maar ze spreken zo vurig --sprechen nur leidenschaftlich --

dat het vrij luid klinkt.was sich laut anhört.

Poem H6109
Amsterdam, 2026-02-21
My struggle 3. Boyhood Island (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2009
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Tredje bok", part 4 - Summer vacation 1976, Sørbøvågen (north of Bergen)
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove 
 

I was eighteen, full

of feelings, as a writer --


I would move people.


Ik was achttien, volMit achtzehn Jahren
gevoelens, schrijvend zou ik --wollte ich als Schriftsteller --

mensen ontroeren.die Menschen rühren.

Poem H6074
Amsterdam, 2026-01-29
My struggle 2. A Man in Love (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2009
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Andre bok", part 3 - 1987, Norwich (after which Knausgård goes to the writers' academy in Volda)
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove 
 

Then, one day, you find

an egg. It needs to stay warm.


That's what you live for!


Op een dag vind jeDu wirst einst ein Ei
een ei. Dat moet warm blijven.finden. Es muss warm bleiben.

Daar leef je dus voor!Ah! Dafür lebst du!

Poem H6024
Amsterdam, 2025-12-17
Angel's Egg (Mamoru Oshii) - 1985
Video-animation film "Tenshi no Tamago"
Collection: Plasma
Tribute to: Oshii, Mamoru 
 

Wake up your blood, jump

into the day, every year --


has hundreds of them.


Maak je bloed wakkerLebe, stürze dich
en spring de dag in, elk jaar --in den Tag, jedes Jahr gibt's --

heeft er honderden.Hunderte davon.

Poem H6013
Amsterdam, 2025-11-14
New Year's wish 2026, with a coloured pencil drawing ('Polar Bear Plunge')

Jump

Collection: New Ago
 

At my desk, I sit

restlessly writing, scratching --


into bumpy ice.


Onrustig zit ikUnruhig sitze
thuis te schrijven, te krassen --ich da und schreibe, kratze --

in bobbelig ijs.ins holprige Eis.

Poem H5724
Amsterdam, 2025-07-22
An empty restlessness (Frida Vogels) - 2006
Verse "Een lege onrust", published in "Diary 1960-1961" - March 23rd, 1961, Amsterdam
Collections: Beyond the Cape, Whirligig Scribbler 
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

Any great desire,

a passion, will make a man --


a bottomless pit.


Een groot verlangen,Eine Leidenschaft
een passie, maakt van een mens --macht den Menschen zu einem --

een bodemloos vat.Fass ohne Boden.

Poem S2515
Amsterdam, 2025-01-17
The Saint of the Impossible (Arnon Grunberg) - 1998
Novella "De heilige Antonio", chapter 10
Collection: Willegos
Tribute to: Grunberg, Arnon 
 

Afterwards it is

only vague what it was like:


a passion, a pain.


Achteraf weet jeHinterher weiß man
maar vaag hoe het was: hartstocht --nur noch vage, wie es war:

en pijn bijvoorbeeld.Leidenschaft, Schmerzen.

Poem H4480
Amsterdam, 2024-01-30
Outside, it's Monday (J. Bernlef) - 2003
Novel "Buiten is het maandag", § 8-1
Collection: Over
Tribute to: Bernlef, J. 
 

We don't say much, that's

how we speak with each other --


Still full of longing.


We zeggen niet veel,Wir sagen nicht viel,
zo praten wij met elkaar --so ist unser Dialog --

Nog vol verlangen.Noch voller Sehnsucht.

Poem H4112
Amsterdam, 2023-09-05
Wedding song 3 - 1 (Antjie Krog) - 2006
Poem "Huwelikslied 3" - 1 (collection "Verweerskrif" ["Body bereft"])
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie 
 

Let me think, am I

lived, like an empty inside --


heartless and soulless?


Word ik soms geleefd,Werde ich gelebt,
als een lege binnenkant --wie ein leeres Inneres --

harteloos, zielloos?herzlos, seelenlos?

Poem S1727
Amsterdam, 2023-04-07
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (Haruki Murakami) - 2006
Collection of short stories (2006, Haruki Murakami
Animated film (2022, Pierre Földes)

Collection: Local traffic
Tribute to: Murakami, Haruki; Foldes, Pierre 
 

Something isn't right, if

you live more than usual --


during holidays.


Echt, er klopt iets niet,Etwas stimmt doch nicht,
als je meer dan anders leeft --wenn du viel mehr als sonst lebst --

tijdens vakanties.in den Ferien.

Poem S1512
Amsterdam, 2022-09-18
Collection: On living on [2]
 

When I'm writing, you

can't do anything for me --


and we are strangers.


Zolang als ik schrijfWährend ich schreibe,
hoef jij niets voor mij te doen --musst du gar nichts für mich tun --

en zijn we vreemden.und sind wir Fremde.

Poem H3446
Amsterdam, 2022-09-14
The carbonised alphabet (Paul de Wispelaere) - 1992
Memoirs "Het verkoolde alfabet"
Collection: Whirligig Scribbler 
Tribute to: De Wispelaere, Paul 
 

Beauty fits closely

like silk around the body --


of naked passion.


Soms sluit schoonheid nauwManchmal schließt Schönheit
als zijde om het lichaam --als Seide um den Körper --

van naakte hartstocht.nackter Leidenschaft.

Poem H2950
Amsterdam, 2021-05-07
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez) - 1967
Novel "Cien años de soledad"
Collection: Dream flight
Tribute to: García Márquez, Gabriel 
 

Zywa Passion (Homo sensibilis)

Peacefully, I fight
myself into the world
Every day I want to live

without ego romance
I can do with and without
friends and possessions
There is plenty

for wonder
I watch others
with a smile
and unfold myself

in the stream
Like you
I just react
to what I experience

with my senses
I create myself
and images

Poem 3412
Amsterdam, 2021-01-28
Collection: Lilith's Powers
 

Ambitious dark wings

flapping in my heart at night:


my writing bird wants.


Donkere vleugelsIn meinem Herzen
klapperen 's nachts in mijn hart:schlagen nachts dunkle Flügel:

mijn schrijfvogel wil.mein Schreibvogel will.

Poem H2620
Amsterdam, 2019-11-16
The Ambition Bird (Anne Sexton) - 1972
Poem (collection "The Book of Folly")
Collection: Whirligig Scribbler 
Tribute to: Sexton, Anne 
 

Zywa The counting-house

Drops of passion trickle down
through the counting-house, it's time
to live, but how?

Shall I travel
to a beautiful story
and conquer that place?

Shall I sail over the seas
of feelings or fly over them
and ponder

where I want to land
where there is a task
for my wishes

and create a space there
which I do not yet know
so that I arrive somewhere

I didn't go to?

Poem 2211
Amsterdam, 2019-04-20
Collection: Metamorphic body
 

Zywa Not always
pure

Not always
it is possible to be honest and blame others
for their intentions and ideals

Not every time
you can get your right, take them apart
and call them stupid if they are inconsistent

You would have a full time job with it
not be able to sleep and get sick
By the way, it's hard enough

to set a good example to yourself
and not to widen out your choices
with excuses that restrict you

in choosing
what you wanted to choose
when you were young

and held your own
against adults
like you now

Poem 1925
Amsterdam, 2018-11-13
Collection: The light of words
 

Why does it happen,

why does my heart open out --


to love, constantly?


Waarom is het zo,Wieso ist es so,
waarom opent mijn hart zich --wieso öffnet mein Herz sich --

steeds voor de liefde?immer für Liebe?

Poem H2293
Amsterdam, 2018-09-27
Water of life (Muhammad Rumi) - 1250
Ghazal (Ode) 2760
Collection: Love Mind and Death
Tribute to: Rumi, Mohamed 
 

Why do I call it

"physical lust", this craving --


rendered by my soul?


Waarom noem ik hetWarum nennt man es
"lichamelijk verlangen","körperliche Sehnsucht", was --

wat mijn ziel begeert?die Seele begehrt?

Poem H2289
Vaison-la-Romaine, 2018-09-20
Atlas shrugged (Ayn Rand) - 1957
Novel, part 3 'A is A', chapter 2 'The Utopia of Greed'
Collection: Willegos
Tribute to: Rand, Ayn 
 

A poet fiercely

yearns for a louder silence --


than the other speaks.


Een dichter hunkertEin Dichter sehnt sich
streng naar een luider zwijgen --nach lauterer Stille als --

dan de ander spreekt.der andere spricht.

Poem S0717
Amsterdam, 2018-05-20
Poetry is: being more discontented with good lines (Herman de Coninck) - 1983
Poem "Poëzie is: over goeie regels ontevredener zijn" (collection "Gedichten 1983"); published in 1984
Collections: Shortages, WriteWiser signage 
Tribute to: De Coninck, Herman 
 

Poets must be dis

as a calling: displeased and --


disagreeable.


Ongenietbaar zijnUngenießbar sein
als roeping: ontevreden --als Berufung: verärgert --

moeten dichters zijn.sollen Dichter sein.

Poem S0716
Amsterdam, 2018-05-18
Poetry is: being more discontented with good lines (Herman de Coninck) - 1983
Poem "Poëzie is: over goeie regels ontevredener zijn" (collection "Gedichten 1983"); published in 1984
Collections: Shortages, WriteWiser signage 
Tribute to: De Coninck, Herman 
 

Zywa I was nineteen

No clear translucence
no words ventured
on pure water, but

describe-pictions
sung love lines
mist-lingual truth

wise as unwritten
laws I wanted, I thought
     I was nineteen

     and didn't know how
     but I would
     write and sing

     of bodies and wounded children's
     leaden castles in the air
     with harnesses around their open nerves

     soul splinters everywhere and hearts
     that suffer until they break
     on the twinight of their song

Poem 1675
Amsterdam, 2018-02-14
"Eenvouds verlichte waters" ("simplicitly lit waters", 1952, Lucebert)
Collection: The light of words
Tribute to: Lucebert 
 

Forge myself, into

what feels right, into this trap --


with a strangling mesh.


Ik dwing mezelf, totIch schwimme in die
wat juist voelt, deze fuik in --Reuse, die eine Masche --

Tot een maas me wurgt.hat, die mich erwürgt.

Poem H1863
Amsterdam, 2017-11-12
Forcing yourself to (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Zich dwingen tot", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3" [part VII, Acquiescence]), and in "Diary 1964-1965" (2008) - June 3rd, 1964, Bologna
Collection: Self-portraits
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

My soul longs to leave,

within me, the ships rotate --


a low speed flywheel.


Mijn ziel wil op reis,Ich will verreisen,
de schepen draaien in mij --die Schiffe drehen in mir --

aan een traag vliegwiel.an einem Schwungrad.

Poem H1567
Amsterdam, 2016-10-23
Maritime Ode (Álvaro de Campos) - 1915
Poem "Ode marítima" (Fernando Pessoa)
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: De Campos, Alvaro; Pessoa, Fernando 
 

Chariots
follow the passion of the carter
Chariots
I too act according to my passion

I unfold myself:
I listen to my body
I listen to my feelings
I see possibilities
 

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