The real work scares me

and my preliminaries --


lack a foundation.


Het echte werk schriktDas echte Werk macht
me af en mijn voorwerk mist --mir Angst und mein Vorwerk fehlt --

een goed fundament.einen Unterbau.

Poem S2897
Amsterdam, 2025-08-19
Not daring to touch any marble (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Geen marmer durven aanroeren", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part IX [Marriage]), and in "Diary 1970-1971" (2011) - July 11th, 1971, Bologna – (about a work of art by Gerda: a tower)
Collection: Lookout
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

Upset we await

the explanation, better --


yet, a denial.


Geschrokken wachtenEntsetzt warten wir
we op uitleg, beter nog --auf Klarheit, oder besser --

op een ontkenning.auf ein Dementi.

Poem H4088
Amsterdam, 2023-08-29
The waiter and the living (Simon Vestdijk) - 1949
Novel "De kellner en de levenden", chapter III. In safe haven
Collection: Inmost [2]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon 
 

I keep staring at

the many Maybe Islands --


Will I live somewhere?


Ik blijf maar turenIch starre immer
naar de Misschien-Eilanden --hin auf die Vielleicht-Inseln --

Waar ga ik leven?Werde ich leben?

Poem S1833
Amsterdam, 2023-07-28
The Stone Gods (Jeanette Winterson) - 2007
Novel, chapter "PLANET BLUE"
Collection: Actively Passive
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette 
 

Zywa Evill Will

Forgive me
I don't want to explain away
the fact that I needed time

to put the consequences
of one or the other
together

The appearances may be against me
but I didn't hold aloof
really, I never wait and see

I don't look away
I just look thoroughly
for a well-considered decision

because so much is happening
and often there is no clear line
in all the details

And I don't want to do anything wrong
That is the seed
of my passivity

My aversion to misdeeds

Poem 5209
Amsterdam, 2023-05-20
Evill Will: Passivity (out of aversion to misdeeds)
About misdeeds: poem 5185. Evill Intent

Collection: The drama
 

Before I can take

off my hat, I have to wait --


for a good moment.


Voordat ik mijn hoedErst einen guten
af kan doen, moet ik wachten --Moment abwarten, nur dann --

op een goed moment.den Hut abnehmen.

Poem S1740
Amsterdam, 2023-04-18
Happy Days (Samuel Beckett) - 1961
Play, played by Antoinette Jelgersma on April 18th, 2023, in Frascati (director Erik Whien)
Collection: Stall
Tribute to: Beckett, Samuel 
 

Writing amplifies

my paralysis, my sense --


that compels action.


Mijn dagboek versterktMein Schreiben verstärkt
mijn lamheid, mijn voorgevoel --die Lähmung, die Vorahnung --

dat tot actie noopt.dass ich handeln muss.

Poem H1802
Amsterdam, 2017-09-17
Diary 1958-1959 (Frida Vogels) - 2006
"Dagboek 1958-1959" - January 20th, 1959, Milan
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

People just wing a

bit, like lovers do, almost --


no one really flies.


Mensen vleugelenDie Leute flügeln
maar wat, liefjes ook, bijna --ein bisschen, wie Verliebte --

niemand die echt vliegt.Fast niemand fliegt echt.

Poem S0479
Amsterdam, 2017-05-24
Flight (Martijn Benders) - 2016
Poem "Vlucht" (collection "Lippenspook")
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: Benders, Martijn 
 

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