| The red balloons float | |
| peacefully over the walls -- | |
| They will not shoot back. | |
| Ballonnen zweven | Die Ballons schweben |
| vredig de muren over -- | friedlich über den Mauern -- |
| Schieten niet terug. | Schießen nicht zurück. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-24
99 balloons (Nena) - 1983
Song "99 Luftballons" (album "Nena")
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: Nena
| Will it start soon? Or | |
| has it already started? | |
| Is it war right now? | |
| Begint het al gauw? | Wird's bald beginnen? |
| Of is het al begonnen? | Hat es bereits begonnen? |
| Is het al oorlog? | Ist vielleicht schon Krieg? |
Amsterdam, 2025-03-24
Nightfather (Carl Friedman) - 1991
Novella "Tralievader" (translation 1994), chapter 'Greuelmärchen' (Atrocity story)
Collection: Thinkles Lusionless
Tribute to: Friedman, Carl
| Joan of Arc, flames, red, | |
| green the tanks through the forest -- | |
| A peace conference. | |
| Jeanne d'Arc, vlammen, rood, | Jeanne d'Arc, Flammen, rot, |
| groen de tanks door de bossen -- | grün die Panzer durch den Wald -- |
| Vredesoverleg. | Friedensverhandlung. |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-19
The Image Book (Jean-Luc Godard) - 2018
Film "Le livre d'image", part 4 "L'esprit des lois" ("De spirit of the laws")
Collection: Greeting from before
Tribute to: Godard, Jean-Luc
| So peaceful in the | |
| vitrine: the precious metal -- | |
| of old shell cases. | |
| Zo vredig in de | So friedlich in der |
| vitrine: edelmetaal -- | Vitrine: Edelmetall, |
| van patroonhulzen. | Patronenhülsen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-10-03
empty shell cases (Astrid Lampe) - 2024
Poem "lege patroonhulzen" (collection "Zachte landing op leeuwenpootjes")
Collection: Over
Tribute to: Lampe, Astrid
| We're lucky living | |
| in a fairytale in which -- | |
| the dragon slumbers. | |
| Wij hebben geluk, | Wie glücklich wir sind, |
| we leven in een sprookje -- | im Märchen zu leben, in -- |
| waarin de draak slaapt. | dem der Drache schläft. |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-06
The child - 1 (Ed Leeflang) - 1979
Poem "Het kind" - 1 (collection "De hazen en andere gedichten")
Years of peace
Collection: Chance
Tribute to: Leeflang, Ed
| Cruel potentates | |
| establish 'peace', simply by -- | |
| creating wastelands. | |
| Dictators stichten | Die Herrscher stiften |
| graag 'vrede', door het scheppen -- | 'Frieden', indem sie schaffen: |
| van woestenijen. | Wüste und Ödland. |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-08
On the life and character of Julius Agricola (Publius Cornelius Tacitus) - 98
For example, Russia in Syria and Ukraine
Political biography "De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae" ("On the life and character of Julius Agricola", AD 98, Publius Cornelius Tacitus), § 30: 'Auferre trucidare rapere falsis nominibus imperium, atque ibi solitudinem faciunt, pacem apellant' ('To robbery, slaughter, plunder, they give the lying name of empire, and where they make a desert they call it peace')
Collection: May the Might
Tribute to: Tacitus, Publius
| Again someone leads | |
| a country to a new age -- | |
| called 'after the war'. | |
| Opnieuw leidt iemand | Wieder führt jemand |
| een land naar een nieuwe tijd -- | ein Land in neue Zeiten -- |
| van na de oorlog. | 'nach dem Krieg' genannt. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-20
Collection: The Praised One
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Under the Peace Flag |
Amsterdam, 2022-05-16
The complaint of Peace (Lucas Wiegerink) - 2022
"Querela Pacis" (1517, Desiderius Erasmus), written on the occasion of the canceled peace conference in Kamerijk (now Cambrai)
Theatre piece by Lucas Wiegerink (music) and Jibbe Willems (actor text), with lyrics by Desiderius Erasmus; performed in the Organpark by Capella Brabant on May 15th, 2022
Collections: PumicePieces, org ANP ark
Tribute to: Erasmus, Desiderius; Willems, Jibbe
Composer: Wiegerink, Lucas
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Even the most beautiful girls |
Amsterdam, 2022-05-16
Collection: PumicePieces
| Is peace to be free | |
| while a war is raging on -- | |
| in other countries? | |
| Is vrede vrij zijn | Ist Frieden: frei sein |
| terwijl er een oorlog woedt -- | während die Kriege wüten -- |
| in een ander land? | in einem Ausland? |
Amsterdam, 2022-02-22
warraps (Anne Vegter) - 2017
Poem "oorlogsrappen" (collections "Wat helpt is een wonder" and "Ik hier jij daar")
Collection: Human excess
Tribute to: Vegter, Anne
| Peace on earth can be | |
| a blanket of snow crystals -- | |
| for the sleeping fox. | |
| Vrede op aarde | Friede auf Erden |
| kan een deken van sneeuw zijn -- | kann eine Schneedecken sein -- |
| voor de vos die slaapt. | für den Fuchs der schläft. |
Amsterdam, 2019-12-12
Collection: Mosaic virus
Dedicated to: Florentin dK, Lotte W, Madelief dK, Pieter W, Michi W
| After many bombs: | |
| entry with drums, silently -- | |
| the dead say hooray. | |
| Na vele bommen: | Nach vielen Bomben: |
| de intocht met trommels, stil -- | Einzug mit Trommeln, leise -- |
| juichen de doden. | jubeln die Toten. |
Vlissingen, 2019-06-05
The General (José Gomes Ferreira) - 1950
Poem "O general" (collection "Poesia II")
Collection: Human excess
Tribute to: Gomes Ferreira, Jose
| Aftermath of war: | |
| clearing up. And then being -- | |
| ignorantly lazy. | |
| Na elke oorlog: | Nach jedem Krieg: auf- |
| opruimen. Dan begint het -- | räumen. Und dann beginnt es: |
| onwetend lui zijn. | unwissend faul sein. |
Amsterdam, 2018-07-03
End and beginning (Wislawa Szymborska) - 1993
Poem "Koniec i poczatek" (collection "Koniec i poczatek")
Collection: Rasping ants
Tribute to: Szymborska, Wislawa
| The sun: different, | |
| the creatures: strange and dancing -- | |
| and here it was: peace. | |
| De zon was anders, | Die Sonne war grün |
| er dansten vreemde wezens -- | seltsame Wesen tanzten -- |
| hier was de vrede. | hier herrschte Frieden. |
Amsterdam, 2018-06-27
I was given the choice (Toon Tellegen) - 1992
Poem "Ik mocht kiezen" (collection "Een dansschool")
Collection: Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost
Tribute to: Tellegen, Toon
| Poetry in war: | |
| nothing but words, useless words -- | |
| but oh so peaceful. | |
| Dichten in oorlog: | Poesie im Krieg: |
| niets dan zinloze woorden -- | nur unbrauchbare Worte -- |
| maar o zo vredig. | aber so friedlich. |
Amsterdam, 2017-02-24
A poem in the war (Marten Toonder) - 1996
Poem "Een gedicht in de oorlog", in the collection "Poetry" for Martin Mooij, the director and founder of the Poetry International Festival
Collections: Puss & Lord, Whirligig Scribbler
Tribute to: Toonder, Marten
| The world rotates, nights | |
| after days, and after peace -- | |
| the Master arrives. | |
| Alles draait, nacht volgt | Alles dreht sich, Nacht |
| op de dag, en op vrede -- | nach dem Tag, und nach Frieden -- |
| volgt de Magister. | kommt der Magister. |
Amsterdam, 2016-11-20
Tom Puss and The Wild Wagon (Marten Toonder) - 1963
Comic strip #103 - Heer Bommel en De wilde wagen (tiers 4889-4954), tier 4891
Collection: Puss & Lord
Tribute to: Toonder, Marten
| No more war, now peace, | |
| wouldn't everyone want that, but -- | |
| also die for it? | |
| Geen oorlog, vrede, | Kein Krieg mehr, Frieden, |
| dat wil iedereen wel, maar -- | das wollen alle, aber -- |
| ook ervoor sterven? | auch dafür sterben? |
Amsterdam, 2014-04-15
If one is against oppression, one must be prepared to die for it. Not to fight back and not to let oneself be oppressed. Only in this way - at the cost of oneself - can peace be achieved, because the other is left without people to oppress.
This is a consequence of the Regula Aurea, the Golden Rule from the Mahabharata (850 BC): One must never do to another what one considers to be hurtful to oneself. That is the core of the rule of all righteousness (Dharma)
Collection: PumicePieces
