Zywa

Yeah, peace is something

daily, it is just taking --

care of each other.



Ja, vrede is iets	Frieden: sich täglich
dagelijks, het is gewoon --	umeinander zu kümmern --

zorgen voor elkaar.	so einfach ist es.

Poem H5440
Amsterdam, 2025-05-05
With a photo of Dory cutting Paul's hair (September 16th, 1986, Rekem)

Collection: The Big Secret
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Dory dK, Paul J

All of us can live

in peace, come and join, lay down --

nothing will harm us.



We kunnen leven	Wir können leben
in vrede, kom, ga liggen --	in Frieden, komm, leg dich hin --

niets zal ons deren.	nichts wird uns schaden.

Poem H4461
Amsterdam, 2024-01-25
Lay Down (Melanie) - 1970
Song (album "Candles in the Rain")
Collection: Known
Tribute to: Melanie (Safka, Melanie)

Zywa Reluctant to peace

When I don't understand someone
what incites him
what he thinks he can gain
what he thinks himself

about his life and
about me, the stranger
that I, yes I, am
in his eyes

then I have to cross
the thresholds to get to know
the not understood interests
of others, to get to know them

When I renounce
the effort
to make contact
there is no peace

because we live together
on earth, there is only one
world to grant
to each other

Poem 5398
Amsterdam, 2023-12-25
Christmas speech (King William-Alexander) - 2023
Collection: The drama
Tribute to: Willem-Alexander

The house has new sounds,

a harmony: languages --

dance, and skin colours.



Het huis klinkt anders:	Das Haus klingt anders,
een harmonie van talen --	eine Harmonie: Sprachen --

dans en huidskleuren.	Tanz und Hautfarben.

Poem H4213
Amsterdam, 2023-10-12
Begging to Be Black (Antjie Krog) - 2009
Book, her birthday on October 23^rd, 1992
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie

If it's peace between

I am me and you are you --

we may call it love.



De vrede tussen	Der Frieden zwischen
ik ben ik en jij bent jij --	ich bin ich und du bist du --

noemen we liefde.	nennen wir Liebe.

Poem H3283
Amsterdam, 2022-04-23
Collection: The drama

Zywa Knowing Feeling [2]

A Knowing Feeling
stirs in me
when I choose colours
when painting or
strike strings on the zither

Others make inventions
design processes
write the truth or
fantasize it
Is it the Muses

a divine spirit or
is it the flow of time
that pours nectar
into open mouths?
Just open the mouth

like a chakra
and receive it
no longer feel yourself
and enjoy
total peace?

Poem 3463
Amsterdam, 2021-02-10
Collection: Lilith's Powers

We have a picnic,

together on a blanket --

we are eating peace.



Op een kleed zitten	Auf einer Decke:
we te picknicken, samen --	unser Picknick, zusammen --

eten we vrede.	essen wir Frieden.

Poem H2810
Amsterdam, 2020-10-12
Collection: Metamorphic body

It's an ugly room,

but our mood is beautiful:

happy together.



Lelijke kamer,	Hässliches Zimmer,
maar de sfeer is wondermooi:	aber die Stimmung ist schön:

samen gelukkig.	glücklich zusammen.

Poem H2702
Amsterdam, 2020-05-07
Crusoe's Daughter (Jane Gardam) - 1985
Novel
Collection: Metamorphic body
Tribute to: Gardam, Jane

Not enough to eat,

not enough toilets, just peace --

with love and music.



Gebrek aan eten	Mangel an Essen
en wc's, alleen vrede --	und Toiletten, nur Frieden --

liefde en muziek.	Liebe und Musik.

Poem H2510
Amsterdam, 2019-06-28
Woodstock - 1969
"Woodstock" Music & Art Fair (August 15-18, 1969 in Bethel, New York)
Collection: Changing Times

Freedom brings peace, food

just appears out of the sky --

Joy of brotherhood.



Vrijheid brengt vrede,	Freiheit bringt Frieden,
het voedsel valt uit de lucht --	das Essen fällt aus der Luft --

Feest van broederschap.	Fest der Bruderschaft.

Poem H2511
Amsterdam, 2019-06-28
Woodstock - 1969
"Woodstock" Music & Art Fair (August 15-18, 1969 in Bethel, NY)
- Army helicopters supply the visitors
- Liberation of Europe in 1945
- Manna for the Hebrews on their Exodus
Collection: Changing Times

Zywa Rosy and satisfied

Gently writing circles and signs
on each other's backs
until we are rosy and satisfied:
peace together can be that simple

     Father ahead of us in the afternoon
     with his trumpet in the woods
     finding him next to a bag of candy
     with jokes and small animals everywhere

          Lying together, being read
          moths around the flashlight
          the smells from outside
          with a low moo

               On free days without time
               chatting for hours with a friend
               and organizing a party
               for ourselves and the neighbourhood

               Yellow and green, a cloth
               set with fish and fresh bread
               we, around the large table:
               peace together can be that simple

Poem 2251
Amsterdam, 2019-05-25
Collection: Mosaic virus

Zywa Eve

I don't wait for the bus
I'm already on my way
it's the Eve

a little busy in the street
everyone wearing their best
shoes, polished for the feast

Open curtains, tables laid
chuckles and soft music
people will be at home tonight

The candles are dancing around us
the big loaves smell of peace
we have no questions now

The decorated bus
has clean seats
on which no one died

There are pigeons fluttering up
and above the stores, three angels
blowing their buisines

Poem 2112
Amsterdam, 2019-02-21
Three angels (Bob Dylan) - 1970
Song (album "New Morning")
Collection: Great Flow
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob

Zywa Springtime in Amsterdam

New Year, the beginning
of spring in Amsterdam
The air is soft, life

is lighter in the streets
carefree are my steps
white and pink

the fruit trees, with confetti
of New Year's Eve
in the gutter, red scrap ribbons

through the city, the body
in which I breathe and live
Everywhere the promise is budding

that it can be peace
when we are neighbours
and it is spring

in everyone's heart
street after street
a flourishing beginning

Poem 2004
Amsterdam, 2019-01-01
Early flowering plum tree
Collection: New Ago

Zywa Under the cherry tree

Together on the bench
under the cherry tree
slowly letting the day

set in the night
Another evening together
under the cherry tree

Do not think romantically
of the sparkle in a glass
the flame of a candle

in the twilight
intimately together
under the cherry tree

That would be a surrogate
and leave us no space
to feel who we have been today

to sense what we really want
It is in the air we breathe
and smell, here, on the bench

under the cherry tree

Poem 1991
Amsterdam, 2018-12-15
Collection: New Ago

Zywa On the other side

He sets out two cups, puts water
on the fire to which I warm myself
says sweet words and says
that I don't have to worry

can safely go to sleep and certainly
must not hide between walls
of fear, because because
we have friends

all we know is already there for a long time
all we give is not ours
but received, because we are there
for each other, and he embraces me

silently in front of the window
I surrender in his scent
hand in hand
we watch the stars

hand in hand
they proceed over the sky
on the other side of the river
smoke is circling

peace

Poem 1219
Amsterdam, 2017-03-14
Collection: Webgarden

Zywa Butterfly courtyard

The judge is listening, the clerk recording
everything and very precisely
the lawyers summarise it

A butterfly flutters through the hall
gently, gently
the judge catches it

between his hands, just a moment
then he arranges the acts
in an archive box

without passing sentence
He sends away the parties
to settle a small issue

together and
at the next session
he invites them

to make arrangements themselves
on another point
He takes the box and asks

their assent to close it
There is music from the café
the judge closes the windows

stores bands and robe
In the courtyard full of flowers
he fills a large watering can

Poem 1110
Amsterdam, 2017-03-03
Collection: WoofWoof

Zywa Assalaam

It is peaceful here
but this peace is suspicious

warns the king
Many inhabitants move

to a palace in the clouds
of Internet-land or they retreat

to a high tower, sender and receiver
of their own right, just listen

to the echoes, just listen
to my disgusting words

Yes, if only someone did listen
If only someone did listen

unsure
and loving

back on earth

Poem 939
Amsterdam, 2017-01-07
As-Salaam = peace, the Peaceful
Speech of king Willem Alexander on Christmas Day 2016
Collection: Short Sermons

People gathering

in the middle of the square:

circles of silence.



Midden op het plein	Menschen sammeln sich
verzamelen mensen zich --	in der Mitte des Platzes:

in kringen stilte.	Kreisen der Stille.

Poem H0355
Amsterdam, 2012-09-21
Meditation for peace on the International Day of Peace (Museum Square, Amsterdam)
Collection: Local inconveniences


Pelicans
care

I too am supportive

I am a servant :


I live peacefully with my neighbours

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