From a lookout point

you can easily see it:


the earth is a sphere.


Op een uitkijkpuntVon einem Aussichts-
kun je het makkelijk zien:punkt aus erkennt man es leicht:

de aarde is rond.die Erde ist rund.

Poem H5403
Amsterdam, 2025-04-24
With a photo of the drawing (in Indian ink) "Geometry", January 1987, 26x36 cm
Easily see: provided there is a 'flat' horizon

Geometry

Collection: Changing Times
Dedicated to: Lotte W 
 

It was fun, but it

had a downside, so I won't --


do it anymore.


Het was heel leuk, maarEs war Spaß, aber
het had ook een nadeel, dus --mit einem Nachteil, deshalb --

dat doe ik niet meer.tu ich das nicht mehr.

Poem S2428
Amsterdam, 2024-10-24
I kiss your hands a thousand times - Faxing to Ger #6 (Nicolien Mizee) - 2024
Diary novel "Ik kus uw handen duizendmaal - Faxen aan Ger #6", August 20th, 2000
Johan Cruijff: "Elk nadeel heb z'n voordeel" ("Every disadvantage has its advantage")

Collection: In the shadow
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien 
 

The disgusting straws:

clean, because everyone thought:


ugh, those are filthy!


Goor gele rietjes:Ekliger Strohhalm:
schoon, omdat iedereen dacht:sauber, weil alle dachten:

bah, wat zijn die vies!pfui, der ist dreckig!

Poem H4100
Amsterdam, 2023-09-01
The shining armour (Simon Vestdijk) - 1956
Novel "Het glinsterend pantser", chapter 2-VIII. Before and after history of a boat trip
Collection: Inmost [2]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon 
 

We shout many views,

are seldom examining --


our very standpoints.


We roepen heel veelWir schreien viele
zienswijzen, onderzoeken --Ansichten, prüfen selten --

zelden ons standpunt.unseren Standpunkt.

Poem H4056
Amsterdam, 2023-08-19
(work in progress) a part-text: attempts to explain the white stare to myself - attempt 3 (Antjie Krog) - 2022
Poem "(work in progress) 'n meerstemmige teks: pogings om die wit staar aan myself te verduidelik - poging 3" (collection "Plunder" ["Pillage"])
Collection: Unseen
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie 
 

She explains the world

to me, it is a stinking --


pile of waste and scrap.


Mama verklaart meMama erklärt mir
de wereld: een stinkende --die Welt: einen stinkenden --

hoop afval en schroot.Haufen Müll und Schrott.

Poem H3995
Amsterdam, 2023-07-30
The PowerBook (Jeanette Winterson) - 2000
'Cosmic dustbin'
Novel, chapter "EMPTY TRASH"

Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette 
 

Zywa Set piece

On the photo you don't see
that the water stands still
and you can think

that the sea has almost taken
the land and the house
will soon drift away

A person just has to take
other points of view
to find out something

and to keep living in the world
not in appearances, not in set
pieces of one's own fantasy

empty, unless actors populate them
of whom you no longer know after a while
whether they are acquaintances of you

but your own images nestle
in your head, they fit exactly
whereas the world is uncomfortable

Poem 4816
Amsterdam, 2022-11-14
House By An Inlet (Edward Hopper) - 1930
Painting
Collection: NightWatch
Tribute to: Hopper, Edward 
 

The Oracle knows

what I want, that's what she gives --


me as her advice.


Het Orakel weetDas Orakel weiß,
wat ik wil en dat geeft ze --was ich will und das gibt sie --

aan mij als advies.mir als Anweisung.

Poem H3367
Amsterdam, 2022-07-08
Like it or not - Faxing to Ger #4 (Nicolien Mizee) - 2021
Diary-novel "Hoog en laag springen - Faxen aan Ger #4"
Mentorship

Collection: In the shadow
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien 
 

The little brown crown

of the cellist curls a scroll --


on top of the neck.


Het bruine kroontjeDie braune Krone
van de celliste krult om --der Cellistin rollt sich auf --

boven aan de hals.oben an dem Hals.

Poem H3250
Amsterdam, 2022-04-03
Katharina Gross plays the cello in the Organpark, on April 3rd, 2022
Collection: ORG anp ark 
 

I see no flat earth,

when I look down from the plane --


yet the trees are flat.


Geen platte aarde,Ausblick vom Flugzeug:
vanuit het vliegtuig bezien --gar keine flache Erde --

wel platte bomen.flache Bäume schon.

Poem H3140
Amsterdam, 2021-12-02
Collection: Summer birds
 

To really see things

you have to look carefully --


slightly beside them.


Om iets echt te zienUm klar zu sehen,
moet je met al je aandacht --muss man achtsam ein wenig --

er net naast kijken.daneben schauen.

Poem H2319
Amsterdam, 2018-11-05
Hear my voice now (Franca Treur) - 2017
Novel "Hoor nu mijn stem", chapter 27
Collection: Appearances
Tribute to: Treur, Franca 
 

The facade withdraws

while I'm coming closer and --


have a look inside.


De façade valtDie Fassade fällt,
weg als ik dichterbij kom --wenn ich mich ihr nähere --

en naar binnen kijk.und hinein schaue.

Poem H0114
Julianadorp, 2011-12-25
Collection: NightWatch
 

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