| I fling the fish in- | |
| to the bushes, in surprise -- | |
| the camel looks up. | |
| Ik slinger de vis | Ich werfe den Fisch |
| de struik in, verbaasd kijkt de -- | ins Gebüsch, überrascht blickt -- |
| dromedaris op. | das Dromedar auf. |
Amsterdam, 2025-12-22
It was about time, thought the pike (Toon Tellegen) - 2018
Short story "Dát werd tijd, dacht de snoek", published in the collection "Het leed van de stoftor" #10
Collection: Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost
Tribute to: Tellegen, Toon
| Look carefully if | |
| you take a photo to make -- | |
| something visible. | |
| Je moet iets goed zien | Schau genau hin, wenn |
| voor je het met een foto -- | du ein Foto machst um es -- |
| zichtbaar kunt maken. | sichtbar zu machen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-04
Listen (Sacha Bronwasser) - 2023
Novel "Luister", part III, Flo and M. 1987-1989
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: Bronwasser, Sacha
| Around what centre, | |
| in ever wider circles -- | |
| do I fly, blow, sing? | |
| Om welk middelpunt, | Um welchen Kern, in |
| in steeds wijdere kringen -- | wachsenden Kreisen, fliehe -- |
| vlieg, waai of zing ik? | wehe, singe ich? |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-15
Above the gods (Rainer Maria Rilke) - 1899
Poem "Ich lebe mein Leben" (collection "Das Buch vom mönchischen Leben")
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: Rilke, Rainer Maria
| Art is a shadow | |
| play of life, both cannot be -- | |
| understood deeply. | |
| Kunst is een schimmen- | Kunst ist ein Schatten- |
| spel van het leven, beide -- | spiel des Lebens, und beides -- |
| onbegrijpelijk. | ist unverständlich. |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-13
Art and Eros (Iris Murdoch) - 1980
Play "[Acastos -] Art and Eros", a Platonic dialogue
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| Ít can't be explained, | |
| experiencing Ít is -- | |
| understanding it. | |
| Hét kan niemand mij | Dás kann niemand mir |
| uitleggen, Hét ervaren -- | erklären, Dás erfahren -- |
| is het begrijpen. | ist es verstehen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-20
Grimus (Salman Rushdie) - 1975
Novel
(A Simurg(h) ['Thirty birds'] is a Persian legendary creature, an omniscient bird, symbol for someone's world of thought), part 1 Times Present, chapter 19
Ít: travelling into other dimensions / the divine / amorousness / an orgasm / killing someone
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| God greatly desires | |
| peace, man gives him more and more -- | |
| to ponder about. | |
| God verlangt naar rust, | Keine Ruhe für |
| de mensen zetten hem steeds -- | Gott, die Menschen geben ihm -- |
| meer aan het denken. | zu viel zu denken. |
Amsterdam, 2024-04-22
Little poet (Nescio)
Story "Dichtertje", written in 1917, chapter 1
Collection: Rasping ants
Tribute to: Nescio
| A reconstruction: | |
| you come closer and you see -- | |
| nothing but vague spots. | |
| Een reconstructie: | Die Rekonstruktion: |
| van dichtbij zie je niets meer -- | aus der Nähe siehst du nichts -- |
| dan vage vlekken. | als vage Flecken. |
Amsterdam, 2020-03-10
Nothing is a lie (Sacha Bronwasser) - 2019
Novel "Niets is gelogen", chapter Pé [3]
Collection: Held True
Tribute to: Bronwasser, Sacha
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In the beginning |
Amsterdam, 2017-07-29
Collection: Lilith's Powers
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| Sphinxes | |
| are the mysterious guardians | |
 | |
| I too am aware of the mystery of life | |
| I let the mystery in: | |
| I'm quiet | |
| I observe carefully | |
| I experience the mystery | |
| And I have pictures | |
| with god on them, running off -- | |
| half behind a tree. | |
| En ik heb foto's | Ich habe Bilder |
| waar god op staat, weglopend -- | mit Gott darauf, weglaufend -- |
| half achter een boom. | halb hinter dem Baum. |
Amsterdam, 0000-00-00
Standing/sitting/hanging (Etwin Grootscholten) - 2013
"Er staat/zit/hangt" (collection Poem "Land der horizonten, dichters uit Hanzeland")
Collection: Held True
Tribute to: Grootscholten, Etwin
