I'm jumping patterns

over the tiles that I am --


not allowed to touch.


Ik spring patronenIch springe Muster
over de tegels die ik --über die Fliesen, die ich --

niet mag aanraken.nicht berühren darf.

Poem H6450
Amsterdam, 2026-10-23
Rondo (Christoph Herndler) - 2017
Composition for organ, performed by Francesca Ajossa at the Organpark on October 23rd, 24th, and 25th, 2026
Collection: org aNp arK 
Composer: Herndler, Christoph 
 

Her doll is pregnant,

just like Auntie; she carries --


a worm in her womb.


Haar pop is zwanger,Puppe ist schwanger,
net als haar tante; ze draagt --wie Tante; sie trägt einen --

een worm in haar buik.Wurm in ihrem Bauch.

Poem H6363
Amsterdam, 2026-07-21
The lost daughter (Elena Ferrante) - 2006
Novel "La figlia oscura" (translated in 2008), chapter 22
The girl Elena goes missing on the beach ('The Hidden Daughter' - I), after which her doll Nani, who was her little daughter, also goes missing ('The Hidden Daughter' - II), because Nani was taken away and hidden by Leda, the narrator of the story, who eventually discovers that Elena pushed a worm inside, through Nani's little mouth, as a baby ('The Hidden Daughter' - III)

Collection: Dream flight
Tribute to: Ferrante, Elena 
 

Mummy And Daddy:

playing this game, I always --


had to be the dog.


Bij het vadertjeVater-Mutter-Kind:
en moedertje spelen was --bei diesem Spiel musste ich --

ik altijd de hond.immer der Hund sein.

Poem S2711
Amsterdam, 2025-06-10
Interview with Yvonne Kroonenberg - 2025
Interview by Rinskje Koelewijn with Yvonne Kroonenberg, in the NRC of June 1st, 2025
Collection: May the Might
Tribute to: Kroonenberg, Yvonne 
 

I dig out little

brother and burrow away --


the sand he coughs up.


Ik begraaf broertjeIch grabe Brüder-
en woel de aarde weer weg --lein aus, wühle den Sand weg --

plus wat hij ophoest.den er aushustet.

Poem H5597
Amsterdam, 2025-06-09
I dig up my little brother (Ellen Deckwitz) - 2011
Poem "Ik graaf mijn broertje op", collection "De steen vreest mij" ("The stone fears me")
Collection: Death on Cast
Tribute to: Deckwitz, Ellen 
 

She fancies writing

even though she can't read yet --


but watch, she can type.


Schrijven vindt ze leuk,Sie schreibt gern, obwohl
al kan ze nog niet lezen --sie nicht lesen kann, aber --

maar typen kan ze.sie kann schon tippen.

Poem H5498
Amsterdam, 2025-05-24
With a photo of Florentin and Lotte taken during a video call (February 15th, 2014, Grossdietwil) - Lotte is 2 years old

Florentin and Lotte

Collection: The climbing house
Dedicated to: Lotte W 
 

On the climbing frame

you learn, you can't keep going --


higher and higher.


Op het klimtoestelDas Kletterhaus lehrt
leer je dat je niet alsmaar --dich, dass man nicht immerzu --

hogerop kunt gaan.höher hinaus kann.

Poem H5481
Amsterdam, 2025-05-21
With a photo of Madelief on a climbing house (September 4th, 2004, Wolhusen)

Madelief

Collection: The climbing house
Dedicated to: Madelief dK 
 

My whole arm is in

the deep hole near the flood mark --


and still no water.


Heel mijn arm steek ikMein ganzer Arm steckt
in het gat bij de vloedlijn --im Loch nahe der Brandung --

en nog geen water.Aber: kein Wasser.

Poem H5399
Amsterdam, 2025-04-23
With a photo of Florentin dK in the North Sea, at beach pole 28 on Texel (at the Krimweg from De Cocksdorp), July 22nd, 2012

Tunnel

Collection: Summer birds
Dedicated to: Lotte W 
 

The engaged couple

are busy in the hallway --


with the tickle death.


Het verloofde stelDas verlobte Paar
is in de gang in de weer --ist im Flur sehr beschäftigt --

met de kieteldood.mit dem Kitzeltod.

Poem H5362
Amsterdam, 2025-04-09
The darkness that separates us (Renate Dorrestein) - 2003
Novel "Het duister dat ons scheidt", part 1, 'Zes' ('Six' years old), chapter 'B is een brandnetel' ('B is a brandnetel [stinging nettle]')
Collection: Summer birds
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate 
 

She plays Little Red,

Riding Hood, I'm her mother --


The wolf can't hurt us.


Zij speelt RoodkapjeSie spielt Rotkäppchen,
en ik haar moeder, de wolf --ich ihre Mutter, der Wolf --

kan ons niets maken.kann uns nichts antun.

Poem H5016
Amsterdam, 2024-10-27
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", December 30th, 2000
Collection: In the shadow
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien 
 

Voice exercises:

during the break the organ --


is making small talk.


Stemoefeningen:Die Stimmübungen:
in de pauze prietpraat het --in der Pause plaudert die --

orgel in zichzelf.Orgel mit sich selbst.

Poem H4672
Amsterdam, 2024-05-31
Organ Talk - 3. Small Talk (Robert Nasveld) - 2011
Composition, performed by Leo van Doeselaar, in the Organpark on May 31st, 2024
Collection: org anp ARK 
Composer: Nasveld, Robert 
 

Demonstration and

imitation, play and learn --


to play together.


Voordoen en nadoen,Vor- und nachmachen,
spelenderwijs leren we --durch das Spielen lernen wir --

samen te spelen.das Zusammenspiel.

Poem H4643
Amsterdam, 2024-05-25
Take U (Dirk Veulemans) - 2015
Third movement of the composition "Take U" (take the U-turn), for clarinet and live electronics, arranged for the two self-built mobile organs; performed by Dirk Veulemans in the Organpark on May 25th, 2024
Collection: org anp ARK 
Composer: Veulemans, Dirk 
 

Ten finger hammers

are trying what they can do --


and they get amazed.


Tien vingerhamersZehn Fingerhämmer
beproeven wat ze kunnen --erproben, was sie können --

en verbazen zich.und sie sind erstaunt.

Poem H4525
Amsterdam, 2024-02-18
Prelude, Toccata and Scherzo (Pierre Boulez) - 1944
Composition "[Prélude, Toccata et] Scherzo" for piano ("Opus 0"), performed by Ralph van Raat in the Organpark on February 18th, 2024
Collection: org ANP ark 
Composer: Boulez, Pierre 
 

Dad swings me across

the ditch, jumping over it --


I shall do later.


Papa zwiert me zoefPapa schwingt mich Schwuff
de greppel over, springen --über den Graben, Springen --

doe ik later wel.mache ich später.

Poem H4399
Amsterdam, 2023-12-26
Oirschot, 2006
Collection: Summer birds
Dedicated to: Pieter W, Florentin dK 
 

Work is play, falling

down and getting up again --


in the moon sandbox.


Werken is spelen,Die Arbeit ist Spiel,
met veel vallen en opstaan --fallen, wieder aufstehen --

in de maanzandbak.im Mondsandkasten.

Poem H3667
Amsterdam, 2023-01-14
A Voyage to the Moon - In seven parts (Manfred Durniok) - 1976
Film: NASA footage and music by Oskar Sala on the Mixtur-Trautonium, performed in the Organpark by Peter Pichler on January 14th, 2023
Collection: org ANP ark 
Tribute to: Durniok, Manfred 
 

Mama, if you play

that you are the mother, then --


I can be the child.


Mama, als jij speeltMama, wenn du spielst,
dat je de moeder bent, dan --dass du die Mutter bist, dann --

kan ik het kind zijn.kann ich das Kind sein.

Poem H2514
Amsterdam, 2019-06-29
Authority (Esther Gerritsen) - 2019
Column "Autoriteit" (VPRO-gids #26, 2019)
Collection: Specialities
Tribute to: Gerritsen, Esther 
 

Zywa The asking animal

If only the little animal could
understand everything
no questions unanswered
when it dies

It does not live long enough
and flying is the time
of hundred wonderful times
of playing to die, the time

of asking again and again why
thus, this or that, and how
curiously cutting and pasting
knowledge, screaming

and throwing away angrily
lying down exhausted
and cry, but still
starting over once more

rearrange or discard
the half answers
and go looking
for new data

always ask another question
principally blind
full of confidence
that there will be an answer

Poem 2059
Amsterdam, 2019-01-26
Collection: I am
 

Zywa For later

Puss plays puma and we
imitate the adults, lug
dress-up trunks and a bag
of stuff to be saved for later

to the bushes, for the party
With lots of ditchbeer and sand
pastries, carrots, lemonade
and old-fashioned fun

Uncle Francis flirts with the girls
The baker laughs at his jokes
Mama is the boss at the bar and
the neighbours comment

After three rounds it's really bedtime
for the little ones: just wait
until you're grown up, then you may
party as often as you like

Poem 1158
Amsterdam, 2017-03-08
Collection: Webgarden
 

With their breadcrumb hands

children taste the cake of sand --


with a little sea.


Met paneerhandenDie Kinder kosten
proeven kinderen de taart --den frischen Kuchen aus Sand --

van zand en wat zee.und ein wenig Meer.

Poem H0352
Amsterdam, 2012-09-14
Collection: Metamorphic body
 

 

 
Playing
Beek (Berg en Dal), 1966-08-05
Bambino
Collection: Photo's 1966
 

 

 
Playing
Beek (Berg en Dal), 1966-03-19
Paul J
Collection: Photo's 1966
Dedicated to: Paul J 
 

 

 
Playing
Beek (Berg en Dal), 1965-12-28
Railway modelling
Collection: Photo's 1965
 

 

 
Scouts
Maas, 1965-08-10
Nico V, x, Hans L, Jacques E
Collection: Photo's 1965
 

 

 
Scouts
Maas, 1965-08-10
Hans L, Jacques E, x, Nico V
Collection: Photo's 1965
 

 

 
Play
Tilburg, 1963-08-01
Ineke and Paul J
Collection: Photo's 1963
 

 

 
Play
Tilburg, 1963-08-01
Spectators
Collection: Photo's 1963
 

 

 
Scouts
Tilburg, 1962-04-00
Paul J (cub scout)
Collection: Photo's 1962
 

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