The more you enjoy

yourself in bed, the more it --


is a fantasy.


Hoe meer je genietJe mehr Spaß man im
in bed, hoe meer dat gevoel --Bett hat, desto mehr ist das --

een fantasie is.eine Fantasie.

Poem H6362
Amsterdam, 2026-07-21
The lost daughter (Elena Ferrante) - 2006
Novel "La figlia oscura" (translated in 2008), chapter 19
Collection: Dream flight
Tribute to: Ferrante, Elena 
 

There is no anchor-

age in the deep oceans of --


knowledge and pleasure.


Er is geen anker-Gar kein Ankerplatz
plaats in de diepzeeën van --in den Meeren des Wissens --

kennis en genot.und des Genusses.

Poem H5989
Amsterdam, 2025-10-27
Fear and Trembling (Johannes de Silentio)
The ortolan (Maarten 't Hart) - 1843

Treatise "Frygt og Bæven" ("Fear and Trembling", 1843, Johannes de Silentio [Søren Kierkegaard])
Novella "De ortolaan" ("The ortolan", 1984, Maarten 't Hart), chapter 2. Crawl-through rhythm

Collection: The Note Tree
Tribute to: T Hart, Maarten; Kierkegaard, Søren 
 

Disco Dip Ice Creams:

I see them enjoying it --


and I enjoy that!


Discodip-ijsjes:Discodip-Eiskrem:
ik zie hen genieten en --sie genießen es, deshalb --

daar geniet ik van!genieße ich auch!

Poem H5844
Amsterdam, 2025-08-18
With a photo of Lotte and Michi W

Lotte and Michi

Collection: Local tardiness
Dedicated to: Pieter W 
 

Pleasures take their toll,

at the doctor, the dentist --


and the tax office.


Genoegens eisenDie Freuden fordern
hun tol, bij de tandarts en --ihren Tribut, beim Zahnarzt --

de belastingdienst.und beim Finanzamt.

Poem H4867
Amsterdam, 2024-08-22
The Black Prince (Iris Murdoch) - 1973
Comical novel, Bradley Pearson's foreword
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris 
 

Zywa Immortality

Hair turned white from worries
right away, shrinking
for fear and a pinkish skin
on light feet when being in love:

transformations
are very normal
even the blissful body
after a jar of mead

that divine food
which unmistakably pours
immortality in all cells
with everyone who drinks it

the gold, searched in vain
of which the powers
and alchemists dreamed -
forgotten by almost everyone

after - the pious redemption
of the soul, the plagues
of prosperity and the brewing
with yeast, gale and hops

Poem 4759
Amsterdam, 2022-10-26
Tej (honey wine, mead)
Nectar/Ambrosia/Amrita = "immortality"-food

Collection: Secrets & Believers
 

The whiplashes pop

my bare buttocks groaning red --


insatiable red.


Zweepslagen knallenDie Peitschen knallen
blote billen kreunend rood --bloßes Gesäß stöhnend rot --

Onverzadigbaar.unersättlich rot.

Poem H3198
Amsterdam, 2022-02-12
Breathing _ Choir : [ VxUxS ] (Branimir Štivi?) - 2022
Livecoding performance, February 12th, 2022, in the Organpark
Collection: ORG anp ark 
Composer: Stivic, Branimir 
 

Come and drink with me

while the peaches are blooming --


they'll be bare next day.


Kom met me drinkenKomm, trink mit mir, jetzt
nu de perziken bloeien --wo die Pfirsiche blühen --

morgen zijn ze kaal!morgen sind sie kahl.

Poem H2794
Amsterdam, 2020-10-08
Here in the Huayang Temple (Juyi Bai) - 806
Invitation to remonstrator (critic) Li Liu
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: Bai, Juyi 
 

Zywa Real pleasures

In slow motion, I make silly faces
together they look normal
I wind myself back

and forth, enlarge me
and watch me close to the skin:
I look real

whatever hat I wear
whatever my wishes are
underneath it

In the dark, I feel inside me
for who I am, listening
to my body

which is difficult to understand
It wants to eat and enjoy
fondling, yes it wants to

enjoy music and attention
and the knowledge
to be needed, admired

it wants to surrender
to someone, to real
pleasures that are seen

Poem 2043
Amsterdam, 2019-01-21
Collection: The climbing house
 

Let our goblets glow

up with the light of the wine --


that will make us shine.


Schenk de bekers volFülle die Becher
gloed van het licht van de wijn --mit dem Lichtschein des Weines --

waardoor wij stralen.durch den wir leuchten.

Poem H2272
Airplane Amsterdam-Marseille, 2018-09-14
Up-kindle our cups with the light of wine (Hafez) - 1350
Ghazal (Ode) 11
Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Hafez 
 

I finished eating,

do I wish to remember --


the delicious taste?


Ik heb gegeten,Jetzt, nach dem Essen
wil ik me herinneren --möchte ich mich erinnern --

hoe lekker het was?wie lecker es war?

Poem H2151
Amsterdam, 2018-05-27
Collection: WoofWoof
 

After school, running

across the street the fastest --


straight to the sweetshop.


Na school om het hardstNach der Schule schnell
rennen naar de overkant --auf die andere Seite:

het snoepwinkeltje.Süßwarenladen.

Poem H1052
Amsterdam, 2014-11-16
Collection: Mosaic virus
 

As a baby, I

had a lot of fun falling --


into daddy's hands.


Als baby viel ikViel Spaß machte es
met veel plezier, keer op keer --mir als Baby, zu fallen --

in papa's handen.in Papas Händen.

Poem H0561
Amsterdam, 2013-08-21
Collection: Metamorphic body
Dedicated to: Madelief dK 
 

So tasty, the smell

of steaming bread, freshly baked --


while I was sleeping.


Zo lekker, de geurHerrlich, der Geruch
van broden, vers gebakken --von Brot, ganz frisch gebacken --

terwijl ik nog sliep.während ich noch schlief.

Poem H0065
Amsterdam, 2011-12-14
Collection: Bruises
 

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