I leave the graveyard

with a crooked back, because --


pride will be punished.


Het kerkhof verlaatIch verlasse den
ik met een kromme rug, want --Friedhof mit krummem Rücken --

hoogmoed wordt gestraft.denn Stolz wird bestraft.

Poem S2648
Amsterdam, 2025-04-28
The warmth fortress (Lucas Rijneveld) - 2022
Childhood memories "Het warmtefort", chapter De gladneuzen (The simple nosed bats)
Collection: Germ Substance
Tribute to: Rijneveld, Lucas 
 

A person who boasts

of a quality, wishes --


to receive it, right?


Als je je beroemtWenn man sich einer
op een eigenschap, wens je --Eigenschaft rühmt, möchte man --

die te ontvangen.sie auch erhalten.

Poem S1936
Amsterdam, 2023-09-30
The happy hunting grounds (Nanne Tepper) - 1995
Novel "De eeuwige jachtvelden" (English edition 1999), letter from mother to Victor (Third book, "Rotterdam May 1990")
Collection: The Note Tree
Tribute to: Tepper, Nanne 
 

A lot of people

think they deserve a heaven --


They are know-it-all's.


Veel mensen denkenViele denken, sie
een hemel te verdienen --verdienen einen Himmel --

Ze zijn betweters.Die Besserwisser.

Poem S1884
Amsterdam, 2023-08-25
Collection: A Home
 

The tall man is dressed

in nothing, nothing but ties --


so superior!


De man is gekleedDer baumlange Mann
in niets, niets dan stropdassen --trägt nichts, nichts als Krawatten --

zo superieur!so überlegen!

Poem S1601
Amsterdam, 2022-12-18
Gires Kanda in Kinshasa (Kris Pannecoucke) - 2022
Gires Kanda in a suit of ties, Kinshasa 2022 (photo Kris Pannecoucke)
Collection: The climbing house
Tribute to: Pannecoucke, Kris; Kanda, Gires 
 

They like to believe

in a forged past history --


and make it legal.


Ze geloven graagSie glauben gerne
in een vervalst verleden --an gefälschten Geschichten --

en wettigen dat.machen sie legal.

Poem S1393
Amsterdam, 2022-04-10
For example Israel, Russia, China
Collection: The Praised One
 

Zywa ¡No pasarán!

1990: blemished
was our holy land
by half a million unbelievers
to teach the neighbours a lesson

2001: we wash ourselves
with the blood of fifteen
martyrs in the heavenly fire
high above their city

2019: it may never, ever
happen again, foreign soldiers
in our country, only their weapons
we want - here is the money

Again the bell rings
that nobody wants to hear
We are crossing our borders
and nobody can control us

Poem 2380
Amsterdam, 2019-07-30
More American soldiers in Saudi-Arabia (2019)
¡No pasarán! = "They shall not pass"

Collection: On living on [2]
 

Zywa Eleven

To live under His flag
and to hoist His flag
everywhere, is not enough

White or green
letters are not enough
they must be written in red –

in your heart, so much greater
than words is His Power
greater than the greatest

country, greater than faithless prayers
and skyscrapers of mirror skin
that collapse and shatter

Oh devilish trap
of reciprocity
pride for pride

to think to be His servants
and to share in the Greatness
that surpasses everyone

Poem 2018
Amsterdam, 2019-01-07
"Nine Eleven"
The flags of Afghanistan, Iran and Irak

Collection: Short Sermons
 

I wanna go, come

up with the ruse I could have --


invented myself.


Ik wil weg, verzinIch möchte raus, schnell
gauw de list die ik zelf had --die List, die ich selbst hätte --

kunnen bedenken.erfinden können.

Poem S0456
Amsterdam, 2017-01-05
Sir Bumble and Friend Foe (Marten Toonder) - 1953
Comic strip #51 - "Heer Bommel en Vriend Vijand" (tiers 1730-1796), tier 1794
Collection: Puss & Lord
Tribute to: Toonder, Marten 
 

Peacocks
are born with feathers and a crown
Peacocks
I too am special

I am proud of myself :
I am not haughty
 

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