| Why not believe in | |
| me, even though you too were -- | |
| created by me? | |
| Waarom geloof jij | Warum glaubst du nicht |
| niet in mij, terwijl ik ook -- | an mich, wo ich dich doch auch -- |
| jou geschapen heb? | erschaffen habe? |
Amsterdam, 2026-03-18
Out of the world (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 1998
Novel "Ute av verden" (translated 2023), part 3, chapter 3 - August 25th, 1985, Tveit (near Kristiansand)
Collection: Leaving
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| Is God hiding in | |
| untraceable places? Deep -- | |
| in everyone's heart? | |
| Heeft God zich verstopt | Verbirgt sich Gott an |
| op een onvindbare plaats? | geheimen Orten? Tief in -- |
| Diep in ieders hart? | unseren Herzen? |
Amsterdam, 2025-12-06
Coming home (Sister Zoë) - 2025
Column "Thuiskomen", in the church magazine 'Geloven in West' of the Roman Catholic parish of Emmaus (year 12, #5, 2025-2026)
Collection: Unseen
Tribute to: Zuster Zoë
| Some non-believers | |
| don't find it so difficult: | |
| there is one Gollah! | |
| Ongelovigen | Nur Ungläubige |
| vinden het niet zo moeilijk: | finden es nicht so schwer: es -- |
| er is één Gollah! | gibt éinen Gollah! |
Amsterdam, 2024-11-24
Van Kooten en De Bie - 1986
Relisingers "The Positivos" promote the 'Chrislam' of 'Gollah' (March 16th, 1986, in the TV-show "Van Kooten en De Bie")
Collection: Thinkles Lusionless
Tribute to: Van Kooten, Kees; De Bie, Wim
| The gods think they are | |
| the elite, but popular -- | |
| is their behaviour. | |
| De goden wanen | Götter sehen sich |
| zich de elite te zijn -- | als Elite, verhalten -- |
| Volks is hun gedrag. | sich aber als Volk. |
De Koog, 2024-09-20
Requiem for a friend (Han Voskuil) - 2002
Novel "Requiem voor een vriend", chapter 1951-1956, September 16th, 1954 - Amsterdam, Han Voskuil
Collection: Elude
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
| Gods do not exist, | |
| perhaps later, when people -- | |
| become gods themselves. | |
| Goden bestaan niet, | Götter gibt es nicht, |
| later misschien, als mensen -- | vielleicht später, wenn Menschen -- |
| zelf goden worden. | selbst Götter werden. |
Amsterdam, 2024-09-01
The Message to the Planet (Iris Murdoch) - 1989
Novel, part Three - Is divinity the enlightenment that you understand the essence of the existing?
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| A Divine Spirit, | |
| I can believe in that, but -- | |
| God does not need me. | |
| Een Heilige Geest, | Ein Göttlicher Geist, |
| daar geloof ik in, maar God -- | daran glaube ich schon, Gott -- |
| heeft mij niet nodig. | aber braucht mich nicht. |
Amsterdam, 2024-09-01
The Message to the Planet (Iris Murdoch) - 1989
Novel, part Three
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| We have grown old, but | |
| I am still alive and God -- | |
| has already died. | |
| God is met mij oud | Gott ist mit mir alt |
| geworden, maar ik leef nog -- | geworden, ich lebe noch -- |
| en Hij is al dood. | Er ist bereits tot. |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-10
The Servants and the Snow (Iris Murdoch) - 1970
Play, Act Two
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| God remains unseen, | |
| He disguises himself to -- | |
| do the things He does. | |
| God blijft ongezien, | Gott bleibt unbemerkt, |
| Hij vermomt zich om alles -- | er vermummt sich, um alles -- |
| te doen wat Hij doet. | zu tun, was Er tut. |
Amsterdam, 2024-07-22
The Dream of Poliphilus (Francesco Colonna) - 1499
Story "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili" ("Poliphilo's Strife of Love in a Dream"), first book, chapter 10 - About queen/goddess Telosia
quáta & quale sia la bellecia sua ad gli homini, perche nó lice, ne permesso e ad gli ochii corporali di ua formositate debbi apparere, et per cusi facta regione cæco perita lo effecto del succello suo
Collection: Unseen
Tribute to: Colonna, Francesco
| Oops, once invented, | |
| a god is inherently -- | |
| indestructible. | |
| Oei, eenmaal bedacht | Einmal erfunden, |
| is een god in aanleg ook -- | ist ein Gott von Natur aus -- |
| onvernietigbaar. | auch unzerstörbar. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-23
The Enchantress of Florence (Salman Rushdie) - 2008
Novel, part 1, chapter 6
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| All religions are | |
| certainly right: the other -- | |
| gods do not exist. | |
| Alle godsdiensten | Religionen |
| hebben gelijk: andere -- | wissen: andere Götter -- |
| goden bestaan niet. | existieren nicht. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-22
The Enchantress of Florence (Salman Rushdie) - 2008
Novel, part 1, chapter 4 - The logic of atheism
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| Saying, god wants one | |
| religion you know nothing -- | |
| of divinity. | |
| Wie zegt dat god één | Wer sagt, Gott will nur |
| soort godsdienst wil, begrijpt niets -- | eine Religion, weiß nichts -- |
| van goddelijkheid. | von der Göttlichkeit. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-13
Victory City (Salman Rushdie) - 2023
Novel "Victory City" [Vijayanagar >> Bisnaga, based on Fatehpur Sikri ('Victory City', near Agra), the capital of Emperor Abdul-Fath Jalaluddin 'Akbar' (= 'the Great' >> 'Akbar the Great')], part 2 Exile, chapter 11
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| The Chrislam movement | |
| agrees only about God -- | |
| not about people. | |
| Alleen over God | Chrislam einigt sich |
| is de Chrislam het eens, niet -- | nur über Gott, nicht aber -- |
| over de mensen. | über die Menschen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-06-04
The Hammer of God (Arthur C. Clarke) - 1992
Short story
Chrislam: Religious movements in southwestern Nigeria, especially in the 1970s
Collection: Human excess
Tribute to: Clarke, Arthur C
| Whot is: what God is, | |
| it can be all or nothing -- | |
| woop, whoosh, wine and swing. | |
| WAT is: wat God is, | Trott ist: was Gott ist, |
| het kan alles of niets zijn -- | es kann alles und nichts sein -- |
| woep, woed, wulp en wijn. | Whup, Wut, Wisch und Wein. |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-30
Prayer to Whot (Erik Bindervoet) - 2023
Theatre text "Gebed tot Wot" (collection "over het werkelijkheidsgehalte van de werkelijkheid"), for the dance recital "Cabaret deconstruit" (2023, LeineRoebana)
Collection: Glimpsed
Tribute to: Bindervoet, Erik
| Is God's name simply: | |
| breath, just the sound of my breath -- | |
| the sound of all life? | |
| Is Gods naam: adem, | Ist Gottes Name: |
| het geluid van mijn adem -- | Atem, Klang meines Atems -- |
| van alle leven? | Klang allen Lebens? |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-22
Breath of Life (Inge Louisa) - 2024
Composition, after Richard Rohr (2009 book "The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See"), performed by Cristina Petcu (panflute) and Inge Louisa (harp) at Cristina Petcu's Final Master Recital in the Organpark on May 22nd, 2024
JHWH (Jahweh)
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Inge Louisa
| Take a deep breath, aaah, | |
| and exhale very slowly, | |
| eeeh: yaaah weeeh, yaaah weeeh. | |
| Adem diep in, aaah, | Atem tief ein, aaah, |
| en adem heel langzaam uit, | und atme ganz langsam aus, |
| eeeh: jaaah weeeh, jaaah weeeh. | eeeh: jaaah weeeh, jaaah weeeh. |
Amsterdam, 2024-05-22
Breath of Life (Inge Louisa) - 2024
Beginning of the composition based on the song Hava Nagila, performed by Cristina Petcu (panflute) and Inge Louisa (harp) at Cristina Petcu's Final Master Recital in the Organpark on May 22nd, 2024
JHWH (Jahweh)
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Inge Louisa
| The animals, we, | |
| present in Becoming-Time -- | |
| God is Being-Time. | |
| Mensen en dieren | Menschen und Tiere |
| leven in Wordende Tijd -- | leben in Werdender Zeit -- |
| God is Zijnde Tijd. | Gott ist Alle Zeit. |
Amsterdam, 2024-03-19
Two Years Eight Months & Twenty-Eight Nights (Salman Rushdie) - 2015
Novel "Two Years Eight Months & Twenty-Eight Nights" (which is 1001 nights), chapter 8 "In Which the Tide Begins to Turn"
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| Then, Adam and Eve | |
| invented god and soon he -- | |
| was superior. | |
| Adam en Eva | Adam und Eva |
| bedachten god en al gauw -- | erfanden Gott und bald war -- |
| was die hen de baas. | er überlegen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-03-13
Two Years Eight Months & Twenty-Eight Nights (Salman Rushdie) - 2015
Novel "Two Years Eight Months & Twenty-Eight Nights" (which is 1001 nights), chapter 4 "The Strangenessses"
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
|
If you call the beginning of the universe |
Amsterdam, 2024-03-07
Abba is the familiar address of your father: dad. Jesus was divine, and therefore addressed God as 'Dad'; After all, he was Dad's son, that is 'bar-abba', translated into Greek that is: Barabbas. Jesus the Anointed (Christ) was therefore also given the title Barabbas (Dad's son).
Mark wrote the oldest Gospel and used that title in 15:7 without Jesus' name, so as not to provoke the Romans. To the believers it was clear anyway; the title could only have meant Jesus. In some manuscripts of the later written Gospel of Matthew does verse 27:17 not say: "Jesus or Barabbas", but: "Jesus Barabbas", because that was no longer dangerous under Roman rule.
Collection: The King
| God must be sky blue, | |
| then there will be no problems -- | |
| will be white nor black. | |
| God is hemelsblauw, | Gott ist himmelblau, |
| dan zijn er geen problemen -- | dann gibt's keine Probleme -- |
| is er wit noch zwart. | weder Weiß noch Schwarz. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-28
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie) - 1981
Novel, chapter 1-7 "Methwold"
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
|
I'm falling apart, believe me |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-20
What God wants (Roger Waters) - 1992
Song (album "Amused to Death")
Collection: Reaching out
Tribute to: Waters, Roger
| Inconceivable | |
| God is, creating the world -- | |
| without any act. | |
| Ondoorgrondelijk | Unergründlich |
| is God, Hij schiep de wereld -- | ist Gott, Er erschuf die Welt -- |
| zonder iets te doen. | ohne zu handeln. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-17
Desolation Angels (Jack Kerouac) - 1965
Book, chapter 1-2-89, written 1956
Collection: MistI
Tribute to: Kerouac, Jack
| The Empty Forms of | |
| the world are the palpable -- | |
| consciousness of God. | |
| De Lege Vormen | Die leeren Formen |
| van alles: het tastbare -- | der Welt sind das greifbare -- |
| bewustzijn van God. | Bewusstsein Gottes. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-14
Desolation Angels (Jack Kerouac) - 1965
Book, chapter 1-1-34, written 1956, and 2-2-49, written 1961 (Jack Kerouac spends two months in de lookout shack on Desolation Peak, near Ross Lake in Washington State)
Collection: MistI
Tribute to: Kerouac, Jack
| God is like a sound, | |
| He's everywhere, wherever -- | |
| there is space, He sounds. | |
| God is een geluid | Gott ist wie ein Klang, |
| dat overal komt, klinkend -- | Er ist überall, erklingt -- |
| waar er ruimte is. | dort, wo es Raum gibt. |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-11
A Change of tongue (Antjie Krog) - 2003
"La Caravane de la Poésie" in 1999 - Tuareg poet Eraf Hawad speaks about the nomadic way of life
Tale, part 5, A journey (Day One)
Collection: Held True
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
| I prefer a god | |
| of clay and pebbles to one -- | |
| of guilt and penance. | |
| Liever een god van | Besser ein Gott aus |
| aarde en stenen dan een -- | Ton und Steinen als einer -- |
| van schuld en boete. | der Schuld und Sühne. |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-08
A Change of tongue (Antjie Krog) - 2003
Tale, part 1 § 6, "Chapter six"
Collection: May the Might
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
| God is different, | |
| He is incorrigible -- | |
| if He explains that. | |
| God is zo anders, | Gott ist so anders, |
| Hij is onverbeterlijk -- | er ist unverbesserlich -- |
| mits Hij dat uitlegt. | wenn Er das erklärt. |
Amsterdam, 2023-08-30
The waiter and the living (Simon Vestdijk) - 1949
Novel "De kellner en de levenden", chapter VIII. Rehearsals (continuation)
Collection: Inmost [2]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon
| Wait for a new age, | |
| when there will appear new priests -- | |
| to reinvent God. | |
| In een nieuwe tijd | In einer neuen |
| zullen nieuwe priesters God -- | Zeit werden neue Priester -- |
| opnieuw uitvinden. | Gott neu erfinden. |
Amsterdam, 2023-07-07
The Good Apprentice (Iris Murdoch) - 1985
Novel, chapter 1, part 5
Collection: Longing and Loss
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
| Perhaps God exists, | |
| as a work in progress that -- | |
| we can't understand. | |
| Misschien bestaat God | Vielleicht existiert |
| wel, als een onbegrepen -- | Gott, als nicht verstandene -- |
| werk in uitvoering. | laufende Arbeit. |
Amsterdam, 2023-05-27
The Red Hand Files #11 (Nick Cave) - 2018
Weblog by Nick Cave: "Does God exist? Maybe, I dont know. Right now, God is a work in progress."
Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Cave, Nick
| God is a nuisance: | |
| He is constantly present -- | |
| but always sleeping. | |
| God geeft overlast: | Gott: ein Ärgernis, |
| Hij is altijd aanwezig -- | immer ist Er anwesend -- |
| en blijft maar slapen. | immer schläft er nur. |
Amsterdam, 2021-06-18
God among people (Toon Tellegen) - 2021
"God onder de mensen"
Collection: Thinkles Lusionless
Tribute to: Tellegen, Toon
| God is just God, so | |
| it does not matter to Him -- | |
| what people call Him. | |
| God is gewoon God, | Gott ist einfach Gott, |
| dus Hem maakt het echt niet uit -- | deshalb ist es Ihm egal -- |
| hoe Hij genoemd wordt. | wie Er genannt wird. |
Amsterdam, 2019-01-12
There was Pessoa whom I read when I was twenty (Tjitske Jansen) - 2007
Poem "Er was Pessoa die ik las toen ik twintig was" (collection "Koerikoeloem")
Collection: Unseen
Tribute to: Jansen, Tjitske
| The word God started | |
| everything, it is the word | |
| for all, for nothing. | |
| Het woord God is het | Alles begann mit |
| begin van alles, dit woord | dem Wort Gott, dem einen Wort |
| voor alles, voor niets. | für alles, für nichts. |
Amsterdam, 2018-02-06
The Bible for Nonbelievers - The Beginning. Genesis (Guus Kuijer) - 2012
De Bijbel voor ongelovigen - Het begin. Genesis - Adam
Collection: Chance
Tribute to: Kuijer, Guus
| I do hear God's voice, | |
| of course I can't behold Him -- | |
| because He's a Word. | |
| Ik hoor Gods stem wel, | Ich höre Gottes |
| maar zie Hem natuurlijk niet -- | Stimme, kann Ihn nicht sehen -- |
| want Hij is een Woord. | denn Er ist ein Wort. |
Amsterdam, 2018-02-06
The Bible for Nonbelievers - The Beginning. Genesis (Guus Kuijer) - 2012
De Bijbel voor ongelovigen - Het begin. Genesis - Adam
Collection: Chance
Tribute to: Kuijer, Guus
| Man came up with God: | |
| a strong word, a word inspired -- | |
| by God, it is claimed. | |
| De mens bedacht God: | Der Mensch erfand Gott: |
| een sterk woord, een ingeving -- | ein starkes Wort, inspiriert -- |
| van God, beweert men. | von Gott, sagen sie. |
Amsterdam, 2018-02-06
The Bible for Nonbelievers - The Beginning. Genesis (Guus Kuijer) - 2012
De Bijbel voor ongelovigen - Het begin. Genesis - Adam
Collection: Chance
Tribute to: Kuijer, Guus
| God is and was there | |
| before I imagined Him -- | |
| That makes sense, doesn't it? | |
| God bestaat en was | Gott existiert, schon |
| er al voor ik Hem bedacht -- | bevor ich Ihn ausdachte -- |
| Dat is toch logisch? | Das macht Sinn, oder? |
Amsterdam, 2018-02-06
The Bible for Nonbelievers - The Beginning. Genesis (Guus Kuijer) - 2012
De Bijbel voor ongelovigen - Het begin. Genesis - Adam
Collection: Chance
Tribute to: Kuijer, Guus
| You see: it's not good, | |
| but there's nothing you can do -- | |
| It is everywhere. | |
| Kijk, het is niet goed, | Es ist nicht gut, nun |
| maar er is niets aan te doen -- | ja, da kann man nichts machen -- |
| Het is overal. | Es ist überall. |
Amsterdam, 2017-12-21
It wasn't good. He saw it, every little thing He had created (Frida Vogels) - 2013
Verse "Het was niet goed. Hij zag het, ieder klein ding dat Hij geschapen had", published in "Diary 1974-1976" - January 26th, 1975, Bologna
Collection: Overwritten
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
|
Are there poems to rewrite |
Amsterdam, 2016-11-14
Collection: Summer birds
| The statues destroyed, | |
| temples without a roof, gods -- | |
| that are still alive. | |
| Vernielde beelden, | Statuen zerstört, |
| dakloze tempels, goden -- | Tempel ohne Dach, Götter -- |
| die bleven leven. | die weiter leben. |
Amsterdam, 2015-08-10
Ionic (Konstantinos Kaváfis) - 1911
Poem 029. "Ionikón"
Collection: Held True
Tribute to: Kaváfis, Konstantínos
