He has a present

and with a smile he opens --


his hand: a small shell.


Hij heeft een cadeauEr hat ein Geschenk
en opent met een lachje --und öffnet lächelnd seine --

zijn hand: een schelpje.Hand: eine Muschel.

Poem S2917
Amsterdam, 2025-08-24
He has nothing to show - after travelling so far (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Niets heeft hij te tonen - na zo ver", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part X [Father]), and in "Diary 1972-1973" (2012) - May 8th, 1972, Amsterdam
Collection: Overwritten
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

Unfortunately

none of my birthday guests know --


how to celebrate.


Verjaardag, helaasGeburtstag, leider
weet niemand van mijn gasten --weiß keiner meiner Gäste --

hoe je een feest viert.wie man ihn feiert.

Poem S2060
Amsterdam, 2023-12-23
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie) - 1981
Novel, chapter 2-6 "My tenth birthday"
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

Birthday in autumn,

in cold rains, far too early --


winter is coming.


Jarig in de herfst,Geburtstag im Herbst,
in koude regens, te vroeg --in kaltem Regen, zu früh --

wordt het al winter.kommt schon der Winter.

Poem S1964
Amsterdam, 2023-10-19
Collection: Pending rain
Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk 
 

You say 'Here it is',

'goodbye', and you go, away --


from the restaurant.


Je zegt 'Hier is het',Du sagst 'Hier ist es',
'tot ziens', en je steekt over --'tschüss', und du gehst weg, weg von --

weg van ons diner.unserem Diner.

Poem S1449
Amsterdam, 2022-07-05
Like it or not - Faxing to Ger #4 (Nicolien Mizee) - 2021
Diary-novel "Hoog en laag springen - Faxen aan Ger #4"
Collection: In the shadow
Tribute to: Mizee, Nicolien 
 

Zywa Sadness

Sometimes I feel I miss something:

the world of the book I finished
chances I seemed to have
unrealized plans

desires that do not pass
or my courage ducking
behind practical objections

Then I want a world of my own
to be special, or beautiful
with people who listen to me

but people don't do that
and that is sad, just as sad
as being common in common clothes

and being not so beautiful
obliged to live
in a not so beautiful world

Poem 2024
Amsterdam, 2019-01-11
Everything is illuminated (Jonathan Safran Foer) - 2002
Novel
Collection: PumicePieces
Tribute to: Safran Foer, Jonathan 
 

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