I cry tears for you,

your lies, I set them on fire --


Our love is burning.


Tranen om jou, jouwTränen für deine
leugens, ik steek ze in brand --Lügen, ich zünde sie an --

Onze liefde brandt.Unsre Liebe brennt.

Poem H5921
Amsterdam, 2025-09-02
Set Fire to the Rain (Fraser T. Smith / Adele) - 2011
Song, album "21"
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2010-2019
Tribute to: Smith, Fraser T.; Adele 
 

After crying out

in my own arm I get up --


and rebuild the world.


Na het uithuilenNach dem Ausweinen
sta ik op en dan bouw ik --stehe ich auf und baue --

de wereld weer op.die Welt wieder auf.

Poem H5793
Amsterdam, 2025-08-06
A baneling (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Een banneling", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", 1994, Frida Vogels, part VII [Acquiescence]), in "Diary 1966-1967" (2009), and in the autobiography "In den vreemde - Kronieken" ("In foreign parts - Chronicles", 2024, Frida Vogels), chapter 'Een vriendin in Rome' (A friend a Rome) - August 30th, 1966, Bologna
Collection: Self-portraits
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

He prepares himself

right after the funeral --


for the next losses.


Vroom bereidt hij zichNach der Bestattung
na de rouwdienst voor op het --bereitet er sich vor, auf --

volgende verlies.den nächsten Verlust.

Poem S2367
De Koog, 2024-09-20
Requiem for a friend (Han Voskuil) - 2002
Novel "Requiem voor een vriend", chapter 1951-1956, August 7th, 1954 - Amsterdam, the wife of Jan Bruggeman ('Breugelman') tells
Piety

Collection: Elude
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han 
 

Teardrop diamonds,

frozen on my eyelashes:


beautiful sadness.


Traandiamanten,Diamanttränen,
bevroren op mijn wimpers:gefroren auf den Wimpern:

schitterend verdriet.schöne Traurigkeit.

Poem H4299
Amsterdam, 2023-11-23
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie) - 1981
Novel, chapter 1-1 "The perforated sheet"
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

Dishes and laundry,

Mama dead in bed, Mama --


who was always there.


De vaat en de was,Geschirr und Wäsche,
mama dood op bed, mama --Mama tot im Bett, Mama --

die er altijd was.die immer da war.

Poem H4234
Amsterdam, 2023-10-19
Nocturne (Louise Glück) - 2013
Poem, published in "Poetry" (December 2013) and in the collection "Faithful and Virtuous Nigh" (2014)
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Glück, Louise 
 

I think of us and

digest our love into some-


thing invisible.


Ik denk nog aan onsIch denke an uns
en verteer onze liefde --und verzehr unser Glück, bis --

tot iets onzichtbaars.es unsichtbar wird.

Poem H4029
Amsterdam, 2023-08-11
writing retreat (Antjie Krog) - 2022
Poem (collection "Plunder" ["Pillage"])
Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2020-2029
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie 
 

I sweep up the shards

of my feelings, it's more soul --


than I expected.


De gevoelsschervenDie Gefühlsscherben
veeg ik op, het is meer ziel --fege ich weg: mehr Seele --

dan ik verwachtte.als ich mir dachte.

Poem H3460
Amsterdam, 2022-09-22
44 (Herman de Coninck) - 1991
Poem (collection "Enkelvoud")
Collection: Shortages
Tribute to: De Coninck, Herman 
 

It is printed now,

as pure art: the sorrow, mine --


everyone's, isn't it?


Nu staat het gedruktJetzt ist's pure Kunst,
als pure kunst: mijn verdriet --gedruckte Trauer: von mir --

ieders verdriet, toch?von allen, oder?

Poem H3458
Amsterdam, 2022-09-20
The Sorrow of Belgium (Hugo Claus) - 1983
Novel "Het verdriet van België"
"Art brut" ("Outsider art" / "Raw art" / "Pure art")

Collection: Over
Tribute to: Claus, Hugo 
 

When my sorrow broke,

I bought a pack of old grief --


Now I'm a poet.


Toen mijn verdriet brakAls mein Kummer brach,
kocht ik een pakje oud leed --kaufte ich ein altes Leid --

Zo werd ik dichter.wurde ein Dichter.

Poem H3207
Amsterdam, 2022-02-21
How I became a poet (Ghayath Almadhoun) - 2014
Poem (collection "Weg van Damascus")
Collection: WriteWiser signage 
Tribute to: Almadhoun, Ghayath 
 

You can lean your head

full of tears upon me, then --


it becomes lighter.


Leun rustig jouw hoofdStütze deinen Kopf
vol tranen op mijn schouder --voller Tränen doch auf mich --

dan wordt het lichter.dann wird es leichter.

Poem H2974
Amsterdam, 2021-06-26
What you have to do if your mother cries (Edward van de Vendel) - 2019
Poem "Wat je moet doen als je moeder huilt" (collection "Wat je moet doen als je over een nijlpaard struikelt")
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: Van De Vendel, Edward 
 

I finished crying:

I'm out of tears, finally --


it is time to laugh.


Ik ben uitgehuild:Ich hab ausgeweint:
geen tranen meer, eindelijk --keine Tränen mehr, endlich --

tijd om te lachen.ist's Zeit zu lachen.

Poem H2582
Amsterdam, 2019-10-14
What's in an Apple? (Amos Oz) - 2018
Conversations with Shira Hadad
Collection: Finethreads
Tribute to: Oz, Amos 
 

You can't decide yet,

between your tears and the shards:


do you want my love?


Jij weet het nog niet,Du weißt es noch nicht
tussen tranen en scherven:zwischen Tränen und Scherben:

wil je al liefde?willst du schon Liebe?

Poem H2484
Vlissingen, 2019-06-06
Make you feel my love (Bob Dylan) - 1997
Song (album "Time Out of Mind"), in 1997 also sung by Billy Joel and in 2008 by Adele
Collection: Great Flow 
Tribute to: Dylan, Bob; Adele 
 

Above my sadness,

swallows are swiftly winging --


in the laughing winds.


Boven mijn verdrietDie Schwalben schwenken
zwenken zwaluwen gezwind --im lachenden Wind über --

in lachende wind.meine Traurigkeit.

Poem H2433
Amsterdam, 2019-04-14
Donna Donna (Joan Baez) - 1960
Song
Collection: SoulSenseSun
 

Zywa And the sadness dies

In my heart, mi corazón
the musicians kill
with love songs full of sunshine
my sadness, muere la desazón

With closed eyes are we dancing
in marble luxury
under an ornate ceiling
busts looking down on us

Someone takes my hand
and makes me spin around
my soul sails up
and shakes off its tears

stretching out its arms
like a sun-peacock
My belly shines, big
is my heart, mi corazón

Poem 1222
Amsterdam, 2017-03-14
Musica llanera ("Music of the plain", in this case 'Los Llanos' ['The Plains'] in Venezuela) performed in the Museum of the Tropics in Amsterdam on March 21st, 2009
Collection: New Ago
 

Zywa Not

I came across you, didn't say hello
walked past and didn't look back
but what this seems to be, it is not

Your desires do not rhyme
with my sadness, not with your
reasons and those I do not believe

Tears are not my love
not my future, without you
an other way is not possible

Poem 1189
Amsterdam, 2017-03-11
Short version of poem 1188. I'll never sway (March 11th 2017)
Collection: Untwisted
 

Zywa Smell of vomit

Symphony on the border
of life at the presence
of the Present One

Broken, after a few hours
on the hard pew
The smell of vomit

a woman carried away
a purgatory and the madness
of the devil before her eyes

He's dancing stomping wildly
like a bear around her
Touch me, destroy me

all my memories
of him, wipe me out
the endless hell of his love

for someone else

Poem 1128
Amsterdam, 2017-03-05
Completion of Mahler's 10th symphony by Yoel Gamzou, Berlin September 5th, 2010
Collection: Froend
Composers: Mahler, Gustav; Gamzou, Yoel 
 

You are gone; poorly

I laugh, learning from sadness --


that it's pliable.


Jij bent weg; schamelDu bist weg; schäbig
lach ik, van verdriet leer ik --lache ich, und ich lerne:

dat het buigzaam is.Kummer ist beugsam.

Poem H0731
Amsterdam, 2014-02-04
I'll come back to you (Hans Lodeizen) - 1949
Poem "ik zal bij je terugkomen"
Collection: Moist glow
Tribute to: Lodeizen, Hans 
 

I weep rivers and

let myself drift on sorrow --


along barren banks.


Ik huil rivieren,Ich weine Flüsse,
laat me drijven op verdriet --treibe auf meinem Kummer --

langs kale oevers.an kargen Ufern.

Poem H0523
Amsterdam, 2013-07-29
Collection: Pending rain
 

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