At most I myself

catch what I mean, with you it's --


misunderstandings.


Hoogstens ikzelf snapHöchstens ich versteh,
wat ik bedoel, met jou zijn --was ich meine, mit dir sind's --
het misverstanden.Missverständnisse.

Poem S2105
Amsterdam, 2024-01-22
Outsiders (Renate Dorrestein) - 1983
Novel "Buitenstaanders", § 1
Collection: Old sore
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate 
 

Can people be smart

enough to truly judge --


whether they believe?


Zijn mensen wel slimSind die Menschen schlau
genoeg om vast te stellen --genug, um zu verstehen --
of ze geloven?ob sie echt glauben?

Poem S1648
Amsterdam, 2023-01-27
Days like grass (Jens Christian Grøndahl) - 2020
Piety
Story "Dage som græs" (collection "Dage som græs")

Collection: Thinkles Lusionless
Tribute to: Grøndahl, Jens Christian 
 

Zywa Empty face

My vision is horizontal
up to 250 degrees
an open visor

of the wide world and all
of myself, except
what is most me: my face

so I have only a faint idea
of who people see
when they see me

Their reactions are familiar to me
yes, I am who I am
but a stranger to myself

and as time goes by
I am less and less
my inner image

Poem 4756
Amsterdam, 2022-10-24
Collection: I am
 

Well, what can I say

about myself? Not so much --


as about my chair.


Wat kan ik zeggenWas kann ich sagen
over mijzelf? Niet zoveel --über mich selbst? Nicht so viel --
als over mijn stoel.wie über den Stuhl.

Poem S0569
Amsterdam, 2017-11-18
Third Octave Booklet (Franz Kafka) - 1917
Dritte Oktavheft - October 19th, 1917
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: Kafka, Franz 
 

In the double-pane

window I see a shadow --


of me on my back.


In het dubbelglasIm Doppelfenster
zie ik een schim van mezelf --gibt's einen Schatten von mir --
op mijn eigen rug.auf meinem Rücken.

Poem H0531
Amsterdam, 2013-08-07
Collection: Life line 
 

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