I sleep too little,

but too much during the hours --


that my child is awake.


Ik slaap te weinig,Ich schlafe wenig,
maar te veel in de uren --aber tatsächlich zu viel --

dat mijn kind op is.wenn mein Kind wach ist.

Poem S3133
Amsterdam, 2026-04-27
Night guide (Marjolijn van Heemstra) - 2025
Novel "Nachtgids", paragraph 4
Collection: Rasping ants
Tribute to: Van Heemstra, Marjolijn 
 

I couldn't sleep all night,

exhausted, I am staring --


into space today.


Ik kon niet slapen,Ich konnte wieder
uitgeput lig ik vandaag --nicht schlafen, starre heute --

omhoog te staren.erschöpft ins Leere.

Poem S2971
Amsterdam, 2025-09-19
Hey good morning, how are you? (Martina Hefter) - 2024
Novel "Hey guten Morgen, wie geht es dir?", chapter Zero
Collection: Here &Now&
Tribute to: Hefter, Martina 
 

I wake up. But hey!

Where did I sleep? Where am I? --


And today is when?


Ik word wakker. Hee!Ich wache auf. Hei!
Waar sliep ik? Waar ben ik nu? --Wo habe ich geschlafen? --

En wanneer is dat?Wo bin ich? Und wann?

Poem S2201
Amsterdam, 2024-05-23
Quichotte (Salman Rushdie) - 2019
Novel, part 2, chapter 9
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

I talk in my sleep,

I recorded it and then --


quickly erased it.


Ik praat in mijn slaap,Ich rede im Schlaf,
ik nam het op en meteen --ich hab es aufgenommen --

heb ik het gewist.und sofort gelöscht.

Poem H4616
Amsterdam, 2024-05-06
Shalimar the Clown (Salman Rushdie) - 2005
Novel, chapter India
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

Afternoon napping.

My thoughts are sneaking around --


on their downy toes.


Middagdoezeling.Nachtmittagsdösen.
Mijn gedachten sluipen rond --Meine Gedanken schleichen --

op hun dons-tenen.auf Strümpfen herum.

Poem H3815
Amsterdam, 2023-05-08
Collection: WoofWoof
 

People in the train,

sleeping, so much travel time --


makes the day too long.


Slapende mensenSchlafende Menschen
in de trein, zoveel reistijd --im Zug, so viel Reisezeit --

maakt de dag te lang.macht den Tag zu lang.

Poem S1726
Amsterdam, 2023-04-07
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (Haruki Murakami) - 2006
Collection of short stories (2006, Haruki Murakami
Animated film (2022, Pierre Földes)

Collection: Local traffic
Tribute to: Murakami, Haruki; Foldes, Pierre 
 

And another day

I stayed ahead of my death --


Now I have to sleep.


Ook vandaag ben ikAuch heute bin ich
mijn dood weer voorgebleven --meinem Tod vorgeblieben --

Nu moet ik slapen.Jetzt muss ich schlafen.

Poem H3700
Amsterdam, 2023-02-02
Shaft (Hans Groenewegen) - 2005
Poem "Schacht" (collection "en gingen uit sterven")
Collection: Thinkles Lusionless
Tribute to: Groenewegen, Hans 
 

There is no problem,

I don't have to lie awake --


from lying awake.


Rustig, ik hoef nietEs gibt kein Problem,
ervan wakker te liggen --ich muss gar nicht wach liegen --

dat ik wakker lig.weil ich wach liege.

Poem H3136
Amsterdam, 2021-12-01
Collection: Untwisted
 

Zywa Still slumbering

Still slumbering I let me
pull into the day
I hear, there is not much
exterior world yet
No twittering birds

no background noise
only the square of the window
on the curtain getting clearer
it shines through
my eyelids

I feel my feet
They are awake, I turn
around, my legs
don't want to
get out of bed yet

Poem 4147
Amsterdam, 2021-11-26
Generations around me (Celia Swart) - 2021
Composition "Generations around me", performed by recorder ensemble Brisk in the Organpark on November 25th, 2021
Collection: ORG anp ark 
Composer: Swart, Celia 
 

I feel my muscles

slacken, little animals --


all falling asleep.


Ik voel mijn spierenLeise erschlaffen
verslappen zoals dieren --meine Muskeln, wie Tiere --

die in slaap vallen.die in Schlaf fallen.

Poem H3122
Amsterdam, 2021-11-07
Under the Net (Iris Murdoch) - 1954
Novel
Collection: Stall
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris 
 

I lie asleep, freed

from myself; the wind gently --


caresses my skin.


Ik lig te slapen,Ich schlafe, befreit
van mezelf bevrijd; de wind --von mir selbst, der Wind streichelt --

streelt zachtjes mijn huid.meine Haut ganz sanft.

Poem H3104
Egmond aan Zee, 2021-10-28
Collection: Dearme
 

Do you know or not,

that you are sleeping sweetly --


lying in my lap?


Weet je het of niet,Weißt du es oder
dat je fijn ligt te slapen --nicht, dass du ganz schön und süß --

liggend in mijn schoot?in meinem Schoß schläfst?

Poem H1905
Amsterdam, 2017-12-17
Collection: Take a picture, now
 

A little chatter

outside, then it is quiet:


the birds' sleeping tree.


Even gekwetterKurzes Gezwitscher
in de tuin, dan is het stil:im Garten, dann ist es still:

de vogelslaapboom.der Vögelschlafbaum.

Poem H1761
Amsterdam, 2017-08-12
The hard core - 1 (Frida Vogels) - 1992
Autobiographical account "De harde kern" - 1, April 1968, Amsterdam
Collection: Between us
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

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