I wander around,

passing the same witnesses --


and you are nowhere.


Langs steeds dezelfdeIch komme nur an
getuigen dwaal ik hier rond --denselben Zeugen vorbei:

en jij bent nergens.du bist nirgendwo.

Poem S2807
Amsterdam, 2025-07-28
Endlessly tangled crisscross paths (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Eindeloos verwarde kriskraspaden", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part VI [Kees]), and in "Diary 1964-1965" (2008) - May 8th, 1964, Bologna
Collection: Self-portraits
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

Is home a prison,

where you are dreaming all-day --


of WorldWide Wonders?


Is thuis een kluis,Ist dein Zuhause
en droom je van de Wereld-eine Zelle und träumst du --

Wijde Wonderen?von Wundern WeltWeit?

Poem S1162
Amsterdam, 2021-04-24
Wand'rin' Star (Lee Marvin) - 1970
Song (musical movie "Paint Your Wagon", lyrics Alan Jay Lerner, 1951)
Planetes asteres = wandering stars, planets

Collection: Passage Passion
Tribute to: Marvin, Lee; Lerner, Alan Jay 
 

I can see myself,

from above: a dot, slowly --


moving to a goal?


Ik kan mezelf zien,Ich kann mich sehen,
van boven: een stip, langzaam --von oben: ein Punkt, langsam --

op weg naar een doel?gehe ich zum Ziel?

Poem H2923
Amsterdam, 2021-03-28
It melts (Lize Spit) - 2016
Novel "Het smelt", 10.30 am
Collection: Shelter
Tribute to: Spit, Lize 
 

It is uncertain

where you are, you just wander --


until this is clear.


Het is ongewisEs ist unbestimmt
waar je bent, je dwaalt maar rond --wo man ist, jeder wandert --

tot je dat beseft.bis ihm das klar ist.

Poem H2865
Amsterdam, 2020-12-21
Collection: Local traffic
 

All my space travels

are tragic, going so far --


and getting nowhere.


Mijn ruimtereizenMeine Raumfahrten
zijn tragisch, ik ga zo ver --sind tragisch, ich geh so weit --

en kom nergens aan.und komm nirgends hin.

Poem S1030
Amsterdam, 2020-06-14
Test pilot (Ingmar Heytze) - 2012
Poem "Testpiloot" (collection "Ademhalen onder de maan")
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Heytze, Ingmar 
 

No more drug journeys,

longing to return to Earth --


be somewhere again.


Geen drugsreizen meer,Zurück zur Erde,
terug willen naar de aarde --keine Drogenreisen mehr --

en weer ergens zijn.irgendwo da sein.

Poem S1031
Amsterdam, 2020-06-14
Test pilot (Ingmar Heytze) - 2012
Antipsychotics
Poem "Testpiloot" (collection "Ademhalen onder de maan")

Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Heytze, Ingmar 
 

On wrong tracks we are

walking around in riddles --


and that is the plan.


Over dwaalwegenÜber Irrwege
lopen we rond in raadsels --geh'n wir in Rätsel herum --

en dat is het plan.und das ist der Plan.

Poem H1636
Amsterdam, 2016-12-28
Sir Bumble and The Great Receiver (Marten Toonder) - 1977
Comic strip #157 - Heer Bommel en De Grote Onthaler (tiers 8727-8840, 8840A-8841, as a book 8915-10000), strook 8807
Collection: Puss & Lord
Tribute to: Toonder, Marten 
 

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With a seething hand, heaven shattered
the new city and the huge tower
The Hanging Gardens flew up

Chambers became airplanes
and carpets with set tables
landed far away in the long sea

A heavy rain
of rooms formed, with a splash
a sky-high mountain crest

The people from the Tower
spread out in fifty languages
fighting for borders

In reverse time, our world would
fly up in a nutshell, clot
together and land in Babel

Heaven would open
and the miracle would happen
that everyone understands the other

Poem 597
Amsterdam, 2016-03-22
From Babel and Etemenanki to the Caucasus Mountains (from 562 BCE back in time to 6100 BCE)
Collection: A Home
 

This is what life is:

getting lost in labyrinths --


of your fantasy.


Wat het leven is:Was das Leben ist:
verdwalen in de doolhof --verirrt sein im Labyrinth --

van je fantasie.deiner Fantasie.

Poem S0294
Konstanz, 2015-06-20
La Superba (Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer) - 2013
Novel
Collection: Palace of the night
Tribute to: Pfeijffer, Ilja Leonard 
 

People may get lost

in the rush sometimes, never --


in eternity.


Mensen verdwalenMenschen verirren
wel eens in alle drukte --sich manchmal in der Hektik --

nooit in eeuwigheid.nie in Ewigkeit.

Poem H0981
Amsterdam, 2014-06-01
Collection: Changing Times
 

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