Lying in the grass

I drift away with the clouds --


through eternity.


Ik lig in het grasIch liege im Gras
en drijf met de wolken mee --und treibe mit den Wolken --
door de eeuwigheid.durch die Ewigkeit.

Poem H5271
Amsterdam, 2025-02-24
Alone in the fields (Johannes Brahms) - 1879
Song "Feldeinsamkeit" (opus 86), for a lower singing voice and piano
Collection: Glimpsed
Composer: Brahms, Johannes 
 

The devil glances

at the clock, eternity --


isn't coming along.


De duivel kijkt weerDer Teufel schaut mal
op de klok, de eeuwigheid --auf die Uhr, die Ewigkeit --
schiet nog steeds niet op.kommt noch nicht voran.

Poem H4600
Amsterdam, 2024-04-22
Little poet (Nescio)
Story "Dichtertje", written in 1917, chapter 1
Collection: Rasping ants
Tribute to: Nescio 
 

The animals, we,

present in Becoming-Time --


God is Being-Time.


Mensen en dierenMenschen und Tiere
leven in Wordende Tijd --leben in Werdender Zeit --
God is Zijnde Tijd.Gott ist Alle Zeit.

Poem H4565
Amsterdam, 2024-03-19
Two Years Eight Months & Twenty-Eight Nights (Salman Rushdie) - 2015
Novel "Two Years Eight Months & Twenty-Eight Nights" (which is 1001 nights), chapter 8 "In Which the Tide Begins to Turn"
Collection: Low gear
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

On the high mountain,

there is no time, the watches --


tick on uselessly.


Op de hoge bergAuf dem hohen Berg
bestaat geen tijd, horloges --ist keine Zeit, die Uhren --
tikken nutteloos.ticken ohne Zweck.

Poem H3999
Amsterdam, 2023-07-30
The PowerBook (Jeanette Winterson) - 2000
Novel, chapter "SPECIAL"
Collection: Stream
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette 
 

Time is different:

not eternal, it follows --


itself by itself.


Alles is eeuwig,Alles ist ewig,
behalve de tijd, die volgt --außer der Zeit, denn die folgt --
vanzelf op zichzelf.von selbst auf sich selbst.

Poem H3670
Amsterdam, 2023-01-15
Atlas of the apparent path of the sun (John Cage) - 1962
Composition "Atlas Eclipticalis", performed by Ensemble SPECTRA in the Organpark on January 15th, 2023
Collection: org ANP ark 
Composer: Cage, John 
 

Zywa Sun within the walls

Domestic happiness together
a farewell from time to time
and then a child comes in

No men in our arms
no fuss, we say
to the teenager among us

Forgetting the world
forgotten by the world
being free

within the walls
eternal sunshine
in my spotless mind

As a temple, cleansed
with the wind, which takes
away what is not possible

with the water from the holy well
the sacrificial barley cakes of the earth
and the always burning fire in the hearth

the eternal stream
within the walls
of my life

Poem 4568
Amsterdam, 2022-07-04
Alexander Pope (London 1688-1744) about the Vestal Virgins in his poem "Eloisa to Abelard" (1717) on Abelard and Héloïse:
207 How happy is the blameless Vestal's lot!
208 The world forgetting, by the world forgot:
209 Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
210 Each prayer accepted, and each wish resign'd;
211 Labour and rest, that equal periods keep;

Collection: Metamorphic body
 

Until something moves,

everything's eternal, time --


my sweat and the shirt.


Tot er iets beweegtWenn sich nichts bewegt,
is alles eeuwig, de tijd --ist alles ewig, die Zeit --
mijn zweet en het hemd.mein Schweiß und das Hemd.

Poem S1098
Amsterdam, 2020-12-03
Leaf Storm (Gabriel García Márquez) - 1955
Novella "La hojarasca"
Collection: Dream flight
Tribute to: García Márquez, Gabriel 
 

It is super thin,

the gold leaf that will survive --


the iconoclasm.


Flinterdun is hetHauchdünn ist das Gold,
goud, dat zal blijven bestaan --das weiterhin existiert --
na de beeldenstorm.nach dem Bildersturm.

Poem H2589
Vaison-la-Romaine, 2019-10-19
Collection: On living on [2]
 

A wind from behind

the hedge blows a vast silence --


an eternity.


Van achter de hegHinter der Hecke
waaien weidsheid en stilte --wehen Weite und Stille --
waait de eeuwigheid.weht die Ewigkeit.

Poem H2164
Amsterdam, 2018-06-01
The infinite (Giacomo Leopardi / Ronald Moelker) - 1820
Poem "L'infinito" (collection "Idilli"), set to music in 2018 by Ronald Moelker, for choir and saxophone quartet, performed in the Organpark on June 1st, 2018
Collection: ORG anp ark 
Tribute to: Leopardi, Giacomo 
Composer: Moelker, Ronald 
 

Zywa Angels in the park

As with the landing
of an unearthly traveling
saucer in a clearing

in the park, we walk
with our ears
through the large cube hall

red in the vibrating light
Mighty trills pull us
up, out of the seats

into a dimension
for which we lack the senses
but with each step we feel

eternalized time
until we shall dissolve
into another existence

Angels walk like this
immortally themselves
in heavenly light

We soar
we rumble
with a whole fleet

away from the earth

Poem 1006
Amsterdam, 2017-02-12
music for four fixed organs and four sound converters (André Möller) - 2016
Composition "musik für vier geparkte orgeln und vier ton-wandler(innen)", with sticks of lead upon the keys, performed by Elisabeth Frey-Bächli, Jeromos Kamphuis, Samuel Vriezen and Dante Boon in the Organpark on Saturday February 11th, 2017
Collection: ORG anp ark 
Composer: Möller, André 
 

Repeating circles

of the conductor's arms turn --


time into timeless.


Ronde na rondeRunde nach Runde
dirigeren de armen --dirigieren die Arme --
de tijd naar tijdloos.die Zeit zu zeitlos.

Poem H0162
Amsterdam, 2012-01-22
Atlas of the apparent path of the sun (John Cage) - 1962
Composition "Atlas Eclipticalis", performed in the Organpark on January 22nd, 2012, on January 19th, 2019, and on January 15th, 2023
Collection: ORG anp ark 
Composer: Cage, John 
 

Lovers
experience eternal energy
Lovers
I too experience eternity of time

I live in the flow of energy:
I feel that I am part of an energy flow
I move with the energy flow
I surrender to the eternal energy
 

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