In the end, we all

are terminally, but that --


is not how you live.


Terminaal zijn weAm Ende kommen
uiteindelijk allemaal --wir alle am Ende, so --

maar zo leef je niet.lebt man dennoch nicht.

Poem H6375
Amsterdam, 2026-08-05
Collection: Blown sand
 

On the rippling notes

of Bach I just muse away --


in a lasting time.


Op kabbelendeAuf Kabbelnoten
noten van Bach mijmer ik --von Bach sinniere ich weg --

in blijvende tijd.in bleibender Zeit.

Poem H6106
Amsterdam, 2026-02-20
Sonata in E-major for flute and basso continuo [harpsichord] (Johann Sebastian Bach) - 1742
Improvisation on the Adagio ma non troppo (BWV 1035), performed on February 20th, 2026 in the Organpark, by Kristján Martinsson (Keybird-piano with midi connection to two organs)
Collection: org anp ARK 
Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian 
 

Today is nothing

without dreams of the future --


and a history.


Het heden is nietsDie Gegenwart ist
zonder voorgeschiedenis --nichts ohne Vorgeschichte --

en toekomstdromen.und Zukunftsträume.

Poem H5085
Amsterdam, 2024-11-21
the Passion (Jeanette Winterson) - 1987
Novel, chapter 2 the Queen of Spades
Collection: On the fly
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette 
 

Time is fluid, here

on the plane, we are floating --


in moments of now.


De tijd is vloeibaarDie Zeit ist fließend
in het vliegtuig, we zweven --hier im Flugzeug, wir schweben --

steeds in het heden.in der Gegenwart.

Poem H4591
Amsterdam, 2024-04-06
The Moor's Last Sigh (Salman Rushdie) - 1995
Novel, chapter "The Moor's Last Sigh", (4-) 19
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

You more or less know

what kind of day it will be --


Now you colour it.


Je weet ongeveerMan weiß ungefähr,
wat voor dag het worden zal --was für ein Tag es sein wird --

Nu nog inkleuren.Dann malt man es aus.

Poem H4368
Amsterdam, 2023-12-16
Collection: New Ago
 

You can vaguely see

what was and what will be, but --


Now remains hidden.


Wat was en wat komtMan erkennt vage
kun je vaag zien, maar het nu --was war und was sein wird, nur --

is steeds onzichtbaar.Jetzt ist unsichtbar.

Poem H4260
Amsterdam, 2023-10-28
Lighthousekeeping (Jeanette Winterson) - 2004
Novel, chapter Known point in the darkness
Collection: Here &Now&
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette 
 

The future: unknown,

the past: either forgotten --


or misremembered.


Toekomst: onbekend,Zukunft: unbekannt,
verleden: vergeten, of --Vergangenheit: vergessen --

verkeerd onthouden.oder falsch gemerkt.

Poem H4153
Amsterdam, 2023-09-14
The GP and the light girl (Simon Vestdijk) - 1952
Novel "De dokter en het lichte meisje", chapter "I defend the middle and my honour"
Collection: Inmost [2]
Tribute to: Vestdijk, Simon 
 

Time can't be measured

in silence, nor can the beat --


be calibrated.


In stilte is tijdIn Stille kann Zeit
niet te meten, de tel niet --nicht gemessen, der Takt nicht --

aan iets te ijken.kalibriert werden.

Poem S1555
Amsterdam, 2022-10-30
piece 2004/1, piece 2004/2 (Manfred Werder) - 2004
"stück 2004/1" und "stück 2004/2" für Klavier ("piece 2004/1" and "piece 2004/2" for piano, 2004, Manfred Werder), performed by Samuel Vriezen in the Organpark on October 30th, 2022
Collection: org ANP ark 
Composer: Werder, Manfred 
 

And now? Again this

'Now', that mat under our feet --


keeps slipping away.


En nu? Weer de schrikUnd jetzt? Immer mal
van 'Nu', die mat onder ons --'Jetzt', die Matte unter uns --

die steeds weer wegschiet.die wieder wegrutscht.

Poem H3416
Amsterdam, 2022-08-13
The next story (Cees Nooteboom) - 1991
Novella "Het volgende verhaal"
Collection: Over
Tribute to: Nooteboom, Cees 
 

In full light, a flag

on the moon, moving in time --


being a standstill.


In het volle lichtIm Licht bewegt sich
beweegt een vlag op de maan --die Flagge auf dem Mond, still --

maar de tijd staat stil.steht jedoch die Zeit.

Poem H2688
Amsterdam, 2020-05-02
Flag (Willem Thies) - 2020
Poem "Vlag" (collection "Schoon")
Collection: VacantVoid
Tribute to: Thies, Willem 
 

Our view from the train:

I ride away from the past --


she heads the future.


Uitzicht in de trein:Der Blick aus dem Zug:
ik rijd het verleden uit --ich, weg von was vorbei ist --

zij de toekomst in.sie, zu was noch kommt.

Poem S0837
Amsterdam, 2019-01-25
Couple on the train (Willem Wilmink) - 1990
Poem "Echtpaar in de trein" (collection "Moet worden gevreesd dat het nooit bestond?")
Collection: Appearances
Tribute to: Wilmink, Willem 
 

Zywa Spring celebration

Tonight we're smart and skip
hop, an hour, oops!
We don't live

for an hour now, the night hour
of half a year ago

Then, we lived twice
we could redo our actions
but now the party is over quickly

We must, adjust
the old clock forward, move on

with the day, good morning
starlight, the earth says hello
We twinkle here too

With arms and legs we jump
over time into spring

Poem 1889
Amsterdam, 2018-10-28
Collection: Changing Times
 

Time is not passing,

it's not standing still, it is --


Existence and change.


Tijd gaat niet voorbij,Die Zeit vergeht nicht,
tijd staat niet stil, tijd is zijn --sie steht nicht still, sie ist Sein --

en veranderen.und Veränderung.

Poem H2016
Zandvoort aan Zee, 2018-02-02
Aleph (Paulo Coelho) - 2010
Novel "O Aleph"
Collection: No wonder
Tribute to: Coelho, Paulo 
 

Zywa Life breaks

I'm living in meantimes

in a checkout queue or a lobby
at the hairdresser and the laundry
and when I take tit-bits and pastry

I'm living in meantime

when it's quiet in the train
when it's cloudy under the plane
and while I'm singing a refrain

when I'm at a stop in suburbia
take shelter and wait under a pergola
or pass over a few turns

when visitors are not coming
when it is silent after a greeting
and after excuses for early leaving

when friends whine about communication
repeat their stories with every consideration
for a lack of interest in a real conversation

In that meantime, the quotidian
breaks in between the action
I realize that I am alive

Poem 1100
Amsterdam, 2017-03-02
Collection: WoofWoof
 

Zywa No time

Sometimes I dream away
to a better world
without fuss

Then I focus my mind
on a piece of true reality
for which I don't have an eye other times

I unfold my life open
fom the divided attention
of time, that sense

of energy leaking away
to this and that, this one and the other
right now and ever later

out of the nets of my memories
my self-made images that only
suffice for a moment to measure time

No atomic clock can help me
to do better
I throw everything together

suffering, wastage, peace and
my experiences, together one
timeless energy

Poem 1073
Amsterdam, 2017-02-24
Collection: Metamorphic body
 

Depicting the Now:

vibrations of the breakers --


the wave of Being.


Het Nu uitbeelden:Das Jetzt darstellen:
vibraties van de branding --Vibrationen der Brandung --

de golf van het Zijn.die Welle des Seins.

Poem H1601
Amsterdam, 2016-11-21
Tom Puss and The Viridian-thing - 1968
Comic strip #124 - Tom Poes en De Viridiaan-dinges (tiers 6371-6427), tier 6372
Collection: Puss & Lord
Tribute to: Toonder, Marten 
 

The past, the future,

nobody possesses them --


no one can lose them.


Verleden, toekomst,Früher und später,
niemand bezit ze, niemand --niemand besitzt sie, niemand --

kan ze verliezen.kann sie verlieren.

Poem H1595
Amsterdam, 2016-11-14
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius) - 180
Collection "Ta eis heauton" ("Things to one's self" / "Meditations") - Thought about death
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Aurelius, Marcus 
 

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