So many footnotes!

That multi-headed monster --


that devours the text!


Al die voetnoten!All die Fußnoten!
Dat veelkoppige monster --Das vielköpfige Monster --

dat de tekst verslindt!das den Text verschlingt!

Poem S3175
Vaison-la-Romaine, 2026-06-05
Possession, A Romance (A.S. Byatt) - 1990
Novel, chapter 3
Collection: WriteWiser signage
Tribute to: Byatt, A.S. 
 

If you dare to tell

the truth, you will be reproached:


Ah you, pessimist!


Wie de waarheid durftWer die Wahrheit sagt,
te zeggen, krijgt verwijten:dem wird oft vorgeworfen:

Ach jij, pessimist!Ach du, Pessimist!

Poem S1742
Amsterdam, 2023-04-20
Collection: The light of words
 

Humans do resist,

they will not sustain the truth --


they must take action.


Een mens verzet zich,Ein Mensch versetzt sich,
hij verdraagt de waarheid niet --er erträgt die Wahrheit nicht --

hij komt in actie.er unternehmt was.

Poem H3157
Amsterdam, 2021-12-25
Answer to Nietzsche
("How much truth does a person sustain, how much truth does a spirit dare? that became more and more the real value meter for me.")

Collection: Known
Tribute to: Nietzsche, Friedrich 
 

There are exactly

two truths in the newspapers:


the date and the price.


Er staan precies tweeEs sind genau zwei
waarheden in de kranten:Wahrheiten in der Zeitung:

de dag en de prijs.der Tag und der Preis.

Poem S0811
Amsterdam, 2018-11-05
Hear my voice now (Franca Treur) - 2017
Novel "Hoor nu mijn stem", chapter 26
Collection: Appearances
Tribute to: Treur, Franca 
 

To care about facts

and the actuality --


of a person’s mood.


Om feiten geven,Die Fakten zählen,
en om de werkelijkheid --und auch die Wirklichkeit -- der

van iemands stemming.Stimmung anderer.

Poem H2030
Amsterdam, 2018-02-27
Collection: More
 

Only write the truth:

is the air cutting, is it –


really four o'clock?


Niets dan de waarheidNichts als die Wahrheit
dichten: is de lucht echt guur?dichten: ist die Luft echt rau?

En is het vier uur?Und ist es vier Uhr?

Poem H1847
Amsterdam, 2017-11-03
Max Havelaar (Multatuli) - 1860
Novel by Eduard Douwes Dekker
Collection: WriteWiser signage 
Tribute to: Multatuli (Dekker, Eduard) 
 

Zywa The dyke reeves' Last Messages

Because I am responsible
as far as possible
I have to
immerse myself in the life

of the rivers in the delta
know the seasons
the wind and the tides
to have any chance

If I were the water myself
I would look for openings too
press on the weak spots
and break through where possible

not be brackish, smothered
evaporating in the blazing sun
of settlers who surround me
with concrete walls and soldiers

It would be all or nothing to me

Poem 1023
Amsterdam, 2017-02-16
Four former directors of the General Security Service oppose to the government policy (Yediot Ahronot, November 14th, 2003)
Collection: Short Sermons
 

At table I tell

about my day, all of it --


is making sense now.


's Avonds aan tafelAbends spreche ich
vertel ik over mijn dag --von meinem Tag und alles --

en alles krijgt zin.bekommt einen Sinn.

Poem S0029
Amsterdam, 2012-01-02
Collection: Mosaic virus
 

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