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The army shoots at medics, at bringers |
Amsterdam, 2026-06-15
2nd round (Lieke Marsman) - 2026
Poem "2e ronde", about freedom of speech (collection "De dichter en de duivel" ["The poet and the devil"] )
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
Tribute to: Marsman, Lieke
| Even the victims | |
| of the massacre could not -- | |
| see it, not smell it. | |
| Ook de slachtoffers | Auch die Opfer des |
| van de moorden konden het -- | Massakers konnten es nicht -- |
| niet zien, niet ruiken. | sehen, nicht riechen. |
Schin op Geul, 2025-09-04
Babi Jar (Jevgeny Jevtushenko) - 1961
Poem
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: Jevtushenko, Jevgeny
| The earth black with oil, | |
| under the sooty black sky -- | |
| cracks open and burns. | |
| De zwarte aarde | Die schwarze Erde |
| onder de zwarte hemel -- | unter dem schwarzen Himmel -- |
| scheurt open en brandt. | bricht auf und brennt aus. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-19
Lessons in darkness (Werner Herzog)
The future of truth (Werner Herzog) - 1992
Film "Lektionen in Finsternis" (1992)
Book "Die Zukunft der Wahrheit" (2024), chapter Ecstatic truth
Collection: Over
Tribute to: Herzog, Werner
| They left, were taken | |
| away, and looted was the -- | |
| entire neighbourhood. | |
| Ze zijn vertrokken, | Weggebracht wurden |
| afgevoerd, en geplunderd -- | sie, geplündert wurde das -- |
| is de hele wijk. | gesamte Viertel. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-07
Emptied ghetto (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Poem "Leeggehaald getto", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part VII [Acquiescence], and in "Diary 1966-1967" (2009) - February 9th, 1967, Bologna (about Bialystok and Warsaw, in the report "Seifer Milchamot Hagetaot" ("The Fighting Ghettos", 1954, Yitzhak [Isaac] Zuckerman, translated into English by Meyer Barkai in 1962)
Collection: Between us
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Puzzle pieces from | |
| stories float around, risen -- | |
| from the book burning. | |
| Puzzelstukjes uit | Puzzleteile aus |
| verhalen stijgen op uit -- | Geschichten schweben herum: |
| de boekverbranding. | Bücherverbrennung. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-03
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (Jeanette Winterson) - 2011
Autobiography (normal means: heterosexual), chapter 4, The Trouble With A Book . . .
Collection: Being my own museum
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| A metallic sound | |
| of breaking: what is dying -- | |
| or already dead? | |
| Metalig geluid | Bruchgeräusche von |
| van kapotmaken: wat gaat -- | Metall: was stirbt oder ist -- |
| of is er al dood? | bereits gestorben? |
Amsterdam, 2025-02-08
Elements (Gilius van Bergeijk) - 2024
Composition, first part for electronics, short second part for piano, performed by electronics and Reinier van Houdt (piano) in the Organpark on February 8th, 2025
Collection: org anp ARK
Composer: Van Bergeijk, Gilius
| Spices, wonderful | |
| scents were once the beginning -- | |
| a bad smoke their end. | |
| Kruiden, heerlijke | Kräuter, herrliche |
| geuren waren het begin -- | Düfte waren der Anfang -- |
| een walm hun einde. | ein Rauch ihr Ende. |
Amsterdam, 2024-03-30
The Moor's Last Sigh (Salman Rushdie) - 1995
Novel, chapter "A house divided", (1-) 3
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| There are charred corpses | |
| hanging from scorched stakes, remains -- | |
| of fire-devoured trees. | |
| Verkoolde lijken | Leichen, verkohlt an |
| aan geblakerde staken, vuur- | versengten Pfählen, Bäumen -- |
| verslonden bomen. | feuerzerfressen. |
Amsterdam, 2024-03-30
The Moor's Last Sigh (Salman Rushdie) - 1995
Novel, chapter "A house divided", (1-) 3
Collection: Sludge
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
| Man continues to | |
| destroy, but not everything -- | |
| colours scorching-red. | |
| De mensen blijven | Menschen zerstören |
| verwoesten, maar niet alles -- | weiter, aber nicht alles -- |
| kleurt verzengend-rood. | wird versengend-rot. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-18
Mankind is incapable of completely destroying life on earth
Collection: PumicePieces
| From the violence | |
| of two jostling elephants -- | |
| the grass is injured. | |
| Door het geweld van | Unter der Gewalt |
| drammende olifanten -- | drängelnder Elefanten -- |
| raakt het gras gewond. | wird das Gras verletzt. |
Amsterdam, 2023-10-06
Swahili proverb
"Ndovu wawili wakigombana ziumiazo ni nyasi" ("When elephants jostle, it is the grass that suffers")
Collection: May the Might
Tribute to: Anon. [Afrika]
| We're barbarians: | |
| people who destroy what they -- | |
| do not understand. | |
| Iedereen barbaar, | Jeder ein Barbar: |
| iemand die alles vernielt -- | jemand, der alles zerstört -- |
| wat hij niet begrijpt. | was er nicht versteht. |
Amsterdam, 2023-07-28
The PowerBook (Jeanette Winterson) - 2000
Novel, chapter "OPEN HARD DRIVE"
Collection: May the Might
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| Bombing far away | |
| is easy, difficult is -- | |
| to justify it. | |
| Een bombardement | Ein Bombenangriff |
| is makkelijk, moeilijk is -- | ist einfach, aber schwierig -- |
| het goed te praten. | zu rechtfertigen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-13
Collection: The Praised One
| Wires in disorder, | |
| shaky skeleton, defleshed -- | |
| only naked senses. | |
| Draden in de war, | Verwirrte Drähte, |
| een wankel skelet, ontvleesd -- | wackliges Skelett, entfleischt -- |
| blote zintuigen. | bloß nackte Sinne. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-18
Falonne Mambu in Kinshasa (Kris Pannecoucke) - 2022
Russia bombs Ukraine's power grid
Falonne Mambu in a suit of electrical wires, 'Electric Woman', Kinshasa 2022 (photo Kris Pannecoucke)
Collection: PumicePieces
Tribute to: Pannecoucke, Kris; Mambu, Falonne
| Something is wrong there, | |
| fluttering from the branches -- | |
| the faded black rags. | |
| Er klopt daar iets niet, | Da stimmt etwas nicht, |
| wapperend aan de takken -- | flatternd von den Zweigenden -- |
| de zwarte flarden. | die schwarzen Fetzen. |
Amsterdam, 2022-10-27
Collection: PumicePieces
| I wipe and I swing | |
| with red paint and machetes -- | |
| bloodstains upon me. | |
| Ik veeg rode verf | Mit roter Farbe |
| rond en zwaai met kapmessen -- | und Macheten schwinge ich -- |
| bloedvlekken op mij. | Blutflecken auf mich. |
Amsterdam, 2021-04-15
Towards intersections (Buhlebezwe Simani) - 2015
Performance
Collection: May the Might
Tribute to: Simani, Buhlebezwe
| Stacking the corpses | |
| is hard work, it's quite a chore -- | |
| Lighting is easy. | |
| Lijken stapelen | Die Leichen stapeln |
| is zwaar werk, een heel karwei -- | ist eine schwere Arbeit -- |
| Aansteken gaat snel. | Anzünden ist schnell. |
Amsterdam, 2020-11-15
Only the mockers speak seriously (Riekus Waskowsky) - 1968
Poem "Ernsst redn nor leizim" (collection "Slechts de namen der grote dichters leven voort")
Collection: May the Might
Tribute to: Waskowsky, Riekus
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Believing in a new world |
Amsterdam, 2019-02-24
Palestine (Jerusalem 1947 - Plan Dalet)
Collection: The Praised One
| To achieve your goal | |
| by pursuing other goals -- | |
| to be nullified. | |
| Je doel bereiken, | Dein Ziel erreichen, |
| steeds door andere doelen -- | da du andere Ziele -- |
| uit te schakelen. | völlig vernichtest. |
Amsterdam, 2019-02-09
imaginary dictator's quotes #21 (Jon Nakapalau) - 2019
Poem (AllPoetry.com)
Collection: May the Might
Tribute to: Nakapalau, Jon
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Once there was prosperity here |
Amsterdam, 2019-01-12
Palastu >> Pilistu >> 1. Philistines 2. Palestine
Gaza in 2006:
June - Operation Gishmey Kayitz (Summer Rains)
November - Operation Ananei Stav (Autumn Clouds)
Collection: The Praised One
| Orphaned books from Jews | |
| who have been taken away -- | |
| are taken away. | |
| Verweesde boeken | Verwaiste Bücher |
| van afgevoerde joden -- | von abgeführten Juden -- |
| worden afgevoerd. | werden abgeführt. |
Amsterdam, 2017-10-11
The hard core - 2 (Frida Vogels) - 1993
Autobiographical account "De harde kern" (2) - 1949, Amsterdam
Collection: ThereFrom
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
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It's Friday the thirteenth |
Amsterdam, 2017-01-13
Collection: On living on [2]
| Bombs are made of gold, | |
| they are the expensive balls -- | |
| of our high culture. | |
| Bommen zijn van goud, | Bomben sind aus Gold, |
| het zijn kostbare bollen -- | sie sind kostbare Kugeln -- |
| van hoge cultuur. | der hohen Kultur. |
Amsterdam, 2017-01-05
Sir Bumble and Friend Foe (Marten Toonder) - 1953
Comic strip #51 - "Heer Bommel en Vriend Vijand" (tiers 1730-1796), tier 1791
Collection: Puss & Lord
Tribute to: Toonder, Marten
| Thumping, the tank shoots | |
| fear in the sheltering eyes -- | |
| in people like me. | |
| Dreunend schiet de tank | Der Panzer schießt Angst |
| angst in schuilende ogen -- | in Augen, die Schutz suchen -- |
| in mensen als ik. | in Menschen wie mir. |
Amsterdam, 2015-08-19
Collection: The Praised One
| Beware, unratting: | |
| the tasty bait entices -- | |
| your dreams into death. | |
| Pas op, ontratting: | Pass auf, Entrattung: |
| raak het aas niet aan, het lokt -- | die Lockspeisen verleiten -- |
| dromen naar de dood. | Träume in den Tod. |
Konstanz, 2015-06-20
La Superba (Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer) - 2013
Novel
Derattizzazione ('Unratting', rat eradication)
Collection: Palace of the night
Tribute to: Pfeijffer, Ilja Leonard
| The white handkerchief | |
| explodes on the shooting range -- | |
| like a soul, murdered. | |
| Het witte doekje | Auf den Schießständen |
| spat uiteen op de schietbaan -- | zerplatzen weiße Tücher: |
| als een ziel, vermoord. | Seelen, ermordet. |
Amsterdam, 2014-03-06
Once and only once I fired a gun (Seamus Heany) - 1991
Poem (collection "Seeing things")
Collection: Actively Passive
Tribute to: Heany, Seamus
