Poem S2191 Amsterdam, 2024-05-18 Shalimar the Clown (Salman Rushdie) - 2005 Novel, chapter Shalimar the Clown, § 2 Collection: Sludge Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
They have braced themselves,
their heels in the solid earth --
their boots full of fear.
Ze zetten zich schrap,
Sie spannen sich an,
hun hakken in de aarde --
die Fersen in der Erde --
hun laarzen vol angst.
Stiefel voller Angst.
Poem S1862 Amsterdam, 2023-08-16 the making visible of all kinds of raids (Antjie Krog) - 2022 Soldiers Poem "die sigbaarmaking van allerlei strooptogte"(collection "Plunder" ["Pillage"]) Collection: May the Might Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
Zywa
Dad is angry
Dad doesn't get off my back
since I left home
He is angry
about my friends
and takes things from me
Home invasion
The police are trying
to appease it, I have to beg
for help, protection
His honour is at stake
He wants to restore
my virginity or lock me up
He can't go back and not ahead
he prefers to suffocate
in his lied right
instead of fully growing up
and rejoicing
in his family's prosperity
Poem 4635 Amsterdam, 2022-08-31 Sovereignty guarantees for Ukraine in the Budapest Memorandum (December 5th, 1994) Collection: Lilith's Powers
Who's willing to fight?
Talking doesn't stop the war, but --
our resistance can.
Wie wil er vechten?
Wer möchte kämpfen?
Praten stopt de oorlog niet --
Reden stoppt den Krieg nicht, nur --
Alleen ons verzet.
unser Widerstand.
Poem H3395 Amsterdam, 2022-07-29 It is wrong to want to end the fighting, one must stop the attacker Collection: PumicePieces
Zywa
Europa 2022
Fear without thoughts, the mind
goes like a pack-mule
into the scorched earth -- there's nothing
to cogitate on now.
Irreversible facts around us.
Hope is an alchemist: the densest stone
unseals it. As out of an egg: a small
feather pack, still bloodied, frail.
The first resistance becomes the loudest protest.
A new world is possible.
Poem 4590 Amsterdam, 2022-07-19 Europa 2022 (Lieke Marsman) - 2022 Poem by Lieke Marsman (February 24th, 2022, Russia invades Ukraine) Translation competition "Nederland vertaalt" ("The Netherlands translates") in the context of the "European Day of Languages" (September 26th, 2022) Collection: Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the years 2000-2009 Tribute to: Marsman, Lieke
Acts of resistance
must be kept secret, only --
the victor can tell.
Verzet is geheim,
Widerstandstaten
alleen de overwinnaar --
sind geheim, nur der Sieger --
kan het verklappen.
kann sie verraten.
Poem H2947 Amsterdam, 2021-05-04 Remembrance of the Dead in the Netherlands, on May 4th Collection: The King
Zywa
The siege
Just let them reason, get their right
in words as if we are talking
about the same, yes just let them
shoot, the State will not give in
to violence, blood does not write
evidence, only facts
reveal truth:
foreigners and relatives besiege
us, they yell threats
and demands, forsake peace
But we have everything to lose
we have victory or heaven
and they will be forgotten
not even mocked for their foolishness
of coming to kill us in their delusion
to be happy afterwards. Like cadavers
after slaughter, they will lie in the field
eaten by hyenas, jackals, rats
and worms from the underworld
Children will play with the bones