The gold is shining

more and more, and so brightly --


that it catches fire.


Het goud gaf steeds meerDas Gold glänzt immer
licht en ging zo fel blinken --mehr und es leuchtet so hell --

dat het vlam vatte.dass es Feuer fängt.

Poem S2126
Amsterdam, 2024-02-14
The Golden House (Salman Rushdie) - 2017
Novel, chapters (1-) 6 and (2-) 29
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

The rich, exhausted

from all the deprivations --


of their agenda.


Rijken, uitgeputDie Reiche, erschöpft
van alle ontberingen --von allen Entbehrungen --

van hun agenda.ihrer Agenda.

Poem S1845
Amsterdam, 2023-08-01
The Queen of the Tambourine (Jane Gardam) - 1991
Novel, § late January and March 10th (1990)
Collection: Rasping ants
Tribute to: Gardam, Jane 
 

This is our good life:

a whole lot of food has been --


cast before the pigs.


Het goede leven:Das gute Leben:
er is zoveel eten voor --so viel Essen geworfen --

de varkens gegooid.vor die Schweine.

Poem H2949
Amsterdam, 2021-05-06
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez) - 1967
Novel "Cien años de soledad"
Collection: Dream flight
Tribute to: García Márquez, Gabriel 
 

Chests full of fabrics,

silk, velvet, lace: beautiful --


like a robber's den.


Een kist vol stoffen,Eine Stofftruhe,
zijde, fluweel, kant: zo mooi --Seide, Samt, Spitze: so schön --

net een rovershol.wie ein Räubernest.

Poem H2701
Amsterdam, 2020-05-07
Crusoe's Daughter (Jane Gardam) - 1985
Novel
Collection: Appearances
Tribute to: Gardam, Jane 
 

Zywa Manga Baby

In this sanctuary I am the saint
a bigbellied buddha
Everyone tries hard
to make me live with a smile
To receive is everything
to receive is to grow

There is so much I can get
so what shall I take from the game?
Do you have from the cakes: the cream
puff, and from the animals: the unicorn
and the dragon?
Then I won!

The dragon brings me everywhere
by the shortest, the fastest
or the golden mean way
I am in her neck with a smile
wrapping the world around my finger
What is changing, changes

Poem 1080
Amsterdam, 2017-02-25
Collection: WoofWoof
 

The clock strikes twelve times,

twelve times I hand out grapes, and --


have some left over.


De klok slaat twaalf keer,Die Glocke schlägt zwölf,
ik deel twaalf keer druiven rond --ich teile die Weintrauben --

en houd er over.hab welche übrig.

Poem H0437
Amsterdam, 2013-04-21
Nochevieja (New Year's Eve) in Spain and Argentina
Collection: New Ago
 

Smell the aromas

at my transition party --


From lots of full pans!


Ruik al de geurenRieche die Düfte
op mijn overgangsfeestje --auf meinem Übergangsfest --

Uit volle pannen!Von vollen Pfannen!

Poem H0176
Amsterdam, 2012-01-27
Collection: A Home
 

 

 
Abundance
Amsterdam, 2006-05-01
Collection: Pencil 
 

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