| Winter, no colours, | |
| migratory birds and leaves -- | |
| The crow caws louder. | |
| Winter, geen kleuren, | Winter, keine Zug- |
| trekvogels en ruisend blad -- | vögel, Blätter und Farben -- |
| De kraai krast luider. | Die Krähe krächzt laut. |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-23
Winter (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2015
Autobiographical novel "Om vinteren", part 1, chapter 'December', § 'Winter sounds' - Glemmingebro (near Ystad)
Collection: Writing
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| In winter I hear | |
| myself too much, it is so -- | |
| quiet everywhere. | |
| In de winter hoor | Im Winter höre |
| ik mezelf te veel, zo stil -- | ich mich selbst zu viel, es ist -- |
| is het overal. | überall so still. |
Amsterdam, 2026-05-23
Winter (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2015
Autobiographical novel "Om vinteren", part 1, chapter 'December', § 'Winter sounds' - Glemmingebro (near Ystad)
Collection: Writing
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| We filter the grey | |
| light with red silk ribbons and -- | |
| swaying Christmas balls. | |
| We filteren het | Das düstere Licht |
| grijze licht met een wiegend -- | filtern wir mit dem Vorhang -- |
| kerstballengordijn. | aus Weihnachtskugeln. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-26
With a photo of Christmas balls in front of the window (December 20th, 2012, Amsterdam)
Collection: Pending rain
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Madelief dK
| Winter evenings at | |
| home, a faint light from outside -- | |
| faint sounds blowing by. | |
| Winteravonden | Winterabende |
| thuis, een vaag licht van buiten -- | zu Hause, schwaches Mondlicht -- |
| vage geluiden. | schwache Geräusche. |
Amsterdam, 2024-12-12
Collection: Local tardiness
| The wind blows, the trees | |
| are bare and wet, the full moon -- | |
| glides pale behind them. | |
| Het waait, de bomen | Die Bäume sind kahl |
| zijn kaal, de volle maan glijdt -- | und der Vollmond gleitet blass -- |
| bleek achter hen langs. | hinter ihnen her. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-12
Look, the moon shines through the trees (Jan Pieter Heije) - 1861
Title of the Sinterklaas-song "Zie, de maan schijnt door de bomen" (music Jan Viotta)
Collection: The Note Tree
Tribute to: Heije, Jan Pieter
| The black trees, so bare, | |
| short, and even more eerie: | |
| this total silence. | |
| De zwarte bomen, | Die schwarzen Bäume, |
| kaal en nog griezeliger: | kahl und noch unheimlicher: |
| totale stilte. | völlige Stille. |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-04
Collection: PumicePieces
| The hall: enchanted | |
| by the fragilely tinkling light -- | |
| in the icicles. | |
| De hal: betoverd | Der Flur: verzaubert |
| door breekbaar tingelend licht -- | vom spröde klingelnden Licht -- |
| in de ijspegels. | in den Eiszapfen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-05-07
Icicles & Rays (Tatiana Koleva) - 2023
Composition for overdubbed vibraphone and live electronics, performed by herself in the Organpark on May 7th, 2023, November 29th, 2023, and March 14th, 2026
Collection: org ANP ark
Composer: Koleva, Tatiana
| In a tangle are | |
| the snowflakes dancing about: | |
| winter mosquitoes. | |
| Warrelig dansen | Wirbelig tanzen |
| de sneeuwvlokken om en om -- | die Schneeflocken umherum -- |
| als wintermuggen. | wie Wintermücken. |
Amsterdam, 2022-05-23
Winter mosquitoes (Guido Gezelle) - 1896
Poem "Wintermuggen" (collection "Rijmsnoer om en om het jaar", 1897)
Collection: Held True
Tribute to: Gezelle, Guido
| I bite in the fur | |
| collar of my thick jacket -- | |
| in iron-hard cold. | |
| Ik bijt in de kraag | Ich beiße in den |
| van mijn dikke winterjas -- | Kragen meiner Pelzjacke -- |
| in keiharde kou. | in harter Kälte. |
Amsterdam, 2022-03-01
Otmar's sons (Peter Buwalda) - 2019
Novel "Otmars zonen"
Collection: Blankets of snow
Tribute to: Buwalda, Peter
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It's the old story: |
Amsterdam, 2021-11-30
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
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The rhythm of the seasons |
Amsterdam, 2021-11-29
Yijing (I Ching) #56: the Wanderer
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
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In the transition time |
Amsterdam, 2021-11-29
Collection: The Yellow House Museum
| I wish it was spring, | |
| the snow has got pallid skin -- | |
| with deep grooves in it. | |
| Werd het maar lente, | Wär es nur Frühling, |
| de sneeuw krijgt een vale huid -- | die Haut des Schnees wird fahlgrau -- |
| met diepe groeven. | mit tiefen Rillen. |
Amsterdam, 2021-10-12
Collection: Heart's Delight
| Winter in Moscow: | |
| straw bales in the public parks -- | |
| around the statues. | |
| Winter in Moskou: | Winter in Moskau: |
| strobalen in de parken -- | Strohballen in den Parks, rund -- |
| rondom de beelden. | um die Statuen. |
Amsterdam, 2018-08-01
The beginning of spring (Penelope Fitzgerald) - 1988
Novel
Collection: Em Brace
Tribute to: Fitzgerald, Penelope
| January, still | |
| the days are dark and short, still -- | |
| there are Christmas lights. | |
| Januari, nog | Januar, immer |
| zijn de dagen kort, nog steeds -- | noch kurze Tage, immer -- |
| zijn er kerstlichtjes. | noch Weihnachtslichter. |
Amsterdam, 2018-01-25
Collection: Local tardiness
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All the waste is blowing |
Amsterdam, 2017-02-28
Debris and alchemy (Kate Moore) - 2009
Composition, performed by Ensemble Klang in the Organpark on November 21st, 2009 and October 25th, 2014
Collection: ORG anp ark
Composer: Moore, Kate
| My father has died, | |
| there are winterdays to come -- | |
| which slowly lengthen. | |
| Mijn vader is dood, | Mein Vater ist tot, |
| er komen winterdagen -- | doch bald werden die Tage -- |
| die langzaam lengen. | sich langsam längen. |
Amsterdam, 2012-04-23
My father died on November 30th, 1004
Collection: Life line
