Am I, a poet,

something like a medium --


in a séance?


Ben ik als dichterBin ich als Dichter
zoiets als een medium --so etwas wie ein Medium --

in een seance?bei der Séance?

Poem H6318
Amsterdam, 2026-06-17
Possession, A Romance (A.S. Byatt) - 1990
Novel, chapters 17, 20
Collection: Whirligig Scribbler
Tribute to: Byatt, A.S. 
 

Zywa Bosom friend

Until I fall in love
with just the one
I regularly entrust
myself to a friend
as beautiful as Apollo

and Ogma is he
Lakshmi and Isis am I
and the complete fulfilment
of ourselves are we then

How often, how little
do people allow themselves that
feeling of wholeness
in the womb of Mother Earth?

In passing, the neighbour
appraises me as a bedmate
others are trapped by the rules
of decency and priorities
of their fathers and forefathers

Poem 5713
Amsterdam, 2025-11-16
Ogma is the Celtic god of language, writing and poetry
Collection: Without reserve
 

As I write, I go

from pillar to post, briefly --


visiting my friends.


Al schrijvend reis ikSchreibend reise ich
van hot naar her, bezoek ik --hin und her und besuche --

vluchtig mijn vrienden.kurz meine Freunde.

Poem S2835
Amsterdam, 2025-08-05
I visit people who live miles away (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Ik leg bezoeken af bij wie mijlen ver wonen", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part VIII [Authorship], and in "Diary 1966-1967" (2009) - June 10th, 1966, Bologna
Collection: Self-portraits
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida 
 

He dives into souls

and he scrapes from the bottoms --


serial stories.


Hij duikt in zielenEr taucht in Seelen
en hij schraapt van de bodems --und er kratzt von den Boden --

vervolgverhalen.Romanfolgen ab.

Poem H5052
Amsterdam, 2024-11-08
The reading club (Renate Dorrestein) - 2010
Roman "De leesclub", chapter One
Collection: Self-portraits
Tribute to: Dorrestein, Renate 
 

Every character

in her books is pathetic:


a fatherless child.


Elk personageIn ihren Büchern
in haar boeken is zielig:ist jede Figur rührend:

een vaderloos kind.ein Vaterloser.

Poem S2199
Amsterdam, 2024-05-21
Quichotte (Salman Rushdie) - 2019
The writer as mother of the characters in her books
Novel, part 1, chapter 6

Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

I am a writer,

I see into people's hearts --


and into their thoughts.


Ik ben schrijver, ikIch bin Schriftsteller,
heb inzage in harten --ich hab Einsicht in Herzen --

en in gedachten.und in Gedanken.

Poem H4391
Amsterdam, 2023-12-23
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie) - 1981
Novel, chapter 2-6 "My tenth birthday"
Collections: Shadows, Look at me 
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 

As a marauder,

I snare people to get hold --


of a new story.


Als stroper strik ikAls Wilderer fang
mensen om een nieuw verhaal --ich Menschen, bekomme so --

te bemachtigen.neue Geschichten.

Poem H4086
Amsterdam, 2023-08-28
Jonas / The dog of Jonas (Freek de Jonge) - 2004
Performance "De vergrijzing", #5 of the series "The ageing"
Collection: A profession
Tribute to: De Jonge, Freek 
 

Writers are freaks with

feelers and aerial roots --


They live without soil.


Schrijvers zijn freaks metSchriftsteller sind Freaks
voelsprieten en luchtwortels --mit Fühlern und Luftwurzeln --

Ze hebben geen grond.doch keinen Boden.

Poem H4048
Amsterdam, 2023-08-17
argueing - 3 (Antjie Krog) - 2022
Poem "redekawel" - 3 (collection "Plunder" ["Pillage"])
Collection: A profession
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie 
 

Writing my poems

I'm staring in front of me --


I'm working so hard.


Gedichten schrijven,Gedichte schreiben,
dat is voor mij uit staren --das ist vor mich hin starren --

dat is hard werken.ist harte Arbeit.

Poem H2407
Amsterdam, 2019-02-26
Boathouse (Maarten Inghels) - 2016
Poem "Boothuis" (collection "contact")
Collection: Look at me 
Tribute to: Inghels, Maarten 
 

The images float

in my head and slip away --


between empty words.


De beelden drijvenDie Bilder schweben
in mijn hoofd en glippen weg --in meinem Kopf, rutschen weg --

tussen mijn woorden.zwischen den Worten.

Poem S0844
Amsterdam, 2019-02-21
Frustrated (Kristine Ann Gajitos) - 2019
Poem (published on AllPoetry.com)
Collection: A profession 
Tribute to: Gajitos, Kristine Ann 
 

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