| Like a monk, I write | |
| all day long, without stopping -- | |
| Lamplight and silence. | |
| Zoals een monnik | Wie ein Mönch schreibe |
| schrijf ik hele dagen voort -- | ich ganze Tage weiter -- |
| Lamplicht en stilte. | Lampenlicht, Stille. |
Amsterdam, 2025-08-13
No work (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Geen werk", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part VIII [Authorship], and in "Diary 1968-1969" (2010) - October 25th, 1969, Bologna
Collections: Between us, Whirligig Scribbler
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Isn't it a spoiled life: | |
| picking flowers on the edge -- | |
| of the precipice? | |
| Een verwend leven: | Ein sehr verwöhntes |
| bloemen plukken aan de rand -- | Leben: Blumen pflücken am -- |
| van de steile klif. | Rande der Klippe. |
Amsterdam, 2025-07-30
A rich life (Frida Vogels) - 1994
Verse "Een rijk leven", published in the collection "De harde kern 3" ("The hard core 3", part VIII [Authorship], in "Diary 1964-1965" (2008), in "Diary 1977-1978" (2014), and in the autobiography "In den vreemde - Kronieken" ("In foreign parts - Chronicles", 2024), chapter 'Brief aan Ayaan Hirsi Ali' ('Letter to Ayaan Hirsi Ali' - End of 2006, Amsterdam) - March 29th, 1965, Bologna
Collections: Self-portraits, Whirligig Scribbler
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| I seclude myself | |
| in two rooms: one made of stone -- | |
| and one made of time. | |
| Ik zonder me af | Ich schließe mich ein |
| in twee kamers: een van steen -- | in zwei Räume: den aus Stein -- |
| en een van veel tijd. | und den aus viel Zeit. |
Amsterdam, 2021-05-04
Third laying (Ellen Deckwitz) - 2021
Column "Derde leg" (in nrc, May 4th, 2021)
Collections: Death on Cast, WriteWiser signage
Tribute to: Deckwitz, Ellen
| I search in the night, | |
| to see who wants to see what -- | |
| I'm going to write. | |
| Ik zoek in de nacht, | Ich suche in der |
| is er iemand die wil zien -- | Nacht, wer möchte sehen, was -- |
| wat ik ga schrijven? | ich schreiben werde? |
Amsterdam, 2017-11-05
Caution (Raymond Carver) - 1989
Poem from the collection "A new path to the waterfall"
Collection: Within the walls
Tribute to: Carver, Raymond
| Being by myself, | |
| just writing, no fretting, that's -- | |
| how I want to live. | |
| Alleen zijn, zitten | Einfach nur schreiben, |
| schrijven, en niet piekeren -- | ohne mich zu grämen, so -- |
| Zo wil ik leven. | möchte ich leben. |
Amsterdam, 2017-06-23
On closer inspection (Han Voskuil) - 1963
Autobiographical novel "Bij nader inzien" - November 9th, 1948
Collections: Elude, Whirligig Scribbler
Tribute to: Voskuil, Han
