| Poems travel out | |
| of the world, to the border -- | |
| of the sacrosanct. | |
| Gedichten reizen | Gedichte reisen |
| de wereld uit, naar de grens -- | aus der Welt, bis zur Grenze -- |
| van het heiligste. | des Hochheiligen. |
Amsterdam, 2026-04-18
My struggle 6. The End (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2011
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Sjette bok" (translated 2018), part 8 - June 2011, Malmö
Collection: Writing
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| The utopia | |
| of poets: to liberate -- | |
| the world from language. | |
| De utopie van | Die Utopie der |
| dichters is de wereld te -- | Dichter: die Befreiung der -- |
| bevrijden van taal. | Welt von der Sprache. |
Amsterdam, 2026-04-18
My struggle 6. The End (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2011
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Sjette bok" (translated 2018), part 8 - June 2011, Malmö
Collections: Writing, Whirligig Scribbler
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| When your life is tough, | |
| you do need a tough language: | |
| poetic language. | |
| Een moeilijk leven | Ein hartes Leben |
| heeft moeilijke taal nodig: | braucht eine harte Sprache: |
| poëtische taal. | die poetische. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-03
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? (Jeanette Winterson) - 2011
Autobiography (normal means: heterosexual), chapter 4, The Trouble With A Book . . .
Collection: Inwardings
Tribute to: Winterson, Jeanette
| Poets are masters | |
| who, on wings of words, pass on -- | |
| the breath of the soul. | |
| Dichters zijn meesters | Dichter sind Meister, |
| die op vleugels van woorden -- | die auf Flügeln von Worten -- |
| de ziel doorgeven. | die Seele teilen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-12
A Change of tongue (Antjie Krog) - 2003
"La Caravane de la Poésie" in 1999 - Poetess Werewere Liking (Cameroon 1950) recites a poem in Kita (Mali)
Tale, part 5, A journey (Day Five)
Collection: A profession
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
| The goats bleat among | |
| the audience, bleat among -- | |
| lines of poetry. | |
| De geiten blaten | Die Ziegen meckern |
| tussen het publiek, tussen -- | in dem Publikum, meckern -- |
| de dichtregels door. | in den Verszeilen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-12
A Change of tongue (Antjie Krog) - 2003
"La Caravane de la Poésie" in 1999 - The Egyptian poet Zein reads on the village square of Ségou (Mali)
Tale, part 5, A journey (Day Nine)
Collection: SoulSenseSun
Tribute to: Krog, Antjie
| Heavenly verses, | |
| over distant boundaries -- | |
| trying to fight death. | |
| Hemelse verzen, | Himmlische Verse, |
| over verre grenzen heen -- | über entfernte Grenzen -- |
| bevechten de dood. | bekämpfen den Tod. |
Overberg, 2021-09-06
Bruno's Dream (Iris Murdoch) - 1969
Novel
Collection: Dreams of love
Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris
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The defects themselves are not as bad |
Amsterdam, 2019-09-16
Collection: Changing Times
| All includes Nothing | |
| and Nothing has to be All -- | |
| that's what poems say. | |
| Alles bevat Niets, | Alles enthält Nichts, |
| en Niets moet wel Alles zijn -- | und Nichts muss wohl Alles sein -- |
| volgens gedichten. | Gedichten gemäß. |
Vlissingen, 2019-06-05
Everything can be said in a poem (Ernesto de Melo e Castro) - 1971
Poem "Tudo pode ser dito num poema" (collection "Álea e vazio")
Collection: Look at me
Tribute to: De Melo e Castro, Ernesto
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No clear translucence |
Amsterdam, 2018-02-14
"Eenvouds verlichte waters" ("simplicitly lit waters", 1952, Lucebert)
Collection: The light of words
Tribute to: Lucebert
| Writing is finding | |
| words until you can read what -- | |
| is unspeakable. | |
| Schrijven is woorden | Schreiben ist: Worte |
| zoeken, tot je kunt lezen -- | suchen, das Unsagbare -- |
| wat onzegbaar is. | leserlich machen. |
Amsterdam, 2017-12-29
Diary 1977-1978 (Frida Vogels) - 2014
"Dagboek 1977-1978" - October 24th, 1977, Bologna
Collections: Helices, Whirligig Scribbler
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| Varses are smothers, | |
| garbel of a dozing dream -- | |
| sated of its gleam. | |
| Varzen zijn dwalmen, | Varse sind Schwaden, |
| bargel van dommele droom -- | Sudel eines dösen Traums -- |
| verzadigd van gloom. | gesättigt mit Glaums. |
Amsterdam, 2017-02-23
Tearies (Marten Toonder) - 1947
Poem "Traansel" (in De Groene Amsterdammer, October, 18th 1947)
Collection: Puss & Lord
Tribute to: Toonder, Marten
| Days of remembrance, | |
| days of love and funerals: | |
| Days of Poetry. | |
| Begrafenissen, | Beerdigungen, |
| 4 mei en verliefdheden: | Gedenk- und Liebestage: |
| Gedichtendagen. | Poesietage. |
Amsterdam, 2017-01-26
Collection: The light of words
| In the strass of quass | |
| is canningly caught the mun -- | |
| Prinners praugh the prun! | |
| In de stras van kwas | In der Trauss der Quauss |
| is strak de moen gevangen -- | ist schon den Mon gefangen -- |
| Dral droens de prangen! | Fröhn rohnt die Quangen! |
Amsterdam, 2017-01-24
Sir Bumble and The Fire-Salamander (Marten Toonder) - 1947
Poem in the Groene Amsterdammer (October 25th, 1947)
Comic strip #109 "Heer Bommel en De Vuur-salamander" (1965), primarily tier 5405
Collection: Puss & Lord
Tribute to: Toonder, Marten
| My poem: finished? | |
| I must listen to the words. | |
| It's a hard silence. | |
| Is mijn gedicht af? | Mein Gedicht: fertig? |
| Ik beluister de woorden. | Ich höre auf die Worte. |
| Het is hard zwijgen. | Es ist hart schweigen. |
Amsterdam, 2016-06-14
Ars poetica (Herman de Coninck) - 1995
Poem (collections "Nu dus" and "Vingerafdrukken")
The last three lines are on his tombstone:
Het is hard zwijgen, een gedicht:
grafsteen die luistert naar wat erin is gegrift.
Letters die luisteren tot ze vol regen staan.
Collections: Shortages, A profession
Tribute to: De Coninck, Herman
| Like sweet words want to | |
| comfort, and do not help, that's -- | |
| how poetry helps. | |
| Zoals een lief woord | Wie ein süßes Wort |
| wil troosten en het helpt niet -- | trösten will, und es hilft nicht -- |
| zo helpt poëzie. | so hilft Poesie. |
Amsterdam, 2015-07-16
Poetry (Herman de Coninck) - 1980
Poem "Poëzie" (collection "Met een klank van hobo")
Collections: Shortages, A profession
Tribute to: De Coninck, Herman
