The cars are coming

home, in the valley, I hear --


them on the high dike.


De auto's komenDie Autos kommen
thuis, in het dal, ik hoor ze --heim, ins Tal, ich höre sie --
op de hoge dijk.auf dem hohen Deich.

 Poem H4417
 Amsterdam, 2023-12-31
 In the Dutch mountains (Nits) - 1987
 Song (album "In the Dutch mountains")
 Tribute to: Nits 
 Tribute to: Hofstede, Henk 
 Collection: Within the walls 


My poet friends sleep,

it's quiet, I look at them --


eat a banana.


De dichters slapen,Die Dichter schlafen,
het is stil, ik kijk naar hen --ich schaue auf sie, esse --
en eet een banaan.eine Banane.

 Poem H4229
 Amsterdam, 2023-10-18
 Desolation Angels (Jack Kerouac) - 1965
 Book, chapter 2-1-13: Mexico City, written 1961
 Tribute to: Kerouac, Jack 
 Collection: MistI 


In the neon light,

shadows appear and vanish --


Strolling nightlife girls.


In het neonlichtIm Neonblitzlicht
komen en gaan er schimmen --kommen und gehen Schatten --
Meisjes in de nacht.Mädchen in der Nacht.

 Poem H4223
 Amsterdam, 2023-10-15
 Desolation Angels (Jack Kerouac) - 1965
 Book, chapter 1-2-65, written 1956: "Neons, Chinese restaurants / coming on - / Girls come by shades"
 Tribute to: Kerouac, Jack 
 Collection: MistI 


The sky is silver,

the mountains are dark, quiet --


as if sound asleep.


Zilver de hemel,Silbern der Himmel,
donker de bergen, en stil --dunkel die Berge, und still --
alsof ze slapen.als ob sie schliefen.

 Poem H3770
 Amsterdam, 2023-03-23
 The birds under the sky (Karl Ove Knausgard) - 2019
 Novella "Fuglene under himmelen", page 40
 Tribute to: Knausgard, Karl Ove 
 Collection: Glimpsed 


It is night, I walk

across the metropolis --


which denies the night.


Midden in de nachtMitten in der Nacht
loop ik door de wereldstad --laufe ich durch die Weltstadt --
die de nacht ontkent.die die Nacht leugnet.

 Poem S1704
 Amsterdam, 2023-03-14
 Fury (Salman Rushdie) - 2001
 Novel, § 4
 Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman 
 Collection: Low gear 


Great, swimming at night,

alone in the silent lake --


black trees around me.


Nachts zwemmen, alleen, 'sNachts schwimmen, allein
in het stille meer, omringd --im stillen See, umgeben --
door zwarte bomen.von schwarzen Bäumen.

 Poem H3739
 Amsterdam, 2023-02-21
 Collection: Metamorphic body 


At night, the houses

with their windows are yawning --


at me everywhere.


In de nacht geeuwenIn der Nacht gähnen
de huizen met hun vensters --die Häuser mit ihren Fenstern --
mij overal toe.mich überall an.

 Poem H3611
 Amsterdam, 2022-12-17
 The hand of the poor sick man (Luigi Pirandello) - 1917
 Story "La mano del malato povero"
 Tribute to: Pirandello, Luigi 
 Collection: Unseen 


Zywa Night Stage

How did we come in?
Can we just peg out again
to the right there, and
are the WCs behind this door?

Are we here or do we play it?
The city is asleep, are we asleep
when everyone lives?

Can we touch each other
and let each other blush, or are we
shadows on the empty scene
of our alienation?

What are we doing here, in this scenery
of deceased peace? Are we dreaming
of last masterstrokes?

The sandwich and the drinks are real
the round room is not a stage
it throws a lighthouse light
into empty streets -- a beacon

that attracts night-moths
warning everyone
to stay away from here

 Poem 4082
 Amsterdam, 2021-10-31
 Nighthawks (Edward Hopper) - 1942
 Painting
 Tribute to: Hopper, Edward 
 Collection: Local contractions 


Above us, the rust

holes in the roof are sparkling:


the stars of the day.


Boven ons stralenÜber uns strahlen
de roestgaatjes in het dak:die Rostlöcher im Zinkdach:
sterren van de dag.Sterne des Tages.

 Poem H2953
 Amsterdam, 2021-05-08
 One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez) - 1967
 Novel "Cien años de soledad"
 Tribute to: Garcia Marquez, Gabriel 
 Collection: After the festivities 

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