Zywa Silent arrival

It is a silent arrival
under the yoke of acquiescence
and politeness to find work
a house and a future

You look for each other
the familiar sound of the words
binds you together in the new country

like siblings, grown up
with the same habits
and the same stories

Some want to stay forever
others as long as necessary, they wait
employed by others

Time passes slowly
but one of them has success
Joseph, the undeniable symbol

of a divine plan -
the eleventh son, in hindsight
of course, the darling of the patriarch
who may have dreamed of him

 Poem 3787
 Amsterdam, 2021-05-04
 Joseph is an afterthought (Genesis 37)
No Departure (Exodus) without Arrival
Trader Yuya was counselor of the Pharaohs Thut-mosis IV (1397-1388) and Amen-hotep III (1388-1351). He was an immigrant in Egypt, living in Akhmim (Upper Egypt) at the Nile, downstream of the royal city. Given the spelling of his name, he was probably the same person as Joseph, who later was added as the eleventh son on the family tree of Jacob.
• Yuya was married to Tuya (Anath), an Egyptian noblewoman. Their daughter Tiye (born 1398) became Queen in 1388, as the wife of Amen-hotep III, and their son Ay (born 1376) became pharaoh in 1323, as the husband of Ankh-es-en-amon.

 Collection: From Sacred Scriptures [1] 


Zywa The insight of an outsider

He was new here, young
no threat, he was allowed
to lend a hand

To survive, he had to be worth
himself and get to know
the people in this country

There was no path mapped out for him
Nobody expected something from him
Soon he started his own business

He became rich because of the stupidity
and the self-interest of the regents
He bought up surplus harvests

and built expensive barns
to safeguard the food
against rain and vermin

He was indispensable, an authority
strengthening the dynasty
His daughter became Queen

 Poem 3785
 Amsterdam, 2021-05-04
 Joseph stores up food supplies (Genesis 41)
Trader Yuya became counselor of the Pharaohs Thut-mosis IV (1397-1388) and Amen-hotep III (1388-1351). He was an immigrant in Egypt, living in Akhmim (Upper Egypt) at the Nile, downstream of the royal city. Given the spelling of his name, he was probably the same person as Joseph, who later was added as the eleventh son on the family tree of Jacob.
• Yuya was married to Tuya (Anath), an Egyptian noblewoman. Their daughter Tiye (born 1398) became Queen in 1388, as the wife of Amen-hotep III, and their son Ay (born 1376) became pharaoh in 1323, as the husband of Ankh-es-en-amon

 Collection: From Sacred Scriptures [1] 


Zywa Waffaqa

Can a person be successful
if temporality denies success
exposing that it is vain, an illusion
of vanity or complacency?

Can a person be successful
if he does not know how long he will be survived
by his performance, how many generations
how many centuries of utilization?

Can a person be successful
in his own eyes, measured
by his wishes
and the years of his life?

Can a person be successful
if he makes his results
outweigh his problems
failures and efforts?

Or is a person successful if
he makes go as well as possible
what happens, the normal
daily, wherever he is

if he lets his energy flow
in harmony, attentive and caring
for the ups and downs of himself
and his loved ones?

 Poem 1852
 Amsterdam, 2018-09-29
 Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk 
 Collection: Lilith's Powers 


Zywa Real but

Cut-outs photos genuinely
I myself in my memory
the applause and the sweat
the dancer that I was

lithe long muscles
a flying warrior maid
of beauty, of flesh
and blood, from childhood

in a porter's shirt
exercised daily
and stored
in every cell and the world

kept on turning, carelessly writing
off my fame as one of many
multiversal time fragments –
real but insignificant

 Poem 1713
 Amsterdam, 2018-04-05
 Dedicated to: Kristien vR 
 Collection: New Ago 


Failures, more success

is not achievable, which --


is not a success.


Mislukkingen zijnMisserfolge, mehr
het hoogst haalbare succes --Erfolg ist nicht erreichbar --
wat geen succes is.Also kein Erfolg.

 Poem H1224
 Amsterdam, 2015-07-19
 Love minus zero / No limit (Bob Dylan) - 1965
 Song (album "Bringing it all back home")
 Tribute to: Dylan, Bob 
 Tribute to: Baez, Joan 
 Collection: Great Flow 


I have got the sun

and the wind at the back: luck --


Here comes my shadow!


Zon en wind heb ikIch habe Sonne
in de rug, wat een geluk --und Wind im Rücken, mein Glück --
Hier komt mijn schaduw!Hier kommt mein Schatten!

 Poem H0023
 Amsterdam, 2011-11-25
 Collection: New Ago 

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