In the many books

that I like, I never read --


anything that's new.


In alle boekenIn den Büchern, die
die mij bevallen lees ik --ich mag, lese ich leider --
helaas nooit iets nieuws.nie etwas Neues.

 Poem H3967
 Amsterdam, 2023-07-22
 Collection: Local contractions 


Everything changes,

people often slow it down --


with their traditions.


Alles verandert,Alles ändert sich,
mensen vertragen dat vaak --Menschen verzögern das oft --
met hun tradities.mit Traditionen.

 Poem H3779
 Amsterdam, 2023-03-28
 The Office - Failure (Han Voskuil) - 2000
 Novel "Het Bureau - Afgang"
Page 481, Maarten Koning, Eef Batteljee and the department of Folk Culture (1985)

 Tribute to: Voskuil, Han 
 Collection: Not too bad 


The midwinter horns:

shepherds blowing a story --


into our lifetime.


De midwinterhoorns:Mittwinterhörner
herders blazen een verhaal --blasen eine Geschichte --
in onze levens.in unser Leben.

 Poem H3748
 Amsterdam, 2023-03-03
 The Office - And melancholy, too (Han Voskuil) - 1999
 Novel "Het Bureau - En ook weemoedigheid"
Page 325, Maarten Koning and Ad Muller (1980)

 Tribute to: Voskuil, Han 
 Collection: Not too bad 


In the Silent Night,

above the village fountain:


the midwinter horns.


In de Stille NachtIn der Stillen Nacht
blazen boven de dorpsput --erklingt über dem Brunnen --
de midwinterhoorns.das Mittwinterhorn.

 Poem H3749
 Amsterdam, 2023-03-03
 The Office - And melancholy, too (Han Voskuil) - 1999
 Novel "Het Bureau - En ook weemoedigheid"
Page 325-326, Maarten Koning and Ad Muller (1980), novel "Afgang", page 362, Maarten Koning to Gijs Veenboer, for the TV-program Van gewest tot gewest (1984)

 Tribute to: Voskuil, Han 
 Collection: Not too bad 


From the compost-heap

of languages and ideas --


are poems growing.


Uit de composthoopAus Komposthaufen
van talen en gedachten --von Sprachen und Gedanken --
groeien gedichten.wachsen Gedichte.

 Poem H3134
 Amsterdam, 2021-12-01
 J.R.R. Tolkien: a biography (Humphrey Carpenter) - 1977
 John Tolkien, about authorship
 Tribute to: Tolkien, John 
 Collection: WriteWiser signage 


Zywa The House

I inhale the old scent, the holiness
of incense and curtains, mysteriously
soft candlelight and behind it the promise

of strength, miracles and happiness

Brick by brick, canvas by canvas
we restored the House, for eight days
it continued to burn, the oil

of strength, miracles and happiness

This is what we fought for
have been defeated for, year after year
this is what we won for, with seven arms

of strength, miracles and happiness

 Poem 2350
 Amsterdam, 2019-07-07
 Maccabees (Jerusalem in 164 vC)
1 Macc. 6:51-52, 4:36
Hannukah = "Dedication"

 Collection: From Sacred Scriptures [1] 


Zywa The Museum of Legends

The apocalypse survives any peace
harvests fail, authority falters
and breaks adrift, disgruntled
sons are born and
new wars are fought

From the wounds grows prosperity
that belongs to someone else
to a wolf
in sheep's clothing, to appearances:
a treacherous temptation

to entomb ancestors
in the Museum of Legends
and to forget their mission
under the banner of tradition
Long live the New Age

Just wait, watch
the signs, these
strivers will also be lost
doomed to downfall
as foretold

 Poem 2208
 Amsterdam, 2019-04-16
 Son of Perdition: John 17:12, and 2 Thessalonians 2:3
 Collection: Secrets & Believers 


 Poem 1709
 Amsterdam, 2018-03-23
 Collection: The light of words 


Zywa Biography

I do not build a house, just gates
entrances

to treasure chambers
of the old and the new palaces

in the heaven of poetry
that spans the earth and the ages

and reflects life
the life of always and everywhere

that we know and try
to understand, the life of people

with whom we are connected
who we can meet

in the palace chambers of
the heaven of poetry

 Poem 1665
 Amsterdam, 2018-01-25
 Collection: Life line 

Camels
can make long trips
Camels
I too focus on the long term
I can endure adversity:
I preserve the tradition
I take difficult circumstances into account
I make sure that I can hold out for a long time
n298    n304
Llama, Donkey
 
 Collection: Lilith's Powers 

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