Left behind, I shout

my angry powerlessness --


far into the depths.


AchtergeblevenZurückgelassen
schreeuw ik mijn machteloosheid --schreie ich meine Ohnmacht --
boos de diepte in.weit in die Tiefe.

 Poem H4191
 Amsterdam, 2023-10-04
 View (Anna Enquist) - 2020
 Poem "Uitzicht" (in the Poëziekrant, summer 2020, and in the collection "Berichten van het front", 2020)
 Tribute to: Enquist, Anna 
 Collection: Blankets of snow 


We carry sorrows

and old injuries with us --


as long as we live.


BeschadigingenWir tragen Trauer
en verdriet dragen we mee --und Verletzungen mit uns --
zolang we leven.solang wir leben.

 Poem H3937
 Amsterdam, 2023-07-08
 The Good Apprentice (Iris Murdoch) - 1985
 Novel, chapter 1, part 5
 Tribute to: Murdoch, Iris 
 Collection: Unspoken 


A girl in the camp

is forced to sing every night --


In her heart she cries.


Er is een meisjeIm Lager zwingen
in het kamp, dat moet zingen --sie ein Mädchen zum Singen --
In haar hart huilt ze.Im Herzen weint sie.

 Poem S1522
 Amsterdam, 2022-09-30
 Different Trains - After the war (Steve Reich) - 1988
 Composition for string quartet and three string quartets on tape
Deportations

 Composer:  
 Collection: anp 


Zywa I learned to laugh

In the glory days of K-1
nobody could touch me
Life smiled at me

I wasn't a child anymore
I learned to laugh
and I could handle everyone

The galas, watching and being watched
the tough friends, many things to do
The world was mine

The helplessness, the past
no longer mattered
I learned to laugh

     but my strength is gone
     my body often helpless again
     unease makes me drowsy

     everything comes back
     at the wrong moments
     as if it is happening now

     If I don't laugh anymore
     I am dead, or almost
     the world is almost closed

     I learned to laugh
     from loneliness, mama
     I was so alone

 Poem 4625
 Amsterdam, 2022-08-24
 Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk 
 Collection: Bruises 


If you don't forgive

you'll drink poison, hoping that --


the other suffers.


Als je niet vergeeftWenn man nicht vergibt,
drink je gif, terwijl je hoopt --trinkt man ein Gift, hoffend, dass --
dat de dader lijdt.der Täter leidet.

 Poem S1343
 Amsterdam, 2022-02-19
 Interview with Mpho Andrea Tutu - 2022
 Interview in nrc, February 19th, 2022
 Tribute to: Tutu, Mpho Andrea 
 Collection: Actively Passive 


Torn from the photo,

but still present anyhow --


with a sock and shoe.


Van de foto af-Aus dem Foto weg-
gescheurd, maar nog aanwezig --gerissen, aber noch da --
met een sok en schoen.mit Socke und Schuh.

 Poem S1327
 Amsterdam, 2022-01-31
 Findling (Vonne van der Meer) - 2019
 Novel "Vindeling"
 Tribute to: Van Der Meer, Vonne 
 Collection: VacantVoid 


 Poem 4288
 Amsterdam, 2022-01-10
 Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk 
 Collection: Freend 


It happened to us,

and we carry it with us --


A backpack with ice.


Zo is het gegaan,Es ist uns passiert,
we dragen het met ons mee --und wir tragen es bei uns --
Een rugzak vol ijs.Ein Rucksack mit Eis.

 Poem S1240
 Amsterdam, 2021-09-12
 The ice bearers (Anna Enquist) - 2002
 Novella "De ijsdragers"
 Tribute to: Enquist, Anna 
 Collection: Actively Passive 


The experience

is still there, always lurking --


Wanting one more time.


De ervaring blijft,Die Erfahrung bleibt,
ze ligt altijd op de loer --liegt immer auf der Lauer --
Ze wil nog een keer.Sie will noch einmal.

 Poem S1236
 Amsterdam, 2021-09-10
 Collection: Bruises 


Look at me, my wound

is a branch full of life force --


full of peace blossoms.


Kijk naar mij, mijn wondSchau: meine Wunde,
is een tak vol levenskracht --ein Zweig voller Lebenskraft --
vol vredebloesems.und Friedensblüten.

 Poem H3010
 Amsterdam, 2021-08-12
 Body paint starting from the branch on an operation scar
 Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk 
 Collection: More 


Zywa Injury

Are you my exercise
of feeling breath
in my body and feeling it
rise to a storm?

Am I your exercise
of listening, only
asking a question
when I dare not go on

to throw up fragments
of facts and confusion
in fits and starts
of silences

which you undergo
without comfort, without
getting closer, that close
you are already

confident
that I dare to
breathe deeply, cry
and go on

searching
in the dark
discovering
how I can?

 Poem 3299
 Amsterdam, 2020-12-12
 Dedicated to: Maria Godschalk 
 Collection: Bruises 


What has happened then

is now my cell, bare and small --


smaller every day.


Wat toen gebeurd is,Was damals geschah,
is nu mijn cel, kaal en klein --ist jetzt meine Zelle, klein --
elke dag kleiner.jeden Tag kleiner.

 Poem S1101
 Amsterdam, 2020-12-10
 Vanishing point (Wytske Versteeg) - 2020
 Story "Verdwijnpunt"
 Tribute to: Versteeg, Wytske 
 Collection: Shelter 


Zywa Come back

To find your company
again, I walk
between two worlds

every day
I pass strangers
They are busy

I feel no warmth
in their breath, no warmth
in their renowned pursuits

I don't meet anyone
because here everything is
already said and done

and in the other world
where you are not
I eat and sleep

Without you, I can't stand
it there, rather I wander
through the danger

of my memories
with the enticing risk
of losing my way

 Poem 2529
 Amsterdam, 2019-12-05
 The gods must have their number (Hubert Lampo) - 1969
 Novella "De goden moeten hun getal hebben"
 Tribute to: Lampo, Hubert 
 Collection: Local contractions 


Zywa Pill under my tongue

It must be me
who stillborn screaming
is locked up for days
in the unreal world
of home and garden

where you set out the chairs
in the grass and the sun is shining
but not giving any warmth
in the parallel reality
of the pill under my tongue

that makes me a ghost
without a body to kill
only with detailed plans
how to do that and finally
get rid of the ghost

 Poem 2439
 Amsterdam, 2019-10-01
 Wishing to die (Anne Sexton) - 1964
 Poem "Wanting to die", read in the film "Anne Sexton at home" (1966) and published in the collection "Live or Die" (1966)
#sue

 Tribute to: Sexton, Anne 
 Collection: Bruises 


Zywa Please lick me

He hits me, and she
does not feel the pain
she prefers to side with him

I laugh about it, I know it
the ritual in which I am
just the last in line

Nobody hears it, nobody sees it
Who would help me? he doesn't
shout and he doesn't hit me that hard

Hello Earth, This Is Siera
I am a red devil
do you read me?

Come In, Future
I wish to live and be licked
please lick me dry and cool

Do It Now

 Poem 2436
 Amsterdam, 2019-09-30
 Dedicated to: Siera Mayhew 
 Collection: Bruises 


I want to forget,

absolutely not forget --


to forget something.


Ik wil vergeten,Ich will vergessen
en zeker niets vergeten --und nicht vergessen, etwas --
toch te vergeten.doch zu vergessen.

 Poem S0907
 Amsterdam, 2019-07-05
 Grand Hotel Europa (Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer) - 2018
 Novel
 Tribute to: Pfeijffer, Ilja Leonard 
 Collection: Palace of the night 


Zywa I decided

I decided not to lament
over my homeland, the trees
of my youth, I don't want photos

I decided not to be angry
with my father, his rules
and the proud family who is silent

I decided to live yellow
Sun in my house, on the walls
my belly and my bare feet

I decided to dance
to be my own story
for my own eyes and ears

 Poem 2084
 Amsterdam, 2019-02-13
 I decided (Minyeshu) - 2008
 Song "Wosenku" ("I decided", 2008, Minyeshu Kifle Tedla; album "Dire Dawa", her place of birth in Ethiopia)
 Tribute to: Minyeshu 
 Collection: New Ago 


Skin full of scratches,

head full of bubble colours --


I'm out of the day.


Mijn vel vol krassen,Haut voller Kratzen,
mijn hoofd vol luchtbelkleuren --Kopf voller Blasenfarben --
Ik glijd uit de dag.Ich geh aus dem Tag.

 Poem S0265
 Amsterdam, 2014-12-06
 Many times we have cleared the needle (Jotie T'Hooft) - 1976
 Poem "Vele malen hebben wij de naald gezuiverd" (collection "Junkieverdriet")
 Tribute to: T'Hooft, Jotie 
 Collection: Moist glow 

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