Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa 21h

I like to lie on

the floor, thinking, with a book --

upon my stomach.

Novel "The Green Knight" (1993, Iris Murdoch), chapter 1 Ideal Children

Collection "Unspoken"

#thinking #reading

Zywa 21h

A friend does not beat

around the bush, she's honest --

which can be painful.

Novel "The Green Knight" (1993, Iris Murdoch), chapter 2 Justice

Collection "Unspoken"

#friends

Zywa 1d

I pull the curtain

open, just to stall for time,

and study the fog.

Novel "The Green Knight" (1993, Iris Murdoch), chapter 2 Justice

Collection "Unspoken"

#fog #postponement #uncertainty

Zywa 1d

He is cool-headed

in e-ve-ry joke he makes --

he is serious.

Novel "The Green Knight" (1993, Iris Murdoch), chapter 2 Justice

Collection "Unspoken"

#joke #power #compulsion #seriousness

Zywa 2d

Heaven allures us,

a scent of higher honey --

draws us to full height.

Poem "Het lied der dwaze bijen" ("The song of the foolish bees", 1934, Martinus Nijhoff)

Collection "Passage Passion"

#lure #charm #illusion #bees #honey

Zywa 2d

The road has lost us,

we have left it, over there --

it's looking for us.

Poem "Over de weg" ("The road", 1998, Eva Gerlach)

Collection "Passage Passion"

#life #road #courseoflife #exploring #ontheway

Zywa 3d

I escaped from my

armour, naked I feel: what --

is outside of me?

Poem "redekawel" - 1 ("argueing" - 1, 2022, Antjie Krog)

Collection "Passage Passion"

#experience #world