Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Jul 2021

[ The white handkerchief ]

The white handkerchief

explodes on the shooting range --

like a soul, murdered.

"Once and only once I fired a gun" (1991, Seamus Heaney)

Collection "Actively Passive"

#violence

Zywa Jul 2021

[ John Rabb holds Sunday ]

John Rabb holds Sunday

service in nature, with ***** --

he celebrates life.

X - "Jan Rap" (X - "John Rabb", 1858, Petrus de Génestet), a warning against the rabble

Collection "Home sea"

#party

Zywa Jul 2021

[ A frugal half light ]

A frugal half light

is sufficient for wise words --

since they shine themselves.

LXIV - "Op heel en half licht" (LXIV - "On full and half light", 1860, Petrus de Génestet)

Collection "Inmost"

#wisdom

Zywa Jul 2021

[ Tea and gruntsinging ]

Tea and gruntsinging

of old Tibetans before --

they get in the air.

"Steeds hoger" ("Higher and higher", 1970, Jules Deelder)

Collection "Held True"

#ambition

Zywa Jul 2021

[ A dream, a moan, I ]

A dream, a moan, I

look and see myself lying --

stretched out on the road.

"In droom" ("In dream", 1959, Christiaan van Geel)

Collection "Here &Now&"

#dreaming

Zywa Jul 2021

[ There is happiness ]

There is happiness

running through my little hands --

my hands on the Earth.

"In het gedicht" ("In the poem", 1978, Jotie T'Hooft)

Collection "SoulSenseSun"

#happiness

Zywa Jul 2021

[ Skin full of scratches ]

Skin full of scratches,

head full of bubble colours --

I'm out of the day.

"Vele malen hebben wij de naald gezuiverd" ("Many times we have cleared the needle", 1976, Jotie T'Hooft, collection "Junkieverdriet")

Collection "Moist glow"

#trauma