Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Oct 2023

[ Only if you know ]

Only if you know

yearning, can you understand --

my suffering, me.

"Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt" ("Only he who knows yearning", 1796, Johann W. von Goethe)

Collection "Inmost [1]"

#desire #unrest #compassion #yearning

Zywa Oct 2023

[ My wish is that they... ]

My wish is that they...

want the same thing as I do:

the best. United.

"Country of My Skull" (1998, Antjie Krog), cooperative whites after the apartheid regime

Collection "Wean Di"

#cooperation #harmony #ambition

Zywa Oct 2023

[ In the neon light ]

In the neon light,

shadows appear and vanish --

Strolling nightlife girls.

"Desolation Angels" (1965, Jack Kerouac), chapter 1-2-65: "Neons, Chinese restaurants / coming on - / Girls come by shades"

Collection "MistI"

#night #neon #city #shades

Zywa Oct 2023

[ Downstream, three buckets ]

Downstream, three buckets

of mayonnaise are sailing --

along with our boat.

"Desolation Angels" (1965, Jack Kerouac), chapter 1-2-57: "Mayonnaise - / Mayonnaise comes in cans / down the river"

Collection "MistI"

#ontheway #river #spoilage

Zywa Oct 2023

[ The house has new sounds ]

The house has new sounds,

a harmony: languages --

dance, and skin colours.

"Begging to Be Black" (2009, Antjie Krog), her birthday on October 23rd, 1992

Collection "SoulSenseSun"

#harmony #relaxation #peace

Zywa Oct 2023

[ On the peak I dream ]

On the peak I dream

of La Vie Parisienne --

in Tijuana.

"Desolation Angels" (1965, Jack Kerouac), chapter 1-1-25 (Jack Kerouac spends two months in de lookout shack on Desolation Peak, near Ross Lake in Washington)

Collection "MistI"

#fantasy #dreaming #alone

Zywa Oct 2023

[ The lightning dances ]

The lightning dances

yellowly on the ridges --

It's an event here.

"Desolation Angels" (1965, Jack Kerouac), chapter 1-1-27 (Jack Kerouac spends two months in de lookout shack on Desolation Peak, near Ross Lake in Washington)

Collection "MistI"

#nature #lightning