Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Oct 2023

[ You did, you said: you ]

You did, you said: you.

As if I just have to be --

obliging to you.

"Citizen: An American Lyric" - VII (2014, Claudia Rankine)

Collection "May the Might"

#racism #equality #arrogance

Zywa Oct 2023

[ Nothing goes to hell ]

Nothing goes to hell

with a big bang, it always --

happens with moaning.

Poem "owner's response" - 1651 statement from the Khoi-leader Autshumao, to Jan van Riebeeck (2011, Ronelda Kamfer)

Collection "Human excess"

#pain #decay

Zywa Oct 2023

[ The down comforter ]

The down comforter

is thin, few feathers, sticking --

out, scratching, pricking.

Novel "Lighthousekeeping" (2004, Jeanette Winterson), chapter Two Atlantics

Collection "Blankets of snow"

#poverty

Zywa Oct 2023

[ We are on the way ]

We are on the way,

and we know well: not one road --

leads to an end point.

"On the Road" - "The Original Scroll" (1951, Jack Kerouac), about his activities in 1947-1950, published in 1957/2007, chapter Book Four; Neal Cassidy

Collection "MistI"

#ontheway #courseoflife #life

Zywa Oct 2023

[ I want to create ]

I want to create

what is not there, not as art --

but genuine Love!

"Denver Doldrums" (1947, Allen Ginsberg)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in de 40s and 50s"

#love #create

Zywa Oct 2023

[ The poem opens ]

The poem opens

a window where I expect --

to go through a door.

Poem "ingenieur" ("engineer", 2022, Emilie Dewitte)

Collection "Specialities"

#poetry #discovery

Zywa Oct 2023

[ I had to do it ]

I had to do it,

but the choice I made felt like --

someone else's coat.

Poem "keuzes" ("choices", 2022, Emilie Dewitte)

Collection "Specialities"

#choice