Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Nov 2023

[ When do people still ]

When do people still

wonder? You know, there's so much --

they have seen before.

Novel "Sexing the cherry" (1989, Jeanette Winterson), chapter "1990" (Anno Domini 1990)

Collection "No wonder"

#wonder

Zywa Nov 2023

[ My alibi is ]

My alibi is

simply that I don't want to --

betray my comrades.

Novel "Ierse nachten" (1942, "Irish Nights", Simon Vestdijk), chapter 2-1, Guerilla in the peat (AD 1856)

Collection "Inmost [2]"

#truth #alibi

Zywa Nov 2023

[ I am an island ]

I am an island,

I just have to wait and see --

if Love docks with me.

Novel "Sexing the cherry" (1989, Jeanette Winterson), chapter "1649" (Anno Domini 1649)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 80s and 90s"

#life #courseoflife #chance

Zywa Nov 2023

[ Stories that end well ]

Stories that end well...

well, there really aren't any --

There are no endings.

Novel "Lighthousekeeping" (2004, Jeanette Winterson), chapter Known point in the darkness

Collection "Stream"

#life #streamoflife

Zywa Nov 2023

[ The timpani warm ]

The timpani warm

up, gently stirring the voice --

in their big bellies.

Composition "Saeta" (1949, Elliot Carter), from: "Eight Pieces for Four Timpani", for four timpani, performed by Darío Antón Doiz on November 2nd, 2023 in the Organpark

Collection "org anp ark", #314

#timpani #music #sound

Zywa Nov 2023

[ The circus! Led by ]

The circus! Led by

the animal with the nose --

that can walk along.

Novel "Sexing the cherry" (1989, Jeanette Winterson), chapter 1

Collection "Specialities"

#elephant #circus

Zywa Nov 2023

[ When I am with you ]

When I am with you,

so close that I become you --

I sing myself out.

"om te ver-jy" - 4 / "waar ek jy word" - 4 ("to become you" - 4 / "where I become you" - 4, 2009, Antjie Krog)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 0s"

#love #unity