Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Nov 2023

Two people will form

a community, any --

trio will split up.

Saying among the members of the various Reformed churches in Holland (Michigan), from AD 1847 - quite different from "two's company, three's a crowd"

Collection "Wean Di"

#together #community #discord #division #split #schism

Zywa Nov 2023

[ Back from the city ]

Back from the city,

I clearly see, rich people --

here are just paupers.

Novel "Ierse nachten" (1942, "Irish Nights", Simon Vestdijk), chapters 4-1 and 4-5, Letters to Saint Patrick (AD 1859)

Collection "Inmost [2]"

#poverty

Zywa Nov 2023

[ With power one has ]

With power one has

much more authority than --

a scholar or saint.

Novel "Ierse nachten" (1942, "Irish Nights", Simon Vestdijk), chapter 4-3, Letters to Saint Patrick (AD 1859)

Collection "Inmost [2]"

#power

Zywa Nov 2023

[ The wobbling chair has ]

The wobbling chair has

only two legs, and a rope --

to the ceiling beam.

Novel "Ierse nachten" (1942, "Irish Nights", Simon Vestdijk), chapter 4-1, Letters to Saint Patrick (AD 1859)

Collection "Inmost [2]"

#poverty

Zywa Nov 2023

[ Beware, your body ]

Beware, your body

is a prey for the devil --

He makes you hungry.

Novel "Ierse nachten" (1942, "Irish Nights", Simon Vestdijk), chapter 4-4, Letters to Saint Patrick (AD 1859)

Collection "Inmost [2]"

#body #devil #needs

Zywa Nov 2023

[ Over there: the Ocean ]

Over there: the Ocean,

inside me another one --

Without Lighthouses.

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

Collection "MistI"

#awareness #fret #worries #uncertainty

Zywa Nov 2023

[ Safety: high walls all ]

Safety: high walls all

around, and a large bell jar --

with firing angels.

Israel's air defense system "Kipat barzel" ("Iron Dome"), operational since 2011

Collection "From Sacred Scriptures [1]"

#safety #protection