Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Nov 2023

Sand lays a ribbon

of rolling shapes covering --

the edge of the land.

Dunes - Poems "In de Grote Storm van" en "Zand is een vorm" ("In the Great Storm of" and "Sand is a shape", 2017, Wendela de Vos)

Collection "Truder"

#nature #dune #sand

Zywa Nov 2023

[ Not a real hug ]

It stopped working,

it's fake love, not a real hug:

no more alcohol!

Column "Belofte" ("Promise", 2023, Ellen Deckwitz), in the NRC on November 6th, 2023

Collection "Death on Cast"

#repose #alcohol #fakelove

Zywa Nov 2023

[ Don't fear disaster ]

Don't fear disaster,

grandma says, but I dream it --

happens anyway.

Book "The Book of Premonitions" (2023) - children aged 11 and 12 give their view of the future

Collection "Stream"

#fear #dream #future

Zywa Nov 2023

[ Sadness is within ]

Sadness is within,

first a series of crackers --

and then howling dogs.

Poem "Minesweeper" ("Minesweeper", 2016, Ronelda Kamfer)

Collection "Actively Passive"

#sadness

Zywa Nov 2023

[ Her pious father ]

Her pious father

locks me up and my girlfriend --

he pulls to the bed.

Poem "Getuienis" ("Testimony", 2016, Ronelda Kamfer)

Collection "Within the walls"

#abuse #****** #piety

Zywa Nov 2023

[ I left her behind ]

I left her behind,

'See you tomorrow', I thought --

it would be okay.

Poem "antie Gerty, suster Kamfer, antie Trui" ("aunt Gerty, sister Kamfer, aunt Trui", 2016, Ronelda Kamfer)

Collection "Home sea"

#mother #postponement #goodbye

Zywa Nov 2023

[ Mother just lies there ]

Mother just lies there.

Mama, do you hear me, please --

Mama, please wake up!

Poem "antie Gerty, suster Kamfer, antie Trui" ("aunt Gerty, sister Kamfer, aunt Trui", 2016, Ronelda Kamfer)

Collection "Home sea"

#mother