Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Dec 2023

A stone on a stone

on a stone, that's how I climb --

higher and higher.

Song "Bouwvakkerslied" ("Construction Workers Song"), a variation on the song "Deze vuist op deze vuist" ("This fist on this fist"), 1979, Willem Wilmink, for the TV-program "De film van Ome Willem" ["Uncle William's Film"] with Edwin Rutten

Collection "Stream"

#childhood #upgrow

Zywa Dec 2023

[ Dad cheerfully asks ]

Dad cheerfully asks

about my boyfriend and soon --

he nags for details.

"Grote acht" ("Big Eight" - route of two circles in dressage, 2005, Vrouwkje Tuinman), chapter Eleven (years old) #2

Collection "Truder"

#parents #curiosity

Zywa Dec 2023

[ I was well prepared ]

I was well prepared,

but when you came, it melted --

in my happiness.

Poem "I thought the Train would never come" (1878, Emily Dickinson)

Collection "Love Mind and Death"

#happiness #inlove #love

Zywa Dec 2023

[ I've a busy head ]

I've a busy head,

it's full and so much bigger --

than the rest of me.

"Grote acht" ("Big Eight" - route of two circles in dressage, 2005, Vrouwkje Tuinman), chapter Twenty-three (years old)

Collection "Within the walls"

#thinking #fret

Zywa Dec 2023

[ There is something, It ]

There is something, It

is earthly, I sense it, shreds --

of a mystery.

"Ietsism" (the belief that there is Something that transcends everything) - Composition #108 "aardhand" ("groundhand", 2022, Piet-Jan van Rossum) for ensemble Orkest De Ereprijs, performed by Orkest De Ereprijs in the Organpark on December 9th, 2023

Collection "org anp ark" #336

#universe #connection

Zywa Dec 2023

[ I really need to ]

I really need to

go outside and get some air --

I need the silence.

Family hustle and bustle - Column "Je veter zit misschien los" ("Your lace may be loose", 2023, Marcel van Roosmalen)

Collection "Within the walls"

#together #crowded

Zywa Dec 2023

[ Love does prove itself ]

Love does prove itself

in attentively hearing --

of what is not said.

Novel "De gebeurtenis" ("The event", 2022, Peter Terrin), chapter Juliette (3) #1

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s"

#love #communication