Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Jan 2024

I do remember

her bicycle from back then --

but no faces at all.

Novel "jl." ("recently" - the title also refers to Juno Linnaarts, 2016, Anjet Daanje), chapter December 23rd, 1973

Collection "Being my own museum"

#memory #life #childhood

Zywa Jan 2024

No one's listening,

so there is no censorship --

of the protesters.

Column "Je stem zal je niet beschermen" ("Your voice won't protect you", 2024, Ellen Deckwitz)

Collection "Actively Passive"

#resistance #censorship

Zywa Jan 2024

People celebrate

the astronauts on the moon --

who'd like to join in.

Novel "jl." ("recently" - the title also refers to Juno Linnaarts, 2016, Anjet Daanje), chapter July 21st, 1969

Collection "No wonder"

#missing #absence #party #astronauts #moonlanding

Zywa Jan 2024

Mama told me things,

as a toddler, that I'd like --

to know from her now.

Novel "jl." ("recently" - also referring to Juno Linnaarts, 2016, Anjet Daanje), chapter July 21st, 1969

Collection "Being my own museum"

#memory #life #youth #mother

Zywa Jan 2024

We wear white plastic

slats as a stole, we're playing --

a Roman drama.

Novella "Relaas van 'n moord" ("Account of a ******", 1995, Antjie Krog)

Collection "Germ Substance"

#playing #fun

Zywa Jan 2024

Shame is having fear

of something ordinary --

that is a secret.

Poems "Kijk 's naar dit meisje" and "Over de schaamte" ("Please, take a look at this girl" and "About shame", 1970, Gerrit Krol)

Collection "Known"

#shame

Zywa Jan 2024

Our view from the train:

I ride away from the past --

she heads the future.

Poem "Echtpaar in de trein" ("Couple on the train", 1990, Willem Wilmink)

Collection "Appearances"

#ontheway #time #futureandpast