Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Apr 16

As if God sees us

like the people on tv --

look blindly at us?

After the novella "Het theater, de brief en de waarheid" ("The theatre, the letter and the truth", 2000, Harry Mulisch), chapter 1

Collection "Held/True"

#religion #god

Zywa Apr 15

[ The minaret sticks ]

The minaret sticks

accusingly in our house --

its shadow finger.

Novel "Midnight's Children" (1981, Salman Rushdie), chapter 2-14 "Jamila Singer"

Collection "Low gear"

#minaret #religion #commandments

Zywa Apr 15

[ The flower necklace ]

The flower necklace,

she throws it away, doesn't want --

to be manacled.

Novel "Midnight's Children" (1981, Salman Rushdie), chapter 2-5 "Love in Bombay"

Collection "Low gear"

#inlove #unansweredlove #selfdetermination

Zywa Apr 14

[ Unfortunately ]

Unfortunately

none of my birthday guests know --

how to celebrate.

Novel "Midnight's Children" (1981, Salman Rushdie), chapter 2-6 "My tenth birthday"

Collection "Low gear"

#birthday #disappointment

Zywa Apr 14

[ The words she spits out ]

The words she spits out

rip open everyone's skin --

like a vast, barbed net.

Novel "Midnight's Children" (1981, Salman Rushdie), chapter 2-6 "My tenth birthday"

Collection "Low gear"

#words #aggression #violenceofwords

Zywa Apr 13

[ Everything happens ]

Everything happens

to me, nonetheless I am --

the protagonist.

Novel "Midnight's Children" (1981, Salman Rushdie), chapter 2-9 "The Kolynos Kid"

Collection "Low gear"

#awareness #ego #identity #protagonist

Zywa Apr 13

[ I know I'm destined ]

I know I'm destined

for great deeds, however, first --

I've to finish school.

Novel "Midnight's Children" (1981, Salman Rushdie), chapter 2-8 "Alpha and Omega"

Collection "Low gear"

#childhood #upgrow #school #future