Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Apr 2024

God is like a sound,

He's everywhere, wherever --

there is space, He sounds.

"La Caravane de la Poésie" in 1999 - Tuareg poet Eraf Hawad speaks about the nomadic way of life --- Tale "A Change of tongue" (2003, Antjie Krog)

Collection "Held/True"

#god #religion

Zywa Apr 2024

[ As if God sees us ]

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 2024

[ 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 2024

[ 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"