Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa May 2024

A silvery sky,

dark and quiet the mountains --

as if sound asleep.

Novella "Fuglene under himmelen" ("The birds under the sky", 2019, Karl Ove Knausgard)

Collection "Glimpsed"

#night #landscape

Zywa May 2024

She's looking outside,

but still, does she see the view --

our beautiful view?

Novella "Fuglene under himmelen" ("The birds under the sky", 2019, Karl Ove Knausgard)

Collection "Glimpsed"

#surroundings #beauty #view #landscape

Zywa May 2024

Fragments of people,

with their words and their faces --

their shyness exposed.

Column "De kracht van enthousiasme" ("The power of enthusiasm", 2021, Joyce Roodnat, in the NRC of September 16th)

Collection "Glimpsed"

#people #shyness

Zywa May 2024

Girls are looking so

enigmatic, smiling, and --

in expectation.

Novel "De opdracht" ("The Mission", 1995, Wessel te Gussinklo), chapter (1-) 2

Collection "Glimpsed"

#girls #puberty #teenagers

Zywa May 2024

This black hole in time,

the accident, will be filled --

with my memories.

Novel "Buiten is het maandag" ("Outside, it's Monday", 2003, J. Bernlef), chapter 6-4

Collection "Being my museum"

#memory #memoryofsomeone #accident #missing

Zywa May 2024

It's our secret bed,

there in the dark, where we live --

dreaming together.

Poem "Nagmaal" ("Communion" [sacrament], 1979 (2001), Breyten Breytenbach), written in prison

Collection "Within the walls"

#wishdream #desire #prison #loverelationship

Zywa May 2024

For sale on the fair:

brain transplants to your liking --

Choose your memories.

Story "De achtbaan" ("The roller-coaster", 1953, Belcampo)

Collection "Being my own museum"

#memoryofoneslife #memories #transplants