Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa May 14

I talk in my sleep,

I recorded it and then --

quickly erased it.

Novel "Shalimar the Clown" (2005, Salman Rushdie), chapter India

Collection "Low gear"

#sleep #selfknowledge #research

Zywa May 13

I'm expectant and

I'm ready to write it down:

the northern lights, there!

Poem "Mevrouw Despina ziet noorderlicht" ("Mrs. Despina sees northern lights", 2008, Marjoleine de Vos)

Collection "Unseen"

#distance #attention #expectation #detachment

Zywa May 13

The statues destroyed,

temples without a roof, gods --

that are still alive.

Poem 29. "Ionikón" ("Ionic", 1911, Konstantinos Kaváfis)

Collection "Held/True"

#tradition #religion #gods

Zywa May 12

I seclude myself

in two rooms: one made of stone --

and one made of time.

Column "Derde leg" ("Third laying", 2021, Ellen Deckwitz, in the NRC on May 4th, 2021)

Collections "Death on Cast" and "WriteWiser signage"

#authorship #writing

Zywa May 12

Well, I think a lot

is wrong, very unhealthy --

they are: opinions.

Column "Niet vervelend" ("Not annoying", 2023, Ellen Deckwitz, in the NRC on June 15th, 2023)

Collection "Death on Cast"

#thinking #fret #opinions

Zywa May 11

My key does not fit

in de front door of my house --

My previous home.

Column "Nieuwe weg" ("New way", 2023, Ellen Deckwitz, in the NRC on August 21st, 2023)

Collection "Death on Cast"

#habits

Zywa May 11

That's how he has been:

that toddler, his little hands --

two little starfish.

Column "Niet verplegen" ("Not nursing", 2023, Ellen Deckwitz, in the NRC on August 31st, 2023)

#childhood #past #photo #toddler