Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Jun 2024

Ow, my secret hurts,

it eats me, hollows me out --

Alive I am dead.

Novel "The Enchantress of Florence" (2008, Salman Rushdie), part 1, chapter 2 - Covert homosexuality

Collection "Low gear"

#secret

Zywa Jun 2024

[ The night is over ]

The night is over,

I still dance in the café --

on the shards of glass.

Poem "Woensdag" - 4 ("Wednesday" - 4, 2010, Lieke Marsman)
Poem "Universele esthetiek" - 1 ("Universal aesthetics" - 1, 2021, Lieke Marsman)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 10s"

#joy #dance

Zywa Jun 2024

[ I fold you flat, smooth ]

I fold you flat, smooth

you and lay you in the days --

as my life anchor.

Poem "Perspectief" ("Perspective", 2017, Karim Schelkens)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 10s"

#relationship

Zywa Jun 2024

[ The joyful crowd throws ]

The joyful crowd throws

me into his arms, we laugh --

and then I lose him.

Song "La foule" ("The crowd", 1958, Michel Rivgauche, sung by Édith Piaf, music Ángel Cabral, 1936: the Peruvian waltz "Que nadie sepa mi sufrir" ["Let no one know my suffering"], text Enrique Dizeo)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 40s and 50s"

#courseoflife #chance

Zywa Jun 2024

[ I paid it, I swept ]

I paid it, I swept

it away and forgot it --

for today's new day!

Song "Non, je ne regrette rien" ("No, I do not regret anything", 1956, Michel Vaucaire, sung by Édith Piaf, music Charles Dumont)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 40s and 50s"

#lustforlife #enthusiasm #newlove

Zywa Jun 2024

[ Your eyes speak so pure ]

Your eyes speak so pure,

in a clear language, your head --

does not need a mouth.

Poem "Zuiver" ("Pure", 2013, Karin Lachmising)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 10s"

#bodylanguage #communication

Zywa Jun 2024

[ This missed chance has closed]

This missed chance has closed

up my love for you, weighty --

as a grave cover.

Poem "unsent message" (2019, Emily Pavelich)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 10s"

#regret