Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Jun 28

[ She looks at me, puts ]

She looks at me, puts

coquettishly in her eyes --

her whole soul again.

Story "De surprise" ("The surprise", 1968, Belcampo)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 60s and 70s"

#flirting #makingeyes

Zywa Jun 28

[ Watch out, everyone ]

Watch out, everyone

is looking at us, our love --

must remain secret.

Song "You've got to hide your love away" (1965, John Lennon, The Beatles, album "Help!")

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 60s and 70s"

#love #privacy #inlove #embarassment

Zywa Jun 27

[ My heart, aimlessly ]

My heart, aimlessly

drifting in the foggy gloam --

is dreaming of love.

Poem "The city sneaks through foggy twilight", in the novel "Een tevreden lach" ("A happy smile", 1965, A. Burnier)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 60s and 70s"

#longing #longingforlove

Zywa Jun 27

[ The city reflects ]

The city reflects

my dream of love: weathered grey --

from all the waiting.

Poem "The city sneaks through foggy twilight", in the novel "Een tevreden lach" ("A happy smile", 1965, A. Burnier)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 60s and 70s"

#longing #longingforlove #waiting

Zywa Jun 26

[ Follow love around ]

Follow love around,

even though I don't want you --

or you flee from me.

Song "L'Amour s'en va" ("Love runs away", 1963, Françoise Hardy) - Eurovision song contest Grand Prix 1963, as representative of Monaco

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 60s and 70s"

#relationship #attraction #aversion #endofrelationship

Zywa Jun 26

[ Please just let me be ]

Please just let me be,

let me be an empty place --

filled with a loved one.

Poem "Een lege plek om te blijven" - XIV ("An empty place to stay" - XIV, 1974, Rutger Kopland)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 60s and 70s"

#longing

Zywa Jun 25

[ The painting shows the ]

The painting shows the

nation that is not yet there --

It's a creation.

Novel "The Enchantress of Florence" (2008, Salman Rushdie), part 1, chapter 9

Collection "Low gear"

#art #imagination