Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Jul 5

[ Disillusionment ]

Disillusionment:

seeing the ridiculous --

ignoring beauty.

Novel "De stille kracht" ("The Hidden Force", 1900, Louis Couperus), chapter 2, § 1

Collection "Thinkles Lusionless"

#expectation #disappointment #beauty #surroundings

Zywa Jul 5

[ You don't talk about ]

You don't talk about

a patient, at most you say:

it is a headache.

Novel "De stille kracht" ("The Hidden Force", 1900, Louis Couperus), chapter 2, § 3

Collection "Thinkles Lusionless"

#privacy

Zywa Jul 4

[ Faith is guidable ]

Faith is guidable,

while superstition hardly --

can be influenced.

Novel "The Enchantress of Florence" (2008, Salman Rushdie), part 3, chapter 19

Collection "Low gear"

#faith #religion #superstition #worldview

Zywa Jul 4

[ Please help him, holy ]

Please help him, holy

woman we don't see, help us --

You are one of us.

Novel "The Enchantress of Florence" (2008, Salman Rushdie), part 3, chapter 19

Collection "Low gear"

#prayer #wish #need #religion

Zywa Jul 3

[ The woods are chopped down ]

The woods are chopped down,

too bad, I'm going to save --

the tree in the square.

Column "Boeren zijn de baas" ("Farmers are boss", 2024, Marcel van Roosmalen), in the NRC of July 1st, 2024

Collection "Actively Passive"

#trees #environment #landuse #landclearing

Zywa Jul 3

[ He's unconsciously ]

He's unconsciously

incompetent, but he's nice --

when he has a beer.

Column "Boeren zijn de baas" ("Farmers are boss", 2024, Marcel van Roosmalen), in the NRC of July 1st, 2024 (about local politicians)

Collections "Specialities"

#culture #skill #competence #politics

Zywa Jul 2

[ Two people travel ]

Two people travel

and they discover the world --

A journey called Love.

Novel "The Enchantress of Florence" (2008, Salman Rushdie), part 3, chapter 19

Collection "Low gear"

#life #discover #love #partner #lifecompanion