Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Jul 2024

[ I cannot hear you ]

I cannot hear you,

only the waves, wind sometimes --

but nowhere your voice.

Documentary "Louder! So I can hear you" (2022, Laura Bokhoven)

Collection "Stall"

#missing #absence

Zywa Jul 2024

[ Before I can take ]

Before I can take

off my hat, I have to wait --

for a good moment.

Play "Happy Days" (1961, Samuel Beckett), played by Antoinette Jelgersma on April 18th, 2023, in Frascati (director Erik Whien)

Collection "Stall"

#captivity #passivity #rules

Zywa Jul 2024

[ The past heroes rest ]

The past heroes rest

in the dilapidated --

inn that the world is.

Collection "Rubáiyat" ("Quatrains", 1100, Omar Khayyam), quatrain "This worn caravanserai", in the 1898 version by Edward Heron-Allen

Collection "Stream"

#decay #heroes #world

Zywa Jul 2024

[ My tears cannot wash ]

My tears cannot wash

away what has happened, and --

everything goes on.

Collection "Rubáiyat" ("Quatrains", 1100, Omar Khayyam), quatrain "The Moving Finger writes", in the 1859 version by Edward FitzGerald

Collection "Stream"

#life #streamoflife

Zywa Jul 2024

[ She just watches it ]

She just watches it

with indifference, smiling --

irritatingly.

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

Collection "Thinkles Lusionless"

#boredom #disinterest #smile #watching

Zywa Jul 2024

[ Do pretend it is ]

Do pretend it is

normal, yes, very normal --

it ís, all of it.

Poem "De mensen" ("People", 2019, Pieter de Bruijn Kops)

Collection "Thinkles Lusionless"