Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Jul 12

Remembered, the facts

are not sharp, fallen apart --

into a vague mood.

Diary (2005, Frida Vogels) - August 23rd, 1957 in Rome

Collection "Trench Walking"

#memories

Zywa Jul 12

Only now am I

wearing the yellow blouse, that --

belonged to mother.

Diary (2005, Frida Vogels) - July 29th, 1957 in Amsterdam

Collection "Trench Walking"

#remembrance #mother

Zywa Jul 11

Wild waves, the shore comes

close, it narrows more and more --

Then, calm, the strait.

Poem "Het naderen van een beslissing" ("Approaching a decision", 1957, Frida Vogels)

Collection "Trench Walking"

#life #streamoflife #decision

Zywa Jul 11

My feelings, I write

poems about them, although --

that does not help me.

Diary (2005, Frida Vogels) - December 9th, 1956

Collection "Trench Walking"

#poetry #feelings #mood

Zywa Jul 10

A passer-by asks:

Where from? Where to? I walk on --

with him, in silence.

Poem "Langs 't pad liepen veel vreemden" ("Many strangers walked along the path", 1955, Frida Vogels)

Collection "Trench Walking"

#life #fellowmen #alongtheway

Zywa Jul 10

I'm happy and look

around with astonishment --

Is there any hold?

Poem "Gelukkig zijn; en niet weten waarom" ("To be happy; and not knowing why", 1954, Frida Vogels)

Collection "Trench Walking"

#happiness #connection

Zywa Jul 9

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