Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Jul 2024

[ Even gentlemen ]

Even gentlemen

wish to live with dignity --

well, common, sometimes.

Comic strip "Tom Poes en de klonters" ("Tom **** and the lumps", 1955, Marten Toonder), strip 2654

#elite #gentleman

Zywa Jul 2024

[ Requesting poet's ]

Requesting poet's

muse with good references --

Generous respect.

Comic strip "Heer Bommel en de muzenis" ("Sir Bumble and the muse-web", 1955-1956, Marten Toonder), strip 2693

#poetry #muse

Zywa Jul 2024

[ In the room, silence ]

In the room, silence

rustles, as if creation --

is now beginning.

Poem "The big inner room is as dark" (1985, Zelda Schneurson)

Collection "SoulSenseSun"

#silence #sabbath #creation

Zywa Jul 2024

[ It's quiet inside ]

It's quiet inside,

mother is in the palace --

of her devotions.

Poem "The big inner room is as dark" (1985, Zelda Schneurson)

Collection "SoulSenseSun"

#religion #prayer #sabbath

Zywa Jul 2024

[ Not the way it is ]

Not the way it is,

only the way it happens –

my life is okay.

Autobiographical account "De harde kern" - 1 ("The *******" - 1, 1966, Frida Vogels) and "Diary 1966-1967" (2009) - May 15th, 1966 in Blaricum

Collection "Trench Walking"

#courseoflife #streamoflife #ontheway #happening

Zywa Jul 2024

[ Read my family ]

Read my family

story, it is a portrait --

how I see myself.

Autobiographical account "De harde kern" - 1 ("The *******" - 1, 1992, Frida Vogels) - April-May 1966 in Amsterdam

Collection "Trench Walking"

#family #selportrait #selfimage

Zywa Jul 2024

[ The clouds heavily ]

The clouds heavily

sail through the lake of my eyes --

Swans are flying up.

Poem "Léda plus vive possédée que la nature" ("Leda, more lively posessed than nature" (1949, Paul Éluard)

Collection "Break"

#swans #depression