Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Aug 2024

[ We sit in silence ]

We sit in silence,

the silence of our state-room --

echoing silence.

Novel "**** nu mijn stem" ("Hear my voice now", 2017, Franca Treur), chapter 2

Collection "VacantVoid"

#silence #calm #harmony

Zywa Aug 2024

[ Retirement is nice ]

Retirement is nice,

grandad shows it in his chair:

never to get up.

Novel "**** nu mijn stem" ("Hear my voice now", 2017, Franca Treur), chapter 2

Collection "VacantVoid"

#calm #standstill #retirement

Zywa Aug 2024

[ Am I made of glass ]

Am I made of glass?

My inner self visible --

and unreachable?

Autobiographical account "De harde kern" - 2 ("The *******" - 2, 1993, Frida Vogels), June 1951 in Leiden

Collection "Trench Walking"

#identity #beseen

Zywa Aug 2024

[ My signature then ]

My signature then:

who I was, sixteen years old --

with a line through it.

Autobiographical account "De harde kern" - 2 ("The *******" - 2, 1993, Frida Vogels), 1946 in Amsterdam

Collection "Trench Walking"

#selfexpression #personality

Zywa Aug 2024

[ The words love, sorrow ]

The words love, sorrow,

and kiss are so beautiful --

that I dream of them.

"Diary 1960-1961" (2006, Frida Vogels), May 4th, 1961 in Bologna

Collection "Trench Walking"

#wish #dream #love

Zywa Aug 2024

[ Most of all I like ]

Most of all I like

to draw things I've never seen:

bridges in the sea.

"Diary 1960-1961" (2006, Frida Vogels), May 13th, 1961 in Bologna

Collection "Trench Walking"

#fantasy #imagination

Zywa Aug 2024

[ Looking for the way ]

Looking for the way

I come to an open space --

where I now linger.

Poem "Ergens over denkend" ("Thinking about something", 2006, Frida Vogels), published in "Dagboek 1958-1959" ("Diary 1958-1959", 2006), October 16th, 1959 in Amsterdam

Collection "Trench Walking"

#life #discovering