Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Sep 2024

On the bus we greet,

knowing each other's faces --

knowing nothing more.

Song "Tagelyk" ("Simultaneously", 2023, Nyk de Vries), album "Tagelyk", music Artvark Saxophone Quartet

Collection "Wean Di"

#bus #neighbours #society

Zywa Sep 2024

[ Come down from your throne ]

Come down from your throne,

do what poor people do, and --

learn something from it.

Quest (search for wisdom) "Karel ende Elegast" (Charlemagne and Elbegast, 1270, Anon. [Vlaanderen]) - Elbegast is the King of the Elves

Collection "Within the walls"

#society #experience

Zywa Sep 2024

[ I don't know where to ]

I don't know where to,

so I can't go anywhere --

Threatening looks then.

Novel "De vergaderzaal" ("The conference room", 1974, Albert Alberts)

Collection "Within the walls"

#office #meeting #conference

Zywa Sep 2024

[ Voices around me ]

Voices around me,

which I cannot understand,

coffee: the meeting.

Novel "De vergaderzaal" ("The conference room", 1974, Albert Alberts)

Collection "Within the walls"

#office #meeting #conference

Zywa Sep 2024

[ Under fluttering ]

Under fluttering

I walk on a thick carpet --

of dried guano.

Story "De maaltijd" ("The Meal", 1952, Albert Alberts), collection "De Eilanden" ("The Islands")

Collection "Germ Substance"

#birds

Zywa Sep 2024

[ An egg in the tree ]

An egg in the tree

axil, a feather comes out --

then: a singing bird.

Poem "Fürchte dich nicht" ("Don't be afraid", 1951-1953, Hilde Domin)

Collection "Germ Substance"

#birds #egg

Zywa Sep 2024

[ The Old Man Watches ]

The old man watches

the bathing girl in the lake --

and the sun goes down.

Song 'Song of the Lake' (2024, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds) , album 'Wild God'

Collection 'Break'

#oldage #sunset