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Zywa Oct 2024
He looks tired, a bit

tarnished already, but sweet --


Right to be coddled.
Novella "De ijsdragers" ("The ice bearers", 2002, Anna Enquist), chapter 1

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 0s"
Zywa Sep 2024
I take the highest

stone, the very mountain top --


and I throw it down.
Poem "legenda" ("legend", 2017, Dorien de Wit), submitted for the Turing Poetry Competition (2017), published in the collection "never end the day with a question"

Collection "SoulSenseSun"
Zywa Sep 2024
I'm not alone, you

always keep me company --


I'm thinking of you.
Poem "O amor é uma companha" ("Love is a companion", 1930, Alberto Caeiro [Fernando Pessoa] )

Collection "SoulSenseSun"
Zywa Sep 2024
I wish to begin

the day without reserve, like --


the skylark, cheerful.
Poem "may i be gay" (1954, Edward Cummings)

Collection "SoulSenseSun"
Zywa Sep 2024
The cows float about,

bobbing in the green, ******* --


they hoist their tail sails.
Poem "Zee der koeien" ("Sea of the cows", 2000, Rodaan al Galidi)

Collection "SoulSenseSun"
Zywa Sep 2024
The hounds sniff the ground,

fallen leaves and moss, they are --


no longer hunting.
Novel "De honden jagen niet meer" ("The hounds no longer hunt", 1979, Albert Alberts)

Collection "SoulSenseSun"
Zywa Sep 2024
I take my mother

on her last journey and God --


himself welcomes her.
Play "Peer Gynt" (1867, Henrik Ibsen; music Edvard Grieg, 1876), third act, "Åses død" ("The death of Åse")

Collection "VacantVoid"
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