Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Nov 29

Holding and touching

each other, gently doing --

what is in our mind.

Novel "*** alles moest beginnen" ("How everything had to begin", 2017, Thomas Verbogt)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 10s"

#intimacy #body #love

Zywa Nov 29

[ I sit in her bed ]

I sit in her bed,

looking at her, her body --

the promise it holds.

Poem "Promesse de bonheur" ("Promise of happiness", 2012, Menno Wigman)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 10s"

#body #desire

Zywa Nov 28

[ The roads are rounds, watch ]

The roads are rounds, watch

out and avoid them if you --

look for a way out.

Song "Wie weet waar de uitweg is", performance "Neerlands Hoop in Panama" (Song "Who knows the way out", performance "Hope of the Netherlands in Panama", 1971, Freek de Jonge and Bram Vermeulen)

Collection "Within the walls"

#life #world

Zywa Nov 28

[ I'm invisible ]

I'm invisible

when I read a poem, I'm --

eavesdropping on it.

Maria Barnas on Mia You, in the review of You's poetry collection "Festival" (2024), in the NRC of November 8th, 2024

Collection "Within the walls"

#poetry #reading

Zywa Nov 27

[ A sleepy village ]

A sleepy village,

the doors and shutters are closed --

Dogs barking loudly.

Poem "vluchtweg" ("escape route", 2022, Emilie Dewitte)

One-act play "Huis clos" ("Closed doors", 1943, Jean-Paul Sartre)

Collection "Within the walls"

#village #dogs

Zywa Nov 27

[ The gate has no bell ]

The gate has no bell,

no one opens when I knock --

It comes down to me.

Novel "O Diário de um Mago" ("The Pilgrimage", 1987, Paulo Coelho)

'The door had been open the whole time and I hadn't even had the courage to grab the handle.'

Collection "Within the walls"

#passivity #powerlessness #gate

Zywa Nov 26

[ In the morning wind ]

In the morning wind

my thoughts are tinkling clearly --

like a carillon.

Poem "Carillon" (1954, M. Vasalis)

Collection "SoulSenseSun"

#morning #wind #thoughts