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Zywa Dec 10
Going higher and

higher, beyond the best view --


into the cold night.
Poem "Een wandeltocht" ("A walking tour", 2004, Marjoleine de Vos)

Collection "Passage Passion"
Zywa Dec 9
We dream of something

new, suddenly a new path --


in the well-known woods.
Novel "the Passion" (1987, Jeanette Winterson), chapter 1 the Emperor

Collection "Passage Passion"
Zywa Dec 9
Green on green, the grub

eats its way to the calyx --


to change colour there.
Poem "Met verte in de rug kroop" ("With distance at its back crawled", 2018, Emma Crebolder) - Pupation

Collection "Passage Passion"
Zywa Dec 8
It is a full moon,

music sounds from the café --


I'm not one of them.
Poem "Voor dag en dauw" - V ("Before dawn" - V, 1936, Martinus Nijhoff)

Collection "Passage Passion"
Zywa Dec 8
The toad is looking

for water, its moist **** smells --


like warm silage grass.
Poem "In de mergelkelder stond" ("In the marl cellar was", 2018, Emma Crebolder)

Collection "Passage Passion"
Zywa Dec 7
The emigrants there

wear sneakers, they have a dream --


of buying real shoes.
Poem "Door het middenpad geslopen" ("Crept down the aisle", 2022, Emma Crebolder)

Collection "Passage Passion"
Zywa Dec 7
Are journeys searches,

and the prey on which you hunt:


a refuge called Home?
Song "Hunter" (1997, Björk)

Collection "Passage Passion"
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