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Zywa Sep 2024
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"
Sep 2024 · 434
[ I don't know where to ]
Zywa Sep 2024
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"
Sep 2024 · 420
[ Voices around me ]
Zywa Sep 2024
Voices around me,

which I cannot understand,


coffee: the meeting.
Novel "De vergaderzaal" ("The conference room", 1974, Albert Alberts)

Collection "Within the walls"
Sep 2024 · 87
[ Under fluttering ]
Zywa Sep 2024
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"
Sep 2024 · 164
[ An egg in the tree ]
Zywa Sep 2024
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"
Sep 2024 · 783
[ The Old Man Watches ]
Zywa Sep 2024
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'
Sep 2024 · 198
[ In the puddles and ]
Zywa Sep 2024
In the puddles and

the downpours of life, the frogs --


jump around for joy.
Song "Frogs" (2024, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds), album "Wild God"

Collection "SoulSenseSun"
Sep 2024 · 154
[ He already has ]
Zywa Sep 2024
He already has

someone, I wish it was not --


I wish I was her.
Song "Plain Gold Ring" (1956, George Stone), sung in 1957 by Nina Simone (album "Little Girl Blue", 1959)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 40s and 50s"
Sep 2024 · 89
[ I dance with the park ]
Zywa Sep 2024
I dance with the park,

in the rhythm of my passes --


it walks on with me.
Composition "Central Park Blues" (1957, Nina Simone, album "Little Girl Blue", 1959)

Collection "Finethreads"
Sep 2024 · 260
[ A gentle breath blows ]
Zywa Sep 2024
A gentle breath blows

into the lap of my house --


a tender caress.
Painting "Burly Cobb's House, South Truro" (1933, Edward Hopper)

Collection "NightWatch"
Sep 2024 · 122
[ I drink, I miss you]
Zywa Sep 2024
I drink, I miss you,

please ignore my scars, let me --


offer you my soul.
Song "Ya lella winek" ("O madam, where are you?", 2021, Lotfi Bouchnak)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s"
Sep 2024 · 149
[ Love is bigger than ]
Zywa Sep 2024
Love is bigger than

two people, it's the Life Force --


it's something cosmic.
Comical novel "The Black Prince" (1973, Iris Murdoch), A Celebration of Love, part Two

Collection "Unspoken"
Sep 2024 · 114
[ Why don't we embrace ]
Zywa Sep 2024
Why don't we embrace

each other much more often --


expressing our love?
Comical novel "The Black Prince" (1973, Iris Murdoch), A Celebration of Love, part Two

Collection "Unspoken"
Sep 2024 · 304
[ The evening comes with ]
Zywa Sep 2024
The evening comes with

colours, birds, sounds, reflecting --


everything to me.
Poem "6. narratief van die parkboer" ("6. narrative of the park farmer", 2000, Antjie Krog)

Collection "SoulSenseSun"
Sep 2024 · 142
[ My prettiest dress ]
Zywa Sep 2024
My prettiest dress,

and little jingles ringing --


in everyone's ears.
Earrings

Novel "The Queen of the Tambourine" (1991, Jane Gardam), Chapter Evening of evenings

Collection "SoulSenseSun"
Sep 2024 · 218
[ He has affairs, I ]
Zywa Sep 2024
He has affairs, I

don't cry anymore, my eyes --


spark brighter than flint.
Play "The Three Arrows" (1972, Iris Murdoch), Act One, scene Three

Collection "Unspoken"
Sep 2024 · 202
[ Is a general ]
Zywa Sep 2024
Is a general

thirsty for blood like plants are --


thirsty for water?
Play "The Three Arrows" (1972, Iris Murdoch), Act One, scene Two

Collection "Unspoken"
Sep 2024 · 123
[ Her shoes in her hands ]
Zywa Sep 2024
Her shoes in her hands,

she follows me. Mama, wait --


I'm coming with you!
Interview by Geertje Tuenter with sailor Marit Bouwmeester in the NRC of August 6th, 2024

Collection "Here &Now&"
Sep 2024 · 281
[ Of course I love him ]
Zywa Sep 2024
Of course I love him,

but still I am not happy --


Can it be true love?
Play "The Servants and the Snow" (1970, Iris Murdoch), Act One

Collection "Unspoken"
Aug 2024 · 146
[ I don't read your hand ]
Zywa Aug 2024
I don't read your hand,

something that really matters --


you shouldn't want to know.
Play "The Servants and the Snow" (1970, Iris Murdoch), Act One

Collection "Unspoken"
Aug 2024 · 211
[ I look at the lines ]
Zywa Aug 2024
I look at the lines

of your hand and I pretend --


that I can read them.
Play "The Servants and the Snow" (1970, Iris Murdoch), Act One

Collection "Unspoken"
Aug 2024 · 279
[ Wake up, don't marry ]
Zywa Aug 2024
Wake up, don't marry

him if you are not yearning --


for him in sweet dreams.
Play "The Servants and the Snow" (1970, Iris Murdoch), Act One

Collection "Unspoken"
Zywa Aug 2024
Myths are real, they are

stronger than facts, tradition --


creating stories.
Play "The Servants and the Snow" (1970, Iris Murdoch), Act Two

Iris Murdoch uses the myth of 'ius primae noctis' (right of the first night / droit du seigneur) in this play

Collection "Unspoken"
Aug 2024 · 169
[ Something terrible ]
Zywa Aug 2024
Something terrible

can seem beautiful in art --


Necessity! (Lie?)
Play "[Acastos -] Art and Eros", a Platonic dialogue (1980, Iris Murdoch)

The imperfection of aestheticisation is preferable to the lie of concealment. To sweeten a bitter pill

Collection "Unspoken"
Aug 2024 · 354
[ Art is a shadow ]
Zywa Aug 2024
Art is a shadow

play of life, both cannot be --


understood deeply.
Play "[Acastos -] Art and Eros", a Platonic dialogue (1980, Iris Murdoch)

Collection "Unspoken"
Aug 2024 · 199
[ Our conversations ]
Zywa Aug 2024
Our conversations

are familiar like talking --


in each other's dreams.
Novel "The Sandcastle" (1957, Iris Murdoch), chapter Twelve

Collection "Unspoken"
Aug 2024 · 300
[ I want to be as ]
Zywa Aug 2024
I want to be as

glad, as free and as loving --


as she makes me be!
Novel "The Sandcastle" (1957, Iris Murdoch), chapter Fifteen

Collection "Unspoken"
Aug 2024 · 410
[ Spiritual life ]
Zywa Aug 2024
Spiritual life

is empty, you'll find nothing --


Everything is there!
Play "The Three Arrows" (1972, Iris Murdoch), Act Two, scene Two

Collection "Unspoken"
Aug 2024 · 262
[ Power is maintained ]
Zywa Aug 2024
Power is maintained

with traps, purity exists --


in a prison cell.
Play "The Three Arrows" (1972, Iris Murdoch), Act Two, scene Five

Collection "Unspoken"
Aug 2024 · 967
[ Awkwardly he holds ]
Zywa Aug 2024
Awkwardly he holds

my hand, just like in photos --


from the olden times.
Novel "The Sandcastle" (1957, Iris Murdoch), chapter Twelve

Collection "Unspoken"
Aug 2024 · 260
[ For your life partner ]
Zywa Aug 2024
For your life partner,

everything you write is picked --


from the life you share.
Comical novel "The Black Prince" (1973, Iris Murdoch), A Celebration of Love, part One

Collection "Unspoken"
Aug 2024 · 513
[ Relaxed by the gin ]
Zywa Aug 2024
Relaxed by the gin

I get up and see the yard --


rotating round me.
Novel "The Sandcastle" (1957, Iris Murdoch), chapter Twelve

Collection "Unspoken"
Zywa Aug 2024
Pleasures take their toll,

at the doctor, the dentist --


and the tax office.
Comical novel "The Black Prince" (1973, Iris Murdoch), Bradley Pearson's foreword

Collection "Unspoken"
Aug 2024 · 180
[ My world falls apart ]
Zywa Aug 2024
My world falls apart,

but everything just goes on --


despite of my pain.
Novel "The Sandcastle" (1957, Iris Murdoch), chapter Twelve

Collection "Unspoken"
Zywa Aug 2024
Count your fingers, count

the little raindrops and wait --


if love is coming?
Song "Little girl blue" (1935, Lorenz Hart, music Richard Rodgers, for the musical "Jumbo"), sung in 1958 by Nina Simone

Collection "Break"
Aug 2024 · 530
[ I came for support ]
Zywa Aug 2024
I came for support,

but he doesn't know what to say --


He is at a loss.
Novel "The Sandcastle" (1957, Iris Murdoch), chapter Twelve

Collection "Unspoken"
Aug 2024 · 352
[ Amorousness runs ]
Zywa Aug 2024
Amorousness runs

dry and all your happiness --


slips through your fingers.
Novel "The Sandcastle" (1957, Iris Murdoch), chapter Nineteen --- Collection "Unspoken"
Aug 2024 · 393
[ I was floating in ]
Zywa Aug 2024
I was floating in

the sea of your eyes, they led --


me into your port.
Air "Sol da te, mio dolce amore" ("Solely through you, my sweet love") from the opera "Orlando furioso" (1727, RV 728), Antonio Vivaldi, libretto Grazio Braccioli, based on the epic "Orlando furioso" (1516, Ludovico Ariosto)

Collection "Love Mind and Death"
Aug 2024 · 373
[ Singing a mantra ]
Zywa Aug 2024
Singing a mantra

together, sounds full of life --


in - out of ourselves.
Song "Flo flo flo me la" (1960, Nina Simone), album "Nina Simone at Newport"

Collection "SoulSenseSun"
Aug 2024 · 278
[ I'm very relieved ]
Zywa Aug 2024
I'm very relieved,

yesterday I was ready:


I have decided!
Novel "The Sandcastle" (1957, Iris Murdoch), chapter Five

Collection "Unspoken"
Aug 2024 · 222
[ The work is hard, but ]
Zywa Aug 2024
The work is hard, but

every night we sing away --


all our tiredness.
Song "In the evening by the moonlight" (1960, Nina Simone), album "Nina Simone at Newport"

Collection "Home sea"
Aug 2024 · 114
[ Eccentric people ]
Zywa Aug 2024
Eccentric people

give you freedom, the courage --


to be different.
Novel "The Sandcastle" (1957, Iris Murdoch), chapter Five

Collection "Unspoken"
Aug 2024 · 513
[ Kiss as often as ]
Zywa Aug 2024
Kiss as often as

you desire and kiss more, still --


you'll kiss too little.
Novel "The Sandcastle" (1957, Iris Murdoch), chapter Three

Collection "Unspoken"
Aug 2024 · 382
[ I am motionless ]
Zywa Aug 2024
I am motionless,

my will is like a goshawk --


exalted and still.
Play "The Three Arrows" (1972, Iris Murdoch), Act Two, scene Two

Collection "Unspoken"
Aug 2024 · 442
[ A streak of perfume ]
Zywa Aug 2024
A streak of perfume

across the floor, I am scared --


by the intense smell.
Play "The Three Arrows" (1972, Iris Murdoch), Act Two, scene Ten

Collection "Unspoken"
Zywa Aug 2024
For the guests there are

flowers, and hidden in them:


fleas waiting to strike.
Play "[Acastos -] Above the gods", a Platonic dialogue (1986, Iris Murdoch)

Collection "Unspoken"
Aug 2024 · 298
[ Art misleads you to ]
Zywa Aug 2024
Art misleads you to

think you understand something --


and to stop thinking.
Play "[Acastos -] Art and Eros", a Platonic dialogue (1980, Iris Murdoch)

Collection "Unspoken"
Aug 2024 · 256
[ Religiousness is ]
Zywa Aug 2024
Religiousness is

about more than God: the whole --


of what does exist.
Play "[Acastos -] Above the gods", a Platonic dialogue (1986, Iris Murdoch)

Collection "Unspoken"
Aug 2024 · 193
[ Philosophers think ]
Zywa Aug 2024
Philosophers think

slowly like a snail, only --


then will they progress.
Play "[Acastos -] Above the gods", a Platonic dialogue (1986, Iris Murdoch)

Collection "Unspoken"
Aug 2024 · 110
[ It's easy to know ]
Zywa Aug 2024
It's easy to knów

what deed is simply good, but --


dóing it is not.
Play "[Acastos -] Above the gods", a Platonic dialogue (1986, Iris Murdoch)

Collection "Unspoken"
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