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661 · Oct 2023
Sun, Clouds, Star
Zywa Oct 2023
We went wild, so happy
with each other, so happy
to have found each other
to have found love
true love, for you and me

...My love for you is still there
...you can see it shining
...wherever you are, let the sun
...of your activities go down
...and blow away the clouds of your worries
...then you'll see it, see me
...with you again

I lived with my friends
until I met you
and you turned out
to give me more than they do
and I want to give that to you too

...My love for you is still there
...you can see it shining
...wherever you are, let the sun
...of your activities go down
...and blow away the clouds of your worries
...then you'll see it, see me
...with you again
Song "Star" (2023, Mitski, album "The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We")

Collection "Reaching out"
661 · Dec 2022
[ I have walked for hours ]
Zywa Dec 2022
I have walked for hours

and I didn't see anyone --


yet there is a path.
Collection "NightWatch"
661 · Jul 2021
[ Small rings in her ears ]
Zywa Jul 2021
Small rings in her ears

are festive, and big earrings --


even more festive.
"Het diner" ("The Dinner", 2009, Herman Koch)

Collection "Actively Passive"
660 · Nov 2023
[ Two people will form ]
Zywa Nov 2023
Two people will form

a community, any --


trio will split up.
Saying among the members of the various Reformed churches in Holland (Michigan), from AD 1847 - quite different from "two's company, three's a crowd"

Collection "Wean Di"
660 · Nov 2022
[ He is so holy! ]
Zywa Nov 2022
He is so holy!

Wine on his lips instantly --


turns into water!
"The Satanic Verses" (1988, Salman Rushdie), IV. Aisha

Collection "Low gear"
660 · Dec 2023
[ What does my father ]
Zywa Dec 2023
What does my father

smell like inside, how much worse --


than his stinking breath?
"Grote acht" ("Big Eight" - route of two circles in dressage, 2005, Vrouwkje Tuinman), chapter Eleven (years old) #2

Collection "Within the walls"
658 · Aug 2023
[ Darling, I don't want ]
Zywa Aug 2023
Darling, I don't want

to conquer you, but to be --


absorbed in your fire.
Novel "The PowerBook" (2000, Jeanette Winterson), chapter "HELP"

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 0s and 10s"
658 · Jun 2022
[ Don't be sad, let go ]
Zywa Jun 2022
Don't be sad, let go

of separation rush, dive --


into a wide life.
"Het wijdste leven" ("The widest life", 2021, Marieke Lucas Rijneveld)

Collection "SoulSenseSun"
658 · May 2022
[ The nest with swallows ]
Zywa May 2022
The nest with swallows:

a squadron squeaks and swishes --


down onto our cat.
Letter from Texel, September 2nd, 1969, from Jan Wolkers to his son Jeroen

Collection "May the Might"
657 · Jan 2022
[ A glimpse of grandad ]
Zywa Jan 2022
A glimpse of grandad,

he left immediately --


yet I still smell him.
"Außer sich" ("Beside Myself", 2017, Sasha Marianna Salzmann)

Collection "Ya, a tightrope walk"
655 · Apr 2022
[ An automatic pilot ]
Zywa Apr 2022
An automatic

pilot does not make mistakes --


fatal ones at most.
Collection "Half The Work"
655 · Sep 2024
[ I wish to begin ]
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"
655 · Nov 2023
[ The squatting men place ]
Zywa Nov 2023
The squatting men place

the spittoon further away --


and aim into it.
Novel "Midnight's Children" (1981, Salman Rushdie), chapter 1-3 "Hit-the-spittoon"

Collection "Low gear [2]"
Zywa Jul 2022
Don't ask 'How are you?'

if you really want to know --


Behaviour tells you.
"Hoog en laag springen - Faxen aan Ger #4" ("Like it or not - Faxing Ger #4", 2021, Nicolien Mizee)

Collection "Out of place"
653 · May 2023
[ Buzzing everywhere ]
Zywa May 2023
Buzzing everywhere,

the oasis full of bees --


All flowers empty.
1. Migration to rich countries, which get too crowded to feed everyone / 2. Kleptocracy, keeping the population as poor as possible

Collection "The drama"
651 · Feb 2024
[ Behind the curtain ]
Zywa Feb 2024
Behind the curtain

of his music he dances:


the master flautist.
From Orpheus's lyre to the flutes of the *****

Composition for ***** (or harpsichord), SwWV 319, on the theme of "Ballo del granduca" ("The Grand Duke's Ball", 1590, Jan P. Sweelinck), performed on January 27th, 2024 by recorder ensemble The Royal Wind Music in the Organpark (arrangement Hester Groenleer)

Collection "org anp ark" #347
650 · Oct 2022
[ Far away - the world ]
Zywa Oct 2022
Far away - the world,

high - the walls around the yard --


pale - the morning light.
"Occam XVI" for bass clarinet (2014, Éliane Radigue), at the premiere in Dundalk on June 20th, 2014 and in the Organpark on October 22nd, 2022 performed by Carol Robinson

Collection "org anp ark" #228
650 · Dec 2023
[ Barefoot, my mother ]
Zywa Dec 2023
Barefoot, my mother

squats next to me in the grass --


very intimate.
Novel "Perfecte stilte" ("Perfect silence", 2011, Thomas Verbogt), chapter Summertime

Collection "The sweet curve"
649 · Oct 2022
[ After making love ]
Zywa Oct 2022
After making love

I do feel just enough cold --


to feel that I'm strong.
"Winterochtend" ("Winter morning", 1975, Herman de Coninck) --- Collection "Shortages"
648 · Apr 2023
[ Step aside! Don't speak ]
Zywa Apr 2023
Step aside! Don't speak

of what you don't understand --


This road is our road!
"The times they are a-changin' "(1964, Bob Dylan)

Collection "Great Flow"
648 · Feb 2022
[ Cooking eggs, I watch ]
Zywa Feb 2022
Cooking eggs, I watch

the bubbles in the water --


to dance around in.
Collection "Being"
647 · Dec 2021
[ Here is the hotspot ]
Zywa Dec 2021
Here is the hotspot:

a meander of people --


queueing for a shot.

-------------------------------------------

The Welcome signposts

lead me deep into the maze --


At Shot I am out.
Booster dose --- Collection "The drama"
646 · Mar 2022
[ In our character ]
Zywa Mar 2022
In our character,

our convictions make imprints --


of unfree conduct.
Against the Epistle to the Ephesians 1:13-14

Character = Imprint

Collection "Imprints Masks"
643 · Oct 2022
[ I thank him and he ]
Zywa Oct 2022
I thank him and he

says politely: 'No problem' --


That's not: 'With pleasure' ?
Collection "The drama"
641 · Nov 2023
[ I'm fully present ]
Zywa Nov 2023
I'm fully present,

my body, all my senses --


here, in this garden.
Composition "Saor" ("Free", 2022, Claire M Singer), for five organs, performed by her on November 11th, 2023 in the Organpark

Collection "org anp ark" #317
641 · Feb 2023
[ Duties fascinate ]
Zywa Feb 2023
Duties fascinate

me, but when they're done I know --


they don't mean too much.
"Het Bureau - Het A.P. Beerta-Instituut" ("The Office - The A.P. Beerta-Institute", 1998, Han Voskuil), page 916

Collection "Not too bad [1974-1989]"
641 · Dec 2023
[ My nose in the cat ]
Zywa Dec 2023
My nose in the cat,

the fur smells lovely, like a --


freshly steamed blanket.
Novel "De gebeurtenis" ("The event", 2022, Peter Terrin), chapter Anna #5

Collection "Skin-contact"
640 · Sep 2022
[ Travelling isn't fun ]
Zywa Sep 2022
Travelling isn't fun,

I struggle to go, hoping --


to arrive quickly.
"De cowboybroek van Maria Magdalena" (Travelogues "The cowboy pants of Maria Magdalena", 1996, Herman de Coninck)

Collection "Shortages"
640 · Sep 2022
Young and old
Zywa Sep 2022
After my education is the party
Everyone at table, now
we are going into the world
solve the problems
There's nothing better

We can do it
We are entitled to it
Everything is possible
Who does what?
Who has a plan?

.....We didn't agree
.....and that was against us
.....The deal is off
.....No happiness for all people
.....Mission Failed

.....A hard lesson
.....to be more or all the less
.....realistic
.....or both, if you can be young
.....and old at the same time
For Florentin dK

"Si la jeunesse savait, si la vieillesse pouvait" ("If youth knew, if old age could")

Collection "Lilith's Powers" #50
Zywa Jun 2022
Life is beautiful,

that's why people are longing --


for La Merica.
"La Superba" (2013, Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer) - La Merica

Collection "Palace of the Night"
638 · Oct 2021
[ She watches her child ]
Zywa Oct 2021
She watches her child,

and follows it in her mind --


as guardian angel.
Collection "Different times"
638 · Oct 2023
[ Bright flashes of light ]
Zywa Oct 2023
Bright flashes of light,

the rigging and the heather --


screaming the loudest.
"Desolation Angels" (1965, Jack Kerouac), chapter 1-1-27 (Jack Kerouac spends two months in de lookout shack on Desolation Peak, near Ross Lake in Washington)

Collection "MistI"
Zywa Sep 2023
Don't trust him! He's nuts,

he even confuses Kant --


with Schopenhauer!
Novel "Meneer Visser's hellevaart" ("Mr. Visser's harrowing of hell", 1934, Simon Vestdijk), published in 1936, chapter 4

Collection "Inmost [2]"
636 · Mar 2024
[ The storm sweeps away ]
Zywa Mar 2024
The storm sweeps away

everything, there is nothing --


just a shoreless sea.
Poem "Van voren af aan" ("Again from the start", 1947, Jan Slauerhoff), quoted in the novel "De verdronkene" (2005, "The Storm" / "The drowned", 2010, Margriet de Moor), about the North Sea flood of 1953 --- Bundel "VacantVoid"
635 · Jan 2022
[ The fire is blazing ]
Zywa Jan 2022
The fire is blazing,

so are the stories we tell --


setting us aglow.
"Hogere natuurkunde" ("Higher physics", 2019, Ellen Deckwitz)

Collection "Stream"
635 · Jun 2022
[ The radio waves ]
Zywa Jun 2022
The radio waves

spin around me a wide web --


of nothing but space.
Collection "Secrets & Believers"
635 · Apr 2023
[ That light over there ]
Zywa Apr 2023
That light over there,

the outer side of the black --


that is the future.
"Baard" ("Beard"), scene in the theatre performance "Een ongerieflijk tweetal" ("An uncomfortable pair"), in the series "Herenleed - een programma van weemoed en verlangen" ("Gentlemen's Distress - a program of melancholy and longing", 1995, Armando and Cherry Duyns)

Collection "Stall"
634 · Dec 2021
[ The birds fly with me ]
Zywa Dec 2021
The birds fly with me

in the same direction, if --


I look short enough.
Collection "Between where"
633 · Sep 2022
[ I want to forget ]
Zywa Sep 2022
I want to forget,

absolutely not forget --


to forget something.
"Grand Hotel Europa" (2018, Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer)

Collection "Palace of the Night"
632 · Dec 2023
[ We pile up power ]
Zywa Dec 2023
We pile up power

and build the tallest tower --


Then it collapses.
Song "Slow Train" (1979, Bob Dylan)

Collection "Great Flow"
632 · Jul 2023
[ I lived happily ]
Zywa Jul 2023
I lived happily,

comfortably in the blue --


big egg of heaven.
"Bruno's Dream" (1969, Iris Murdoch), § 11

Collection "Unspoken"
631 · Oct 2022
[ Thin sounds, far away ]
Zywa Oct 2022
Thin sounds, far away,

from the small strawberry fields --


inside the teapot.
"Nothing is real" (1990, Alvin Lucier), for piano, recording device and teapot, performed in the Organpark on October 22nd, 2022, by Reinier van Houdt

"Strawberry Fields forever" (1967, The Beatles, John Lennon)

Collection "org anp ark" #226
630 · May 2023
Big Bad Wolf
Zywa May 2023
I dare to get into bed with you
Your big mouth is too small
for the world, your heart too big

for me, here I am
Well, tell, then I'll dream
with you, about you

in a purple cloak
the skin of innocence and power
Very discreetly, very discreetly

you take revenge
on anyone who does not get into action
and just lets everything happen

You issue wise orders
that camouflage your agenda
Much trouble for nothing

for though you loathe them
they are not another species
they are like you

only not angry enough
to be able to choose
what is important

That is the seed
the seed of your anger
Everyone's passivity
Big Bad Wolf: Anger (out of aversion to other people's passivity)

About passivity: poem "Evill Will" (see May 25th)

Collection "Mastress"
630 · Jul 2023
[ Taking a deep breath ]
Zywa Jul 2023
Taking a deep breath:

there is space, calm, sometimes joy --


It's the real nectar.
Novel "The Good Apprentice" (1985, Iris Murdoch), chapter 1, part 4

Collection "Unspoken"
630 · Aug 2021
[ Yet his pessimism ]
Zywa Aug 2021
Yet his pessimism

does cheer us up in some way --


it's quite laughable!
"De schandalen" ("The Scandals", 1953, Simon Vestdijk)

Collection "Appearances"
630 · Feb 2023
[ The speech is followed ]
Zywa Feb 2023
The speech is followed

by silent applause, the hands --


just raise the glasses.
"Het Bureau - Het A.P. Beerta-Instituut" ("The Office - The A.P. Beerta-Institute", 1998, Han Voskuil), page 854-856

Collection "Not too bad [1974-1989]"
629 · Aug 2022
[ People only change ]
Zywa Aug 2022
People only change

when someone else forces them --


They can't change themselves.
"Het volgende verhaal" ("The next story", 1991, Cees Nooteboom)

Collection "Willegos"
629 · Apr 2022
[ When I dance, I am ]
Zywa Apr 2022
When I dance, I am


an exhibitionist, yes --



with all my clothes on.
Collection "The drama"
628 · Jul 2021
HeartWood
Zywa Jul 2021
I came for you, not for the wood
that you make me touch, polished
with a gold-jointed split here and there --

the simplicity-beauty
of the song of time on the lute
of life, your life

You show me the snaps
and stretch the evening, you stretch yourself
to the goodnight in the hallway

In the guest bed, I caress the wood
of your heart, so much do I want
to make it burn

not to sleep alone, not patiently
wait, but start the future
which you are now dreaming

great, not patiently wait
until you want me, I want to love you
at first sight
"Norwegian Wood" (This Bird Has Flown)   (John Lennon, The Beatles, 1965, album "Rubber Soul”)
Wabi-sabi = Simplicity-beauty, namely of wear and tear; acceptance of transience; you can safely show the scars of your life
Al-'Oed = the wood, the lute

Collection "Lilith's Powers" #113
628 · Nov 2022
Across the street
Zywa Nov 2022
She bends over, her buttocks on show
while she puts her shoes away
She never looks through the window

I never can make contact with her
across the street and expose
me and my desire

It is hot, it's blowing so hot
through the city that I would leave
space in between us, caress her

only lightly, not lie against her
and first put out the light
or close the curtains, with a *****

by the window, happy to lie
awake from the heat, next to her
close to her body
Painting "Night windows" (1928, Edward Hopper)

Collection "NightWatch"
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