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484 · May 2021
Explod
Zywa May 2021
Your kisses drizzle under my skin
they buzz in all directions
My arms and legs are panting

Your breath, I feel it whispers
that I am enchanted forever
My desire sighs for more

Your hands splashpatter
they rustle me completely wetterwet
My sweat gushes in your mouth

Your muscles dance and drone
they sulphurize thunder in my nose
My ears sough and sizzle

Your pelvis rages in me
pommels of fireworks explode
hunted by my heart
Collection “Without reserve"
483 · Sep 2023
[ Sex since the helminths ]
Zywa Sep 2023
*** since the helminths,

derailed into a big deal --


for human beings.
****** reproduction started in prokayotes. Helminths are the oldest ****** animals. Helminths is a name for all (macro)parasitic worms: ringed worms, flatworms, roundworms and thorny-headed worms. Most are hermaphroditic, roundworms have their sexes differentiated.

Novel "De rimpels van Esther Ornstein - De geschiedenis van een verzuim" ("The wrinkles of Esther Ornstein - The history of a neglect", 1959, Simon Vestdijk), chapter 3-1

Collection "Inmost [2]"
Zywa Sep 7
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'
481 · Feb 2023
[ 'Love you too', you say ]
Zywa Feb 2023
'Love you too', you say.

It sounds like an echo, like --


something from the past.
"Villa Ada" (2020, Jens Christian Grøndahl)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 20s and 30s"
481 · Nov 2022
[ Covered by the night ]
Zywa Nov 2022
Covered by the night

I visit you secretly --


That is the rumour.
In response to "Stoner" (1965, John Williams)

Collection "NightWatch"
480 · Nov 2020
[ Shadows slide along ]
Zywa Nov 2020
Shadows slide along

the tree line in the evening:


the wood gatherers.
Letter 260 (September 3rd, 1882, Vincent van Gogh)

Collection "Home sea"
480 · Aug 2023
[ Strangers are safer ]
Zywa Aug 2023
Strangers are safer,

to them I can openly --


tell all my worries.
Novel "The PowerBook" (2000, Jeanette Winterson), chapter "NEW DOCUMENT"

Collection "Unseen"
480 · Jul 2019
[ Making up stories ]
Zywa Jul 2019
Making up stories

together, that is the core --


of relationships.
"Grand Hotel Europa" (2018, Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer)
480 · Mar 2023
[ It is code language ]
Zywa Mar 2023
It is code language,

cipher: Zjellwe zjoh zjouvezj?


Shall we go to bed?
Half-sided paralysis

"Het Bureau - En ook weemoedigheid" ("The Office - And also wistful", 1999, Han Voskuil), page 174

Collection "Not too bad [1974-1989]"
480 · Apr 2023
[ The majority ]
Zywa Apr 2023
The majority

will want to live frugally --


when it is too late.
"Het Bureau - De dood van Maarten Koning" ("The Office - The Death of Maarten Koning", 2000, Han Voskuil), page 109, Maarten Koning and Ad Muller (1988) --- Collection "Not too bad [1974-1989]"
479 · Jun 13
[ Perfect images ]
Zywa Jun 13
Perfect images,

captured, just for a moment --


Already passed by.
Film "Les magnétiques" ("The magnetics" / "The audiotapes", 2021, Vincent Maël Cardona)

Collection "On the fly"
Zywa Jul 21
I'm searching the book

you gave: you are everywhere --


you're so deceptive!
Autobiographical account "De harde kern" - 1 ("The *******" - 1, 1992, Frida Vogels) - Summer 1968 in Cupra Marittima (below Ascona)

Collection "Trench Walking"
479 · Jun 2021
[ Mum wants me happy ]
Zywa Jun 2021
Mum wants me happy,

it's her misfortune I'm not –


cooperative.
Dagboekroman “Allesverpletterende – Faxen aan Ger” (Diary-novel “All-crushing – Faxes to Ger”, 2019, Nicolien Mizee)

Collection "Out of place"
479 · Nov 2022
Set piece
Zywa Nov 2022
On the photo you don't see
that the water stands still
and you can think

that the sea has almost taken
the land and the house
will soon drift away

A person just has to take
other points of view
to find out something

and to keep living in the world
not in appearances, not in set
pieces of one's own fantasy

empty, unless actors populate them
of whom you no longer know after a while
whether they are acquaintances of you

but your own images nestle
in your head, they fit exactly
whereas the world is uncomfortable
"House By An Inlet" (1930, Edward Hopper)

Collection "NightWatch"
477 · Feb 2022
[ If you don't forgive ]
Zywa Feb 2022
If you don't forgive

you'll drink poison, hoping that --


the other suffers.
Interview with Mpho Andrea Tutu (nrc, 19 februari 2022)

Collection "Actively Passive"
476 · Nov 2022
[ Early morning mist ]
Zywa Nov 2022
Early morning mist,

hanging about in the buzz --


of the rising sun.
"Fiery Horizon" (2021, Peter-Jan Wagemans), for violin, keyboard with sound files an 4-track sound file, performed in the Organpark by Maria-Paula Majoor (violin), Maarten van Veen (keyboard), and Peter-Jan Wagemans (electronics) on November 6th, 2022

Collection "org anp ark" #246
475 · Nov 2022
[ Depicting the Now ]
Zywa Nov 2022
Depicting the Now:

vibrations of the breakers --


the wave of Being.
#124 "Tom Poes en de Viridiaan-dinges" (#124 "Tom **** and the Viridian-thing, 1968, Marten Toonder)

Collection "Bearer Toonder"
475 · May 2021
[ Back 'home' after years ]
Zywa May 2021
Back 'home' after years.

What will I come across there?


Can it still exist?
“Die Heimkehr” (“Homecoming: a novel”, 2006, Bernhard Schlink)

Collection "Em Brace"
474 · Sep 2022
[ The pain, the pleasure ]
Zywa Sep 2022
The pain, the pleasure,

the ****** of giving birth:


fertility queen.
"Sprookje" ("Fairy tale", 1992, Kristien Hemmerechts)

Collection "Stream"
473 · Jul 21
[ Beware, he kisses ]
Zywa Jul 21
Beware, he kisses

beside my cheek nowadays --


as if I am air.
Autobiographical account "De harde kern" - 1 ("The *******" - 1, 1992, Frida Vogels), and "Diary 1966-1967" (2009) - July 2ND, 1967 in Bologna

Collection "Trench Walking"
473 · Apr 2021
[ The perfect woman ]
Zywa Apr 2021
The perfect woman

is from marble, and barefoot –


she stays where she is.
“Edge” (1963, Sylvia Plath)

Collection "Actively Passive"
472 · Mar 2021
[ There is a drum roll ]
Zywa Mar 2021
There is a drum roll

behind the quiet houses –


everyone is there.
Collection "From Sacred Scriptures"
472 · Jun 2022
[ Thank you, cat, here is ]
Zywa Jun 2022
Thank you, cat, here is

your blackbird offering back --


Gods are generous.
Collection "From Sacred Scriptures [1]"
472 · Sep 2022
[ Women seduce men ]
Zywa Sep 2022
Women ****** men,

that's a fact, it is the way –


they are, made of girls.
"Meisje" ("Girl", 1993, Herman de Coninck)

Collection "Shortages"
471 · Mar 2023
Freeblood is my name
Zywa Mar 2023
There is a sound of *** in my name -
at school, I often had a blush
I was ashamed of the giggles

At parties I stood in the quiet places
and in the parade I walked
on long wooden legs

The wind blew, tugged and
tore my trouser legs
There were shouts and calls

for more, "Hellooo helloohoo
where are you, what are you
thinking about", my friend asked

"Everyone sees only the veils
under which you hide, are you aware
that none of us knows you?

Just be a little like crazy, for once, dare
to go for it, to die of shame
or to bed with someone

Dare to be a descendant
of the man who chose:
Freeblood is my name"
"Mensch, durf te leven" ("Man, dare to live", 1917, Dirk Witte, sung by Jean-Louis Pisuisse)

Collection "BloodTrunk"
471 · May 2022
[ Our club is losing ]
Zywa May 2022
Our club is losing,

hear the little flags rustle --


like a cold shower.
Collection "PumicePieces"
471 · Sep 2021
[ The leaves are fragile ]
Zywa Sep 2021
The leaves are fragile,

at the slightest they come off --


caution! breathe softly!
In response to "Stoner" (1965, John Williams)

Collection "On living on"
471 · Feb 2021
[ The cat does not move ]
Zywa Feb 2021
The cat does not move,

she is observing the moon –


the hypnotic ball.
“And the quiet cat” (1968, Jack Kerouac): And the quiet cat / sitting by the post / perceives the moon

Collection "Held True"
470 · Feb 2022
[ It's only a game ]
Zywa Feb 2022
It's only a game,

therefore there are no losers --


only new chances.
"Spelregels" ("Rules of the game", 2008, Hagar Peeters)

Collection "Wean Di"
470 · May 2022
[ Something sings beneath ]
Zywa May 2022
Something sings beneath

reality, there's the beat --


of a heart, loudly.
"Underneath" (2022, Jasna Velickovic), composition for hyperorgan, part 1 of a chain composition by ten composers, performed by her in the Organpark on May 20th, 2022

Collection "org anp ark" #208
470 · Sep 2021
For girls and for peace
Zywa Sep 2021
The song, that girl, touches me
time and time again, although I don't want to
think often of her

That girl without hair comb
without dress, just only a number
on her hand

and Antonis who carries someone else's burden

For whom do I carry the burden
of their lives, why
is their life also mine?

It just has to be for you
neighbour, for you, refugee
for girls and for peace
The Ballad of Mauthausen (1963, Iakovos Kambanellis; 1965, music Mikis Theodorakis; 1966, performed by Maria Farantouri)

Collection "BloodTrunk"
469 · Nov 2022
Present
Zywa Nov 2022
Not dinner time yet, on bed
I am drawing you, your back
the book and the red candle
the almost empty mirror image

We've seen enough
of the city today and no longer
immediately jump on each other
even though we're on vacation

I love you equally profound -
looking, drawing and feeling
how absently totally present
you are, your bare shoulder

which I caress with my eyes
your full attention
for the story and for me
as soon as you put the book down

It's something from years
elusively there
even if we don't pay attention to it
or if it's absent for a while
"Interior (Model Reading)" (1925, Edward Hopper), hotel in Santa Fe, New Mexico

For Dory dK

Collection "NightWatch"
468 · Apr 2022
[ But why is there war? ]
Zywa Apr 2022
But why is there war?

Those who return, are injured --


No luck awaits them.
Physical and psychological wounds

Since time immemorial there are wars
Mahabharata, Ilias and Odyssey, retold in: "Circe" (2018, Madeline Miller)

Collection "Inmost"
468 · Dec 2023
[ He eats well, just look ]
Zywa Dec 2023
He eats well, just look,

my phalanx fits easily --


in his navel hole.
Novel "Midnight's Children" (1981, Salman Rushdie), chapter 1-6 "Many-headed monsters"

Collection "Low gear [2]"
468 · Oct 2020
[ Are there any saints? ]
Zywa Oct 2020
Are there any saints?

Possibly, they always hide –


like the unicorns.
“Lament for Qu Yuan” (177 BC, Jia Yi)

Collection "Inmost"
468 · Oct 2023
[ My wish is that they... ]
Zywa Oct 2023
My wish is that they...

want the same thing as I do:


the best. United.
"Country of My Skull" (1998, Antjie Krog), cooperative whites after the apartheid regime

Collection "Wean Di"
467 · Mar 2023
[ Causes and effects ]
Zywa Mar 2023
Causes and effects,

implicated in something --


like the One and All.
Singularity

Collection "Ifless"
467 · Feb 2022
[ If only love was ]
Zywa Feb 2022
If only love was

contagious, only too bad --


only bacilli.
"Vindeling" ("Findling", 2019, Vonne van der Meer)

Collection "VacantVoid"
Zywa Jan 6
Mama told me things,

as a toddler, that I'd like --


to know from her now.
Novel "jl." ("recently" - also referring to Juno Linnaarts, 2016, Anjet Daanje), chapter July 21st, 1969

Collection "Being my own museum"
466 · Sep 2022
[ A poet fiercely ]
Zywa Sep 2022
A poet fiercely

yearns for a louder silence --


than the other speaks.
"Poëzie is: over goeie regels ontevredener zijn" ("Poetry is: being more discontented with good lines", 1984, Herman de Coninck)

Collection "Shortages"
465 · Feb 2022
[ A group deforms you ]
Zywa Feb 2022
A group deforms you:

you must conform, be alike --


or will be kept out.
Collection "The drama"
464 · Feb 2022
[ Karma: taking care ]
Zywa Feb 2022
Karma: taking care

of yourself and your neighbours --


now and now and now.
Collection "The drama"
464 · Dec 2018
Be Wappy
Zywa Dec 2018
I wandered through the village
in the woods of densely formed trunks
and I was told that it is not a forest

but a tree, I drank sweet tea
under the ******* aerial roots
and the thick foliage above it

The woman I spoke to, laughed
at my wonder and took my hand
She led me to the middle

where our surrender embraced the trunk
which was too thick for four outstretched arms
The red ribbons touched our head

Back on the terrace on the edge
where the young trunks in the lake
form a living canopy

we saw a flight of parrots
The birds were shouting at us
'No Hurry', they yelled every time

when they passed in the bright colours
of their message: 'No Hurry!
Be Wappy!'
Banyan

Collection “Summer birds”
463 · Feb 2023
[ From now on, dare to ]
Zywa Feb 2023
From now on, dare to

be tough, firm and resistant --


more than a man's wish.
Novel "Zij" ("She", 2023, Maaike Neuville)

Collection "Truder"
463 · Oct 2019
[ With wide eye shadows ]
Zywa Oct 2019
With wide eye shadows,

looking back at all the men:


my perky *******.
Collection "Eyes lips chest and belly"
463 · Jan 2019
Angel of grief
Zywa Jan 2019
High above the horses' corral, the sun
Cutting in the deserted streets
Shutters closed
No fighters and no smugglers
no silver diggers, no luck

Only angry eyes that have seen her
Men go around with clubs
they comb out all the houses
That angel has to leave

I pull her inside, next to my pounding heart
she kisses me until it is over, the dog is alert
and licks her hand, mama is working
dad drinks all day

We wait for the night
I will go with her
away from here, this is not my home
it is a grave, a hollow stone
on which my name never will be written
Tombstone, Arizona
(where the “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” took place)

Collection "Bruises"
463 · Oct 2022
[ Without any tears ]
Zywa Oct 2022
Without any tears,

her eyes are crying sorrow --


and love into me.
Collection "Webgarden"
463 · Feb 2023
[ He is trying so hard ]
Zywa Feb 2023
He is trying so hard

that he doesn't realise he --


makes no impression.
"Het Bureau - Het A.P. Beerta-Instituut" ("The Office - The A.P. Beerta-Institute", 1998, Han Voskuil), page 439

Collection "Not too bad [1974-1989]"
462 · Jan 2022
[ Creation: spirits ]
Zywa Jan 2022
Creation: spirits

blowing bodies out of flesh --


and bottling themselves.
"Bomen omsingelen het huis" ("Trees surround the house", 2011, Ellen Deckwitz)

Collection "Unseen"
462 · Feb 25
[ Forgive me, I won't ]
Zywa Feb 25
Forgive me, I won't

demand so much anymore --


and then receive more.
Song "Bird on the Wire" (1968, Leonard Cohen, about Leonard Cohen and Marianne Jensen, 1969 album "Songs from a Room"; 1968 release by Judy Collins, album "Who Knows Where the Time Goes")

Collection "Known"
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