Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa 21h

I'm at home, content,

the tea-kettle is singing --

the rain is tapping.

Story "De uitvreter" ("The scrounger", 1911, Nescio), chapter 4

Collection "Rasping ants"

#contentment

Zywa 21h

Swerving to avoid

a puddle, I almost step --

into another.

Story "Dichtertje" ("Little poet", 1918, Nescio), written in 1917, chapter 11

Collection "Rasping ants"

#attention #surroundings #puddle

Zywa 1d

Croaking frogs at night,

a horse running back and forth --

but you can't see it.

Story "Titaantjes" ("Teen Titans", 1915, Nescio), chapter 1

Collection "Rasping ants"

#horse #frogs #night

Zywa 1d

Those days! We stayed up

at night and went to the sea --

to see the sunrise!

Story "Titaantjes" ("Teen Titans", 1915, Nescio), chapter 1

Collection "Rasping ants"

#youth #teenagers #upgrow

Zywa 2d

The sun is setting,

from the water there's darkness --

rising everywhere.

Story "Titaantjes" ("Teen Titans", 1915, Nescio), chapter 7

Collection "Rasping ants"

#sunset #evening #night

Zywa 2d

The landscape forces

me to put it on canvas --

and then it won't work.

Story "Titaantjes" ("Teen Titans", 1915, Nescio), chapter 13

Collection "Rasping ants"

#landscape #nature #painter

Zywa 3d

Boys we were, nice boys,

gazing at the paving stones --

gazing at the stars.

Story "Titaantjes" ("Teen Titans", 1915, Nescio), chapter 1

Collection "Rasping ants"

#upgrow #teenagers