Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Aug 1

Take good care of trees,

they are an example of --

self-development.

With a photo of Madelief dK and Pieter W, and Dory dK (three generations) under a tree on top of the hill (February 21st, 2003, Wolhusen)

Collection "Dearme"

#trees #selfexpression #selfdevelopment

Zywa Aug 1

[ I wake up, the day ]

I wake up, the day

shines through the hotel curtains --

and begins with you.

Verse "Ik houd van je wanneer ik 's ochtends wakker word" ("I love you when I wake up in the morning", 2005, Frida Vogels), published in "Diary 1954-1957" - May 6th, 1955, Strasbourg

Collection "Trench Walking"

#love #wakingup #newday

Zywa Aug 1

[ Once again we walk ]

Once again we walk

by the sea, as yet looking --

so expectantly.

Poem "Ik loop weer naast je" ("I walk beside you again", 1994, Frida Vogels), published in "De harde kern 3" ("The *******", part III [Ennio and Kees]) and in "Dagboek 1958-1959" ("Diary 1958-1959", 2006) - May 19th, 1958, Luxemburg (about the beach walk with Kees near Bergen on May 17th, 1958)

Collection "Trench Walking"

#expectation #siblings #walk #bythesea

Zywa Jul 31

Doublesweet

We two out of two
smell sweeter together
Baby grow, I'm growing
along with your being

You already are you to me
before you really are yourself
You touch me inside
you touch me night and day

... Sweetheart come sweetly in
... the fruition chamber of our happiness
... Sweetheart come sweetly in
... bright colours

... Hand come hand stroke
... me before we go to sleep
... Kiss me new moon
... kiss me full moon

Collection "Dearme"

#pregnancy

Zywa Jul 31

[ I'm growing, I know ]

I'm growing, I know

how to do that, though I'm not --

fully myself yet.

Collection "Dearme"

#fetus #baby #wonder

Zywa Jul 31

[ I can hear whispers ]

I can hear whispers

in the dark: hey there, yes you --

go, get out of here!

Verse "Je loopt een steeg in die steeds nauwer wordt" ("You walk into an alley that becomes increasingly narrow", 2005, Frida Vogels), published in "Diary 1954-1957" - October 28th, 1954, Paris; the day she ends her residence there

Collection "Trench Walking"

#danger #unwanted #foreigner #deadend

Zywa Jul 31

[ Living together ]

Living together:

neighbours, and the landlord who --

doesn't even know us.

"Diary 1966-1967" (2009, Frida Vogels), November 25th, 1967 in Bologna (also January 6th and 25th, 1968, November 21st, 1972, December 16th, 1977, January 30th, and November 22nd, 1978)

Collection "Trench Walking"

#neighbours #landlord