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Oct 2022 · 644
[ 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
Oct 2022 · 650
[ 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
Oct 2022 · 901
[ Vibrating around ]
Zywa Oct 2022
Vibrating around

the bow- and harp-strings: the souls --


of the listeners.
"Occam XIV" for harp (2017, Éliane Radigue), at the premiere in Paris on April 26th, 2017 and in the Organpark on October 22nd, 2022 performed by Hélène Breschand

Collection "org anp ark" #230
Oct 2022 · 798
[ Total harmony ]
Zywa Oct 2022
Total harmony

of the universe: the drone


hole in God's big Ear.
"Exploratory 'Looking for Daniel' " (2019, Phill Niblock), performed in the Organpark on October 22nd, 2022, by Ensemble Modelo62, Ensemble Scordatura, Claudio Baroni (*****) and Reinier van Houdt (piano)

Collection "org anp ark" #232
Oct 2022 · 652
[ 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"
Oct 2022 · 815
[ On a parachute ]
Zywa Oct 2022
On a parachute

I'm gliding into the day --


I jumped from my dream.
"I. Preludium" (1954, Tomas Tranströmer)

Collection "On the fly"
Oct 2022 · 471
[ Who is a brain boss? ]
Zywa Oct 2022
Who is a brain boss?

Who balances his thinkles --


and does really know?
#171 "Heer Bommel en de antiloog" (#171 "Sir Bumble and the antiliar", 1982, Marten Toonder)

Collection "Bearer Toonder"
Oct 2022 · 277
[ I am a Thinker ]
Zywa Oct 2022
I am a Thinker,

I don't rattle, but I search --


for real vibrations.
#171 "Heer Bommel en de antiloog" (#171 "Sir Bumble and the antiliar", 1982, Marten Toonder)

Collection "Bearer Toonder"
Oct 2022 · 383
[ Don't people have to ]
Zywa Oct 2022
Don't people have to

be good, is it enough if --


they seem to be good?
#171 "Heer Bommel en de antiloog" (#171 "Sir Bumble and the antiliar", 1982, Marten Toonder)

Collection "Bearer Toonder"
Oct 2022 · 266
[ It is dangerous ]
Zywa Oct 2022
It is dangerous

to reflect very deeply:


it is bottomless!
#171 "Heer Bommel en de antiloog" (#171 "Sir Bumble and the antiliar", 1982, Marten Toonder)

Collection "Bearer Toonder"
Oct 2022 · 391
[ People are praying ]
Zywa Oct 2022
People are praying:

God, please do keep your distance --


You're getting too close!
"God onder de mensen" ("God among the people", 2020, Toon Tellegen)

Collection "Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost"
Oct 2022 · 295
[ God disappoints us ]
Zywa Oct 2022
God disappoints us,

well, we'd better accept it:


He is who He is.
"God onder de mensen" ("God among the people", 2020, Toon Tellegen)

Collection "Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost"
Oct 2022 · 176
[ Enough evidence! ]
Zywa Oct 2022
Enough evidence!

God is convicted, but who --


knows a punishment?
"God onder de mensen" ("God among the people", 2020, Toon Tellegen)

Collection "Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost"
Oct 2022 · 962
[ There are no treasures ]
Zywa Oct 2022
There are no treasures:

all people are different --


in their own wishes.
#112 "Heer Bommel en de wisselschat" (#112 "Tom **** and the switcher treasure", 1965, Marten Toonder)

Collection "Bearer Toonder"
Oct 2022 · 708
[ Storm, I am awake ]
Zywa Oct 2022
Storm, I am awake

and I hear the stars stamping --


in the night stables.
"II. Skärgård på hösten - Stormen" ("II. Archipelago in the autumn - Storm", 1954, Tomas Tranströmer)

Collection "Germ Substance"

Collection "Bearer Toonder"
Zywa Oct 2022
Stop it! Stop your talks!

Or do you want me to think --


and make a mistake?
#114 "Heer Bommel en het nieuwe denken" (#114 "Sir Bumble and the new thinking", 1966, Marten Toonder)

Collection "Bearer Toonder"
Oct 2022 · 304
[ The Adjustery ]
Zywa Oct 2022
The Adjustery:

you'll be happy, here you'll be --


made happy. Come in!
#114 "Heer Bommel en het nieuwe denken" (#114 "Sir Bumble and the new thinking", 1966, Marten Toonder)

Collection "Bearer Toonder"
Oct 2022 · 254
[ Who is a brain boss? ]
Zywa Oct 2022
Who is a brain boss?

Who balances his thinkles --


and does really know?
#171 "Heer Bommel en de antiloog" (#171 "Sir Bumble and the antiliar", 1982, Marten Toonder)

Collection "Bearer Toonder"
Oct 2022 · 520
[ He sniffs and he sucks ]
Zywa Oct 2022
He sniffs and he *****

all air out of the bedroom --


Open the window!
Father on his deathbed

"Je leek met ieder" ("You seemed with every", 1990, Michel Bartosik)

Collection "Stall"
Oct 2022 · 747
[ I'm calm and quiet ]
Zywa Oct 2022
I'm calm and quiet,

just as the windless world is --


in the autumn sun.
Collection "Ifless"
Oct 2022 · 179
[ I skid and slowed down ]
Zywa Oct 2022
I skid and slowed down

I slip toward my crushing --


Time is extending.
"Ensamhet" - I ("Loneliness" - I, 1966, Tomas Tranströmer)

Collection "Over"
Oct 2022 · 260
[ Behind me: rulers ]
Zywa Oct 2022
Behind me: rulers

with a look at the future --


instead of a face.
"Nattbokensida" ("Nightbook-page", 1996, Tomas Tranströmer)

Collection "May the Might"
Oct 2022 · 452
[ The sun takes a stand ]
Zywa Oct 2022
The sun takes a stand

in the middle of the street --


breathing burning hot.
"Landskap med solar" ("Landscape with suns", 1996, Tomas Tranströmer)

Collection "May the Might"
Oct 2022 · 470
[ More and more signposts ]
Zywa Oct 2022
More and more signposts,

I'm approaching the city --


Unfolding bridges.
"Snö faller" ("Snow falls", 2002, Tomas Tranströmer)

Collection "Rasping ants"
Oct 2022 · 556
[ Live an eternal ]
Zywa Oct 2022
Live an eternal

present, or learn your lessons --


time and time again.
"Heer Bommel en het nieuwe denken" ("Sir Bumble and the new thinking", 1966, Marten Toonder)

Collection "Bearer Toonder"
Oct 2022 · 275
[ Someone who is stuck ]
Zywa Oct 2022
Someone who is stuck

can only make a journey --


in (familiar) time.
Thoughts are free
"Heer Bommel en het nieuwe denken" ("Sir Bumble and the new thinking", 1966, Marten Toonder)

Collection "Bearer Toonder"
Oct 2022 · 319
[ Salt in the coolant ]
Zywa Oct 2022
Salt in the coolant,

cod-liver oil in the oil:


winter-ready car!
"Tom Poes en de grote Barribal" ("Tom **** and the Mighty Barribal", 1965-1966, Marten Toonder)

Collection "Bearer Toonder"
Zywa Oct 2022
Don't think of yourself!

Join me, you would never want --


me to go alone!
"Tom Poes en de grote Barribal" ("Tom **** and the Mighty Barribal", 1965-1966, Marten Toonder)

Collection "Bearer Toonder"
Oct 2022 · 330
[ Is he that mighty? ]
Zywa Oct 2022
Is he that mighty?

I don't believe so! That's why --


he will punish me!
"Tom Poes en de grote Barribal" ("Tom **** and the Mighty Barribal", 1965-1966, Marten Toonder)

Collection "Bearer Toonder"
Oct 2022 · 226
[ A giggle echoes ]
Zywa Oct 2022
A giggle echoes

from the cave, door after door --


is quickly closed up.
"Tom Poes en de grote Barribal" ("Tom **** and the Mighty Barribal", 1965-1966, Marten Toonder)

Collection "Bearer Toonder"
Oct 2022 · 903
[ I pulsate shock waves ]
Zywa Oct 2022
I pulsate shock waves

of pleasure that start pushing --


tides into the sea.
"The dream of the fisherman's wife" (2017, Manon Uphoff)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 0s and 10s"
Oct 2022 · 196
[ After making love ]
Zywa Oct 2022
After making love

we say nothing, without words --


there can be no lies.
"Een tijd buiten de tijd" ("A time outside time", 2016, Susan Smit)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 0s and 10s"
Oct 2022 · 654
[ 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"
Oct 2022 · 542
[ Sex in the morning ]
Zywa Oct 2022
*** in the morning

is nice, before the duties --


we may for a while.
"Winterochtend" ("Winter morning", 1975, Herman de Coninck) --- Collection "Shortages"
Oct 2022 · 613
[ Birthday: the sweetest ]
Zywa Oct 2022
Birthday: the sweetest


I have goes, with the sweetest --



I had, my darlings.
"Het liefste wat ik heb is elf geworden" ("The sweetest thing I have turned eleven", 1990, Herman de Coninck) --- Collection "Shortages"
Oct 2022 · 1.5k
[ The cow looks beyond ]
Zywa Oct 2022
The cow looks beyond,

maybe at the evening light --


mirrored in her eye.
"Koe" - IV ("Cow" - IV, 2008, Rutger Kopland) --- Collection "Moist glow"
Oct 2022 · 422
[ I suspect a cow ]
Zywa Oct 2022
I suspect a cow

in the meadow at night, there --


the black spots that move.
"Koe" - VI ("Cow" - VI, 2008, Rutger Kopland) --- Collection "Moist glow"
Oct 2022 · 1.8k
[ The doctor wavers ]
Zywa Oct 2022
The doctor wavers,

he sighs and looks through me, so --


I already know.
"De dokter" ("The doctor", 2008, Rutger Kopland) --- Collection "After the festivities"
Oct 2022 · 1.1k
[ The old goat just stares ]
Zywa Oct 2022
The old goat just stares

at me, I realise this --


is what is farewell.
"Oude geit" ("Old goat", 2008, Rutger Kopland)

Collection "Moist glow"
Oct 2022 · 1.1k
[ Like a precious stone ]
Zywa Oct 2022
Like a precious stone

in the landscape of her skin:


the eye of the cow.
"Koe" - III ("Cow" - III, 2008, Rutger Kopland)

Collection "Moist glow"
Oct 2022 · 320
[ The heating remains ]
Zywa Oct 2022
The heating remains

cold, but it makes an effort --


It howls and rattles.
"De cowboybroek van Maria Magdalena" (Travelogues "The cowboy pants of Maria Magdalena", 1996, Herman de Coninck)

Collection "Shortages"
Oct 2022 · 598
[ I finally have ]
Zywa Oct 2022
I finally have

reached my ideal love, right now --


the loss can begin.
"Philip en de anderen" ("Philip and the others", 1954, Cees Nooteboom)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 40s and 50s"
Oct 2022 · 201
[ Culture has its price ]
Zywa Oct 2022
Culture has its price:

the amount we are paying --


for Tours & Tickets.
The despise of culture as a non-necessary luxury

Collection "Greeting from before"
Oct 2022 · 1.0k
[ Just a little note ]
Zywa Oct 2022
Just a little note

from God on the church door: Closed --


I'm off for a while.
"God onder de mensen" ("God among the people", 2020, Toon Tellegen)

Collection "Perhaps / Some day / Occasionally / Almost"
Oct 2022 · 259
[ The wheels keep rolling ]
Zywa Oct 2022
The wheels keep rolling,

non stop in and out the time-


zones we oversleep.
"Different Trains - America, before the war" (1988, Steve *****), performed by the Dudok Quartet, in the Organpark on Friday Septemeber 30th, 2022

Collection "org anp ark" #222
Oct 2022 · 169
[ I am excited ]
Zywa Oct 2022
I am excited,

I follow him, curious --


mostly about me.
"Begeerte" ("Desire", 1995, Manon Uphoff)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 80s and 90s"
Oct 2022 · 605
[ A girl in the camp ]
Zywa Oct 2022
A girl in the camp

is forced to sing every night --


In her heart she cries.
Deportations
"Different Trains - After the war" (1988, Steve *****), performed by the Dudok Quartet on Friday September 30th, 2022

Collection "org anp ark" #225
Oct 2022 · 156
[ I never say this ]
Zywa Oct 2022
I never say this,

I say, and I search for words --


Neither me, you say.
"Iemand anders" ("Someone else", 2005, Arnon Grunberg)

Collection "Actively Passive"
Oct 2022 · 186
[ Thet holiday: storm ]
Zywa Oct 2022
That holiday: storm,

rain -- I so wish it could be


that bad one more time!
"Middelburg revisited" (1988, Herman de Coninck) --- Collection "Shortages"
Oct 2022 · 882
[ Vernal cathedral ]
Zywa Oct 2022
Vernal cathedral:

wide open are the doorways --


of the tall beech lane.
"Beukenlaan" ("Beech lane", 1991, Myriam Simonis) --- Collection "SoulSenseSun"
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