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Zywa May 2022
We're walking along,

I see what you see, and I --


point out what I see.
Collection "Without reserve"
Zywa Nov 2021
Inexperienced travellers get lost
so soon in unknown regions
They are tempted
by alleys and signals
and go down the stairs

to the inside
ignorant where they are, somewhere
for real or just romping around a little
in their heads, turned crazy
crazier craziest by their senses

which surround them with walls
that they want to touch
to know if they are hard
or that they can float
right through them at a gallop

They are looking for a hand, a body
They want to talk, fight if necessary
with someone who will grab their axis
to stop the monologue
that shrills into their ears
"Moriana" (2017, Aspasia Nasopoulou), for cello

"Four Scenes: Monologue" (2021, Aspasia Nasopoulou), for voice and *****

"Le città invisibili" ("The invisible cities", 1972, Italo Calvino)

Collection "org anp ark" #183
Zywa Oct 2021
A brief break on the road
too tired for a nap
or to really eat here, something
that they don't even have

It's no use
to take my coat off
I just keep that one
glove on as well

I wish I was at home, in bed
not those bright lights, not that
endless dark night
still to go
"Automat" (1927, Edward Hopper)

For Maria Godschalk #141

Collection "NightWatch"
Zywa Sep 2021
We're walking along,

I see what you see, and I --


point out what I see.
Collection "Without reserve"
Zywa Feb 2021
I am on my way,

with views, that's what it's about –


goals are 'side' issues.
“Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” (1974, Robert Pirsig)

Collection "Chance"
Zywa Feb 2021
I am on my way,

ignorant where to, that's how –


I get the farthest.
“No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going” (1651, Oliver Cromwell)

Collection "Chance"
Zywa Feb 2021
Climbing a mountain

while thinking about the top –


you're nowhere at all.
“Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” (1974, Robert Pirsig)

Collection "Chance"
Zywa Feb 2021
Climbing a mountain

you're proudly proving your worth –


But what would it be?
“Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” (1974, Robert Pirsig)

Collection "Chance"
Zywa Dec 2020
We do move forward,

but there is no way to go –


in the ship's cabins.
“El general en su laberinto” (“The general in his labyrinth”, 1989, Gabriel García Márquez)

Collection "After the festivities"

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