Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa May 13

The statues destroyed,

temples without a roof, gods --

that are still alive.

Poem 29. "Ionikón" ("Ionic", 1911, Konstantinos Kaváfis)

Collection "Held/True"

#tradition #religion #gods

Zywa May 12

I seclude myself

in two rooms: one made of stone --

and one made of time.

Column "Derde leg" ("Third laying", 2021, Ellen Deckwitz, in the NRC on May 4th, 2021)

Collections "Death on Cast" and "WriteWiser signage"

#authorship #writing

Zywa May 12

Well, I think a lot

is wrong, very unhealthy --

they are: opinions.

Column "Niet vervelend" ("Not annoying", 2023, Ellen Deckwitz, in the NRC on June 15th, 2023)

Collection "Death on Cast"

#thinking #fret #opinions

Zywa May 11

My key does not fit

in de front door of my house --

My previous home.

Column "Nieuwe weg" ("New way", 2023, Ellen Deckwitz, in the NRC on August 21st, 2023)

Collection "Death on Cast"

#habits

Zywa May 11

That's how he has been:

that toddler, his little hands --

two little starfish.

Column "Niet verplegen" ("Not nursing", 2023, Ellen Deckwitz, in the NRC on August 31st, 2023)

#childhood #past #photo #toddler

Zywa May 10

A silvery sky,

dark and quiet the mountains --

as if sound asleep.

Novella "Fuglene under himmelen" ("The birds under the sky", 2019, Karl Ove Knausgard)

Collection "Glimpsed"

#night #landscape

Zywa May 10

She's looking outside,

but still, does she see the view --

our beautiful view?

Novella "Fuglene under himmelen" ("The birds under the sky", 2019, Karl Ove Knausgard)

Collection "Glimpsed"

#surroundings #beauty #view #landscape