Foto's & Poëzie ...

Angel ...

2011-10-26T11:39:00.002+02:00

Angel ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...

Angel came down
From heaven yesterday,
She Stayed with me just long enough
To rescue me....

And she told me a story yesterday;
About the sweet love
Between the moon and the deep blue sea.

Then she spread her wings high over me.
She said,she coming back come back tomorrow....

And I said fly on, my sweet angel.
Fly on through the sky.
Fly on, my sweet angel.
Tomorrow Im gonna be by your side....

Sure enough,
This woman came unto me.
Silver wings silhouetted against a childs sunrise....

And my angel,
She said unto me,
today is the day for you to rise.
Take my hand, youre gonna be my man you're gonna rise
And then she took me high over yonder.....

And I said fly on, my sweet angel.
Fly on through the sky.
Fly on, my sweet angel.
Forever Im gonna be by your side....

Jimi Hendrix

An Apple a Day !

2011-10-12T09:28:00.001+02:00

An Apple a Day !
Originally uploaded by Berta...

An apple a day keeps the doctor away
Apple in the morning - Doctor's warning
Roast apple at night - starves the doctor outright
Eat an apple going to bed - knock the doctor on the head
Three each day, seven days a week - ruddy apple, ruddy cheek

Dansende Paarden, de Draaimolen draait ...

2011-06-14T20:44:00.001+02:00

Dansende Paarden, de Draaimolen draait ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...

Dansende paarden, de draaimolen draait
Of de tijd stil heeft gestaan
Hijgende paarden, de draaimolen gaat
Langzamer lopen
De baas van het spul schreeuwt zijn keel schor
Hij wordt ouder

Kinderen een kwartje
Stap maar in, kies maar uit
Neem die met de langste staart
Tien keer in de rondte
Opgepast, hou je vast
Onder val je van je paard
Kinderen een kwartje
Maar zijn stem komt niet ver
Door het gieren van metaal
Want de kermis is een soort fabriek
Die pret produceert

She Comes in Colors Everywhere ...

2011-03-17T09:42:00.001+01:00

She Comes in Colors Everywhere ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...

She comes in colors everywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
Coming colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors

She comes in colors everywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
Coming colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors

Have you seen her dressed in blue
See the sky in front of you
And her face is like a sail
Speck of white so fair and pale
Have you seen the lady fairer

She comes in colors everywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
Coming colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors

Have you seen her all in gold
Like a queen in days of old
She shoots colors all around
Like a sunset going down
Have you seen the lady fairer

She comes in colors everywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
Coming colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors

She's like a rainbow
Coming colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors

Life's what you make it ...

2011-01-23T11:34:00.003+01:00

quest no14 ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...

Baby, life's what you make it
Can't escape it
Baby, yesterday's favourite
Don't you hate it

Everything's all right
Life's what you make it
Everything's all right

Baby, life's what you make it
Don't backdate it
Baby, don't try to shade it
Beauty's naked

Everything's all right
Life's what you make it
Everything's all right
Life's what you make it

Baby, life's what you make it
Celebrate it
Anticipate it
Yesterday's faded
Nothing can change it
Life's what you make it

Everything's all right
Life's what you make it
Everything's all right
Life's what you make it
Everything's all right

Talk Talk

quest 10 ...

2011-01-08T13:47:00.001+01:00

quest 10 ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...

Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do

Tonight I wanna give it all to you
In the darkness
There's so much I wanna do
And tonight I wanna lay it at your feet
'Cause girl, I was made for you
And girl, you were made for me

I was made for lovin' you baby
You were made for lovin' me
And I can't get enough of you baby
Can you get enough of me

Tonight I wanna see it in your eyes
Feel the magic
There's something that drives me wild
And tonight we're gonna make it all come true
'Cause girl, you were made for me
And girl I was made for you

I was made for lovin' you baby
You were made for lovin' me
And I can't get enough of you baby
Can you get enough of me

I was made for lovin' you baby
You were made for lovin' me
And I can give it all to you baby
Can you give it all to me

Oh, can't get enough, oh, oh
I can't get enough, oh, oh
I can't get enough
Yeah, ha

Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do

Kiss

You're beautiful ...

2011-01-07T12:28:00.002+01:00

Originally uploaded by Berta...
You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
I saw your face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
'Cause I'll never be with you.
You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true.
There must be an angel with a smile on her face,
When she thought up that I should be with you.
But it's time to face the truth,
I will never be with you.

James Blunt

Dressing her Child ...

2010-11-25T20:21:00.001+01:00

Dressing her Child ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
Nina bobo,
oh, nina bobo,
kalau tidak bobo,
digigit nyamuk ...

Adik sayang,
adikku sayang
tidurlah tidur
dalam buaian ...

Bean Peace ...

2010-11-19T10:48:00.003+01:00

Bean Peace ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
A mystery wrapped in brown,
A fragile enigma,
Enveloping the senses,
With the earthy steam
Of a bean.

The mind wrapped in warmth,
The essence of dark roast,
Heating from within,
The senses thrill,
With every lingering
Sniff of the aroma
In the mug

Drew K.

LightHouse ...

2010-11-17T21:11:00.001+01:00

LightHouse ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
Off the coast of Africa
Bound for South America
A world away from here
Is a ship that sails the sea
Is a man who's just like me
And I wish that I was there

I'm a lonely lighthouse, not a ship out in the night
I'm watching the sea
She's come half-way round the world to see the light
and to stay away from me
There is a shipwreck lying at my feet
Some weary refugee from the rolling deep
Ah, could you lose it all and fall for me?

Couldn't we shine?
I'm rolling all my golden moments into one
Like to shine like the sun for one more Summer day
Shine like a lighthouse for one last Summer night
Flashing on, flashing, fading away

Well if you feel lost and lonely and don't know where to go
And you hear this song on the radio
Or even if you're feeling healthy and strong
You might like to sing along
But just because I might be standing here
That don't mean I won't be wrong this time
You could follow me and lose your mind

Off the coast of Africa
bound for South America
A world away from here
Is a ship that sails the sea
Is a man who's just like me
And I wish that I was there.

James Taylor

o so Quiet ...

2010-11-17T16:56:00.002+01:00

o so Quiet ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
it's oh so quiet
it's oh so still
you're all alone
and so peaceful until...

you fall in love
zing boom
the sky up above
zing boom
is caving in
wow bam
you've never been so nuts about a guy
you wanna laugh you wanna cry
you cross your heart and hope to die

'til it's over and then
it's nice and quiet
but soon again
starts another big riot

you blow a fuse
zing boom
the devil cuts loose
zing boom
so what's the use
wow bam
of falling in love

it's. oh. so quiet
it's. oh. so still
you're all alone
and so peaceful until...

you ring the bell
bim bam
you shout and you yell
hi ho ho
you broke the spell
gee. this is swell you almost have a fit
this guy is "gorge" and i got hit
there's no mistake this is it

'til it's over and then
it's nice and quiet
but soon again
starts another big riot

you blow a fuse
zing boom
the devil cuts loose
zing boom
so what's the use
wow bam
of falling in love

the sky caves in
the devil cuts loose
you blow blow blow blow blow your fuse
when you've fallen in love

ssshhhhhh...

Björk

11 november ...

2010-11-17T15:32:00.001+01:00

11 november ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
11 november is de dag
dat mijn lichtje,
dat mijn lichtje.
11 november is de dag,
dat mijn lichtje schijnen mag ...

Scheveningen ...

2010-05-17T12:35:00.001+02:00

Scheveningen ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
Ik breng mijn weekend door met jou in Scheveningen
De zee is lauw, de lucht is blauw in Scheveningen
Daar kan je braaien in 't zand
Met een ijsco in je hand
Zo samen aan het stille strand in Scheveningen ...

Wim Sonneveld

In the palm of my hand ...

2009-11-22T11:55:00.001+01:00

In the palm of my hand ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
I thought I had life in the palm of my hand but you took it from me
Now it seems my days of careless ways in fact are turning on me
Because what seems right, feels right, ends up the most fragile of things
Now I'm spending my days in a permanent haze
Because what you stole, you took from me

Let's take the time to contemplate what we are faced
A fragile life in which design resolves being erased
And if you win some, lose some
You end up in the same old place
So understand the task at hand is to live and to forgive

Let's start some living
Let's stop decaying
We can't afford to waste away
Let's start some living
Let's stop decaying

If I'd have known time could stop on a dime and cause you to cease
I'd quit running so fast and I'd try to get a grasp on the things surrounding me
But what feels right, seems right, ends up the most prominent thing
Now I'm spending my days in a permanent haze
Because what you stole, you took from me

The Enemies

My dear Country ...

2009-10-25T11:10:00.001+01:00

RoseHips ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
't was Halloween and the ghosts were out,
And everywhere they'd go, they shout,
And though I covered my eyes I knew,
They'd go away.

But fear's the only thing I saw,
And three days later 'twas clear to all,
That nothing is as scary as election day.

But the day after is darker,
And darker and darker it goes,
Who knows, maybe the plans will change,
Who knows, maybe he's not deranged.

The news men know what they know, but they,
Know even less than what they say,
And I don't know who I can trust,
For they come what may.

'cause we believed in our candidate,
But even more it's the one we hate,
I needed someone I could shake,
On election day.

But the day after is darker,
And deeper and deeper we go,
Who knows, maybe it's all a dream,
Who knows if I'll wake up and scream.

I love the things that you've given me,
I cherish you my dear country,
But sometimes I don't understand,
The way we play.

I love the things that you've given me,
And most of all that I am free,
To have a song that I can sing,
On election day.

Norah Jones

Changing the Seasons ...

2009-10-02T17:36:00.002+02:00

Changing the Seasons ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
He falls asleep on her chest
the best sleep he´d ever met
nevertheless he dreams of some stranger´s caress
so he awakes and he knows
maybe someone else is supposed
to meet his hazy anticipating eyes

he draws the curtains aside
unfolding the first morning light
he glances at his disenchanted life

restlessness is me, you see
it´s hard to be safe
it´s difficult to be happy

it´s the changing of the seasons
he says ”I need them”
I guess I’m too Scandinavian
the relief of spring
intoxication of summer rain
the clearness of fall
how winter makes me reconsider it all

restlessness is me, you see
it´s hard to be safe
it´s difficult to be happy

and then she awakes
reaches for the embrace
he decides not
to worry about seasons again

Ane Brun

Haiku ...

2009-08-28T18:29:00.001+02:00

Tomoko Mukaiyama ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
A ghost in the light.
Drifting quietly among us.
Not a sound is heard.

HumanHead

Anlamazdın ...

2009-08-26T17:02:00.005+02:00

You would not understand ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
Sevilirken bilmedin mi?
Ben söylerken gülmedin mi?
Falımızda hasret var ayrılık var demedim mi?
Anlamazdın anlamazdın..Kaderede inanmazdın…
Hani sen acı veren kalpsizlerden olmazdın….
Dilerim ki mutlu ol sevgilim..
Ben olmasam bile hayat gülsün sana..
Günahı boynunda,ağlayan bir çift göz bıraktın arkanda.
Kalbim bomboş kaldı sanma
Acılar geçer zamanla…
Aşka tövbe demem ben..
Görürsün sevince yeniden…
Anlamazdın anlamazdın..Kaderede inanmazdın…
Hani sen acı veren kalpsizlerden olmazdın….
Dilerim ki mutlu ol sevgilim..
Ben olmasam bile hayat gülsün sana..
Günahı boynunda,ağlayan bir çift göz bıraktın arkanda…

Ayla Dikmen

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Into the Future ...

2009-07-10T11:02:00.001+02:00

Into the Future ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
hear the lonesome whiperwill
he sounds too blue to fly
the midnight train is whining low
i'm so lonesome i could cry
i've never seen a night so long
when time goes crawling by
the moon just went behind a cloud
to hide it's face and cry
did you ever see a robin weep
when leaves begin to die
that means he's lost the will to live
i'm so lonesome i could cry
the silence of a falling star
lights up a purple sky
and as i wonder where you are
i'm so lonesome i could cry

July ...

2009-07-01T13:30:00.001+02:00

July ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
Im a fool to want you
Im a fool to want you
To want a love that cant be true
A love thats there for others too

Im a fool to hold you
Such a fool to hold you
To seek a kiss not mine alone
To share a kiss that devil has known

Time and time again I said Id leave you
Time and time again I went away
But then would come the time when I would need you
And once again these words I had to say

Take me back, I love you
...i need you
I know its wrong, it must be wrong
But right or wrong I cant get along

Billy Holliday

GoodMorning ...

2009-06-28T12:36:00.002+02:00

GoodMorning ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
Sun rays come down as seen when they hit the ground,
Children spinning around till they fall down down down.
I wait for you: it's been two hours now,
You're still somewhere in town,
Your dinners getting cold.
I rest my case you are always this late,
And you know how much I hate waiting around 'round 'round,

Bitter heart, bitter heart tries to keep it all inside,
Bitter heart, bitter heart shadows will help you try to hide,
Bitter heart, my bitter heart is gettin' just a little fragile,

Bitter heart, bitter heart of mine.

And then you come and tell me the same reason as you did yesterday,
So tell me whats her name.
Doo doo da dum, doo doo da dum, doo doo doo doo doo doo da da dum dum, da da da da dum, da da da da dum, da da da da dum.

Bitter heart, bitter heart tries to keep it all inside
Bitter heart, bitter heart shadows will help you try to hide,
Bitter heart, my bitter heart is just getting a little fragile,
Bitter heart, bitter heart of mine, of mine, of mine, of mine, of mine, of mine.

Zee Avi

Suzanne takes you with Her ...

2009-06-26T19:47:00.001+02:00

Suzanne takes you with Her ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
Suzanne takes you down to her place newer the river
You can hear the boats go by
You can spend the night beside her
And you know that shes half crazy
But thats why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from china
And just when you mean to tell her
That you have no love to give her
Then she gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer
That youve always been her lover
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you
For youve touched her perfect body with your mind.

And jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching
From his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain
Only drowning men could see him
He said all men will be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them
But he himself was broken
Long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
And you want to travel with him
And you want to travel blind
And you think maybe youll trust him
For hes touched your perfect body with his mind.

Now suzanne takes you hand
And she leads you to the river
She is wearing rags and feathers
From salvation army counters
And the sun pours down like honey
On our lady of the harbour
And she shows you where to look
Among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed
There are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love
And they will lean that way forever
While suzanne holds the mirror
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you
For shes touched your perfect body with her mind.

Ordinary Miracle ...

2009-06-10T13:23:00.001+02:00

Today i shot my neighbour's Pigeons ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
t’s not that usual when everything is beautiful
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

The sky knows when its time to snow
You don’t need to teach a seed to grow
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

Life is like a gift they say
Wrapped up for you everyday
Open up and find a way
To give some of your own

Isn’t it remarkable?
Like every time a raindrop falls
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

Birds in winter have their fling
And always make it home by spring
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

When you wake up everyday
Please don’t throw your dreams away
Hold them close to your heart
Cause we are all a part
Of the ordinary miracle

Ordinary miracle
Do you want to see a miracle?

Its seems so exceptional
Things just work out after all
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

The sun comes up and shines so bright
It disappears again at night
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

It’s just another ordinary miracle today

Sarah McLachian

Dancing Cherries ..

2009-06-02T16:57:00.001+02:00

Dancing Cherries ..
Originally uploaded by Berta...

Cherry-Time

Cherries of the night are riper
Than the cherries pluckt at noon
Gather to your fairy piper
When he pipes his magic tune:
Merry, merry,
Take a cherry;
Mine are sounder,
Mine are rounder,
Mine are sweeter
For the eater
Under the moon.
And you’ll be fairies soon.

In the cherry pluckt at night,
With the dew of summer swelling,
There’s a juice of pure delight,
Cool, dark, sweet, divinely smelling.
Merry, merry,
Take a cherry;
Mine are sounder,
Mine are rounder,
Mine are sweeter
For the eater
In the moonlight.
And you’ll be fairies quite.

When I sound the fairy call,
Gather here in silent meeting,
Chin to knee on the orchard wall,
Cooled with dew and cherries eating.
Merry, merry,
Take a cherry;
Mine are sounder,
Mine are rounder,
Mine are sweeter.
For the eater
When the dews fall.
And you’ll be fairies all.

Robert Graves

Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance ...

2008-08-12T18:36:00.001+02:00

Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
She was beautiful as southern skies
The night he met her
She was married to someone
He was doggedly determined that he would get her
He was old, he was young
From time to time hed tip his heart
But each time she withdrew
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
Everybody thinks its true
Well eventually the boy and the girl get married
Sure enough they have a son
And though they both were occupied
With the child she carried
Disagreements had begun
And in a while they fell apart
It wasnt hard to do
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
Everybody thinks its true
Two disappointed believers
Two people playing the game
Negotiations and love songs
Are often mistaken for one and the same
Now the man and the woman
Remain in contact
Let us say its for the child
With disagreements about the meaning
Of a marriage contract
Conversations hard and wild
But from time to time
He makes her laugh
She cooks a meal or two
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
Everybody thinks its true
Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance
Everybody thinks its true
What is the point of this story
What information pertains
The thought that life could be better
Is woven indelibly
Into our hearts
And our brains

Paul Simon

A lonely goatherd ...

2008-07-13T22:54:00.001+02:00

Where are you looking at ?
Originally uploaded by Berta...
Maria:
High on a hill was a lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Loud was the voice of the lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

Folks in a town that was quite remote heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Lusty and clear from the goatherd’s throat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

the Children:
O ho lay dee odl lee o, o ho lay dee odl ay
O ho lay dee odl lee o, lay dee odl lee o lay

Maria:
A prince on the bridge of a castle moat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Two Children:
Men on a road with a load to tote heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

the Children:
Men in the midst of a table d’hote heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Maria:
Men drinking beer with the foam afloat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo (coughs)

One little girl in a pale pink coat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Brigitta:
She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

Maria:
Soon her Mama with a gleaming gloat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
What a duet for a girl and goatherd
Maria and the Children:
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

Maria and the Children:
Ummm (ummm) . . .
Odl lay ee (odl lay ee)
Odl lay hee hee (odl lay hee hee)
Odl lay ee . . .
. . . yodeling . . .

Brigitta:
One little girl in a pale pink coat heard
Maria:
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hoo hoo
Brigitta:
She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd
Maria:
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

Maria:
Soon her Mama with a gleaming gloat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hmm hmm
What a duet for a girl and goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

Maria and the Children:
Happy are they lay dee olay dee lee o . . .
. . . yodeling . . .
Soon the duet will become a trio
Maria:
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

Maria (Children):
Odl lay ee, old lay ee (odl lay ee)
Odl lay hee hee, (odl lay hee hee)
Odl lay hee (odl lay hee),
Odl lay odl lee (odl lay odl lee)
Odl lay odl lee(odl lay odi lay)
Odl lay odl lee (odl lay odl lay)
Odl lay odl lay odl lay

the Children:
WHOO!

from: The Sound of Music

A Casa ...

2008-03-10T21:19:00.001+01:00

Detail ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

Rima LXXXIV. Tu voz es el aliento de las flores...

A Casta

Tu voz es el aliento de las flores,
tu voz es de los cisnes la armonía;
es tu mirada el esplendor del día,
y el color de la rosa es tu color.

Tú prestas nueva vida y esperanza
a un corazón para el amor ya muerto:
tú creces de mi vida en el desierto
como crece en un páramo la flor.

Rhyme LXXXIV. Your voice is the breath of flowers...

To Chastity

Your voice is the breath of flowers,
your voice is the harmony of swans;
the splendor of the day is your glance,
and the color of roses is your color.

You lend new life and hope
to a heart that already died for love:
you grow in the desert of my life
like a flower on a bleak plateau.

Translated by H. Landman

Thanks to Londeswein

Old Tulips on Old Paper ...

2008-03-10T20:41:00.001+01:00

Old Tulips on Old Paper ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
Silvia Plath
Tulips (fragments)

...Nobody watched me before, now I am watched.
The tulips turn to me, and the window behind me
Where once a day the light slowly widens and slowly thins,
And I see myself, flat, ridiculous, a cut-paper shadow
Between the eye of the sun and the eyes of the tulips,
And I hve no face, I have wanted to efface myself.
The vivid tulips eat my oxygen.

Before they came the air was calm enough,
Coming and going, breath by breath, without any fuss.
Then the tulips filled it up like a loud noise.
Now the air snags and eddies round them the way a river
Snags and eddies round a sunken rust-red engine.
They concentrate my attention, that was happy
Playing and resting without committing itself.

The walls, also, seem to be warming themselves.
The tulips should be behind bars like dangerous animals;
They are opening like the mouth of some great African cat,
And I am aware of my heart: it opens and closes
Its bowl of red blooms out of sheer love of me.
The water I taste is warm and salt, like the sea,
And comes from a country far away as health.

Thanks to Londeswein

Hyacinthus Orientalis ...

2008-03-08T12:29:00.002+01:00

Hyacinthus Orientalis ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
The menace of the flower

Flower of drowsiness,
lull me but love me not.
How you profuse your perfume,
how overdo your rouge,
flower who kohl your lids
and exhale your soul in the sun!
Flower of drowsiness.
There is one resembles you
in your deceiving blush,
and too because she has
black eyelashes like you.
Flower of drowsiness.
(And I tremble alone to see
your hand in mine,
tremble lest you turn
into a woman one day!)

Alfonso Reyes

Translation by Samuel Beckett
Thanks to Londeswein

I’m going to wrinkle this word ...

2008-02-26T08:46:00.002+01:00

Blue Eye ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
I’m going to wrinkle this word,
I’m going to twist it,
yes,
it is much too flat
it is as if a great dog or great river
had passed its tongue or water over it
during many years.

I want that in the word
the roughness is seen
the iron salt
The de-fanged strength
of the land,
the blood
of those who have spoken and those who have not spoken.

I want to see the thirst
Inside the syllables
I want to touch the fire
in the sound:
I want to feel the darkness
of the cry. I want
words as rough
as virgin rocks.

Pablo Neruda,poeta

(Translated by T.M. Lauth)
Thanks to Londeswein

Suzanne ...

2008-02-16T11:34:00.001+01:00

Suzanne ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by
You can spend the night beside her
And you know that she's half crazy
But that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from China
And just when you mean to tell her
That you have no love to give her
Then she gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer
That you've always been her lover
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind.
And Jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching
From his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain
Only drowning men could see him
He said "All men will be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them"
But he himself was broken
Long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
And you want to travel with him
And you want to travel blind
And you think maybe you'll trust him
For he's touched your perfect body with his mind.

Leonard Cohen,

Saturdaymorning,

2008-02-13T19:12:00.002+01:00

Saturdaymorning,
Originally uploaded by Berta...
"Nature" is what we see --
The Hill -- the Afternoon --
Squirrel -- Eclipse -- the Bumble bee --
Nay -- Nature is Heaven --
Nature is what we hear --
The Bobolink -- the Sea --
Thunder -- the Cricket --
Nay -- Nature is Harmony --
Nature is what we know --
Yet have no art to say --
So impotent Our Wisdom is
To her Simplicity.

(#668) Emily Dickinson

Thanks to londeswein

Red ...

2008-02-11T10:12:00.002+01:00

Red ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
Ballade de la vie en rouge
Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)

L'un toujours vit la vie en rose,
Jeunesse qui n'en finit plus,
Seconde enfance moins morose,
Ni voeux, ni regrets superflus.
Ignorant tout flux et reflux,
Ce sage pour qui rien ne bouge
Règne instinctif: tel un phallus.
Mais moi je vois la vie en rouge.

L'autre ratiocine et glose
Sur des modes irrésolus,
Soupesant, pesant chaque chose
De mains gourdes aux lourds calus.
Lui faudrait du temps tant et plus
Pour se risquer hors de son bouge.
Le monde est gris à ce reclus.
Mais moi je vois la vie en rouge.

Lui, cet autre, alentour il ose
Jeter des regards bien voulus,
Mais, sur quoi que son oeil se pose,
Il s'exaspère où tu te plus,
Oeil des philanthropes joufflus;
Tout lui semble noir, vierge ou gouge,
Les hommes, vins bus, livres lus.
Mais moi je vois la vie en rouge.

Thanks to londeswein

Vergeet niet te leven ...

2008-01-31T22:44:00.001+01:00

Vergeet niet te leven ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
Vergeet je niet te leven
dacht ik laatst
de tijd hield stil
een adempauze even

en als je nu eens zonder haast
buiten de tijd om wil
slagbomen neergelaten
dolgedraaide wijzerplaten

onder je door of langs je heen
ze laat voor wat ze zijn en dan
meer lucht en ogen van

het goede aardse zien
een beetje ruimte worden en misschien
iets meer gericht alleen

kees hermis

Een Verjaardag ...

2007-12-02T13:23:00.001+01:00

Healty ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
Mijn hart is zoals een zingende vogel
wiens hart overloopt van vreugde:
Mijn hart is zoals een appelboom
wiens takken buigen door het rijpe fruit;
Mijn hart is zoals een regenboogschelp
die dobbert op een vredige zee;
Mijn hart is zo gelukkig en fier,
want mijn lief kwam, mijn lief is hier.

Richt zijden baldakijnen op voor mij;
Versier ze met bont en purperkleuren;
Graveer granaatappels en duiven
en pauwen met honderden ogen;
Borduur ze met filigranen druiven
en met blaren en fleurs-de-lys;
Daar ik de jaardag van mijn leven vier,
want mijn lief kwam, mijn lief is hier.

Christina Rossetti

Raindrops on Roses ...

2007-10-31T08:45:00.001+01:00

Raindrops on a white Rose ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad.

Uit: The Sound of Music.

Geef mij je hand...

2007-10-31T08:29:00.001+01:00

another day @Work, another Girl ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
Geef mij je hand
Geef mij ze allebei
en zeg me dan heel even
dat niet kunt leven
zonder mij, zonder mij ...

We'll meet again ...

2007-10-21T22:33:00.001+02:00

We'll meet again ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
Let's say goodbye with a smile, dear,
Just for a while, dear, we must part.
Don't let the parting upset you,
I'll not forget you, sweetheart.
We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when,
But I know we'll meet again, some sunny day.
Keep smiling through, just like you always do,
'Til the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away.

So will you please say hello to the folks that I know,
Tell them I won't be long.
They'll be happy to know that as you saw me go,
I was singing this song.

After the rain comes the rainbow,
You'll see the rain go, never fear,
We two can wait for tomorrow,
Goodbye to sorrow, my dear.

Binnen zonder te kloppen ...

2007-10-06T09:36:00.001+02:00

Stairs ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
De straat is grijs
De gracht beneveld
Binnen hou ik het niet uit
Daar denk ik steeds
Aan toen die avond
Ik schrik op van elk geluid
Ik hoor een deur
Open en dichtgaan
Ik hoor het kraken van een tree
En al m'n hoop
Is op de deurknop
Maar die gaat niet benee
Refr.
Ze kwam binnen zonder kloppen
Ze kwam binnen zonder kloppen
Ze kwam binnen
Ze kwam binnen
Ze kwam binnen zonder kloppen
En ging weg zonder een woord
Ik was alleen
En niet gelukkig
Ik brandde langzaam achteruit
En iedere dag
Meer vraag dan antwoord
Een nieuwe krant, een oud geluid
Ik wou dood
Ik wou begraven
Met veel bloemen en bezoek
En opeens
Stond zij daar voor me
Schopte haar schoenen in de hoek
Refr.
De avond valt
In duizend stukken
Op de straten van de stad
Met bonzend hart als wichelroede
Zoek ik mijn verloren schat
Maar het leidt tot niets
Lood om oud ijzer
Welke deur ik ook probeer
Ze zijn dicht
Of ze gaan open
Maar nooit meer, nooit meer, nooit meer als die keer.

De Dijk

Mandalay ...

2007-09-30T19:54:00.001+02:00

Free Burma ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' lazy at the sea,
There's a Burma girl a-settin', and I know she thinks o' me;
For the wind is in the palm-trees, and the temple-bells they say;
"Come you back, you British Soldier; come you back to Mandalay!"
Come you back to Mandalay,
Where the old Flotilla lay;
Can't you 'ear their paddles clunkin' from Rangoon to Mandalay?
On the road to Mandalay,
Where the flyin'-fishes play,
An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay!

Rudyard Kipling

Dragonfly ...

2007-09-26T22:39:00.001+02:00

Dragonfly ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
I will never let you down
I will always be around

In the time we are here
We'll see love disappear
Don't ask how
Don't ask why
Just fly, dragonfly
Just fly, dragonfly

I will never bring you down
I will always stick around
I will heat you
when you're cold

In the time we have left
We'll raise eyes to the sky
Don't ask how
Don't ask why
Just fly, dragonfly
Just fly, dragonfly

Don't ask how
Don't ask why
Just fly, dragonfly
Just fly, fly, fly dragonfly

Fleetwood Mac

Niemand heeft je ooit gezien ...

2007-09-23T20:35:00.001+02:00

Fran !!!
Originally uploaded by Berta...
Niemand heeft je ooit gezien
maar toch ben je van mij.
Niemand heeft je ooit gezien
maar toch ben je bij mij.
Ik wist het allereerst van jouw bestaan.
Je bent vlakbij maar ver nog hier vandaan.
Niemand heeft je ooit gezien
maar toch ben je bij mij.
Hier onder mijn hart begint jouw leven,
hier onder mijn hart groeit het geluk.
Jouw jonge leven en mijn geluk.

Helga.

Strawberry Fields forever ...

2007-09-22T14:49:00.001+02:00

Oooh ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hungabout.
Strawberry Fields forever.

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.
It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out, it doesn't matter much to me.
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hungabout.
Strawberry Fields forever.

No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low.
That is you can't you know tune in but it's all right, that is I think it's not too bad.
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hungabout.
Strawberry Fields forever.

Always, no sometimes, think it's me, but you know I know when it's a dream.
I think I know I mean a 'Yes' but it's all wrong, that is I think I disagree.
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hungabout.
Strawberry Fields forever.
Strawberry Fields forever.

Lennon & McCartney

I think, Autumn is on its way ...

2007-09-19T11:50:00.001+02:00

I think, Autumn is on its way ..., originally uploaded by Berta....

Red leaves blow in the wind
leaving home and everything it's known behind
barren branches wave goodbye
as the red leaves slowly die
every flower stares and watches
as the wind, it takes me away
before the sun, the sun shone upon me
oh now, now the wind, it takes me away
it takes me away, yeah, it takes me away
red leaves falling through the branches
making their way to the ground
blowing by the flowers sleeping
no one knows the leaves are leaving
every flower stares and watches
as the wind takes me away
before the sun, the sun shone upon me
oh now, now the wind takes me away
every flower stares and watches
as the wind, as the wind takes me away, yeah
before the sun, the sun, the sun shone upon me
oh now, now the wind it takes me away!
and every flower stares and watches

Haste The Day

Flickr

2007-09-19T11:42:00.001+02:00
This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Dancer in the Dark ...

2006-12-14T12:52:00.000+01:00

"I've Seen It All"

I've seen it all, I have seen the trees,
I've seen the willow leaves dancing in the breeze
I've seen a man killed by his best friend,
And lives that were over before they were spent.
I've seen what I was - I know what I'll be
I've seen it all - there is no more to see!

You haven't seen elephants, kings or Peru!
I'm happy to say I had better to do
What about China? Have you seen the Great Wall?
All walls are great, if the roof doesn't fall!

And the man you will marry?
The home you will share?
To be honest, I really don't care...

You've never been to Niagara Falls?
I have seen water, its water, that's all...
The Eiffel Tower, the Empire State?
My pulse was as high on my very first date!
Your grandson's hand as he plays with your hair?
To be honest, I really don't care...

I've seen it all, I've seen the dark
I've seen the brightness in one little spark.
I've seen what I chose and I've seen what I need,
And that is enough, to want more would be greed.
I've seen what I was and I know what I'll be
I've seen it all - there is no more to see!

You've seen it all and all you have seen
You can always review on your own little screen
The light and the dark, the big and the small
Just keep in mind - you need no more at all
You've seen what you were and know what you'll be
You've seen it all - there is no more to see!

Björk

Vroege Voorjaarsavond ...

2006-05-16T16:12:00.000+02:00

Het ongelezen boek viel bij hem neder,
Hij streek langs de ogen met een vage hand
En keek naar buiten: 't eerste lenteweder
Betoverde het schemerende land.

Er was een waas van het aanvanklijk lover
Om het afzonderlijke, zwarte hout,
En iets als zoelte zweemde de' avond over,
Maar waar de wind zijn vleugel sloeg was 't koud.

De lenten gingen en de lenten komen,
De wereld is een onverganklijk oord,
Waaraan de harten, eenmaal opgenomen,
Niet meer ontwijken dan door de ene poort.

Waarom dan zich in dromen te vergeten?
Laat het boek ongelezen. Wie dien 't deert?
Er is maar één ding dat wij zeker weten:
Dat eens de lente ons nimmer wederkeert.

J.C. Bloem
(Uit: Verzamelde gedichten
Amsterdam, 2002 )

DiDi 82: Avond

De drie mogelijkheden van het menselijk denken ...

2006-05-09T18:53:00.000+02:00

Op de fiets gaat alles wel langaam
maar toch nog behoorlijk hard.

Wie heel goed luistert aan een stilstaand
horloge hoort een zacht tikken.

Waar blijft de tijd: Om daar over na
te denken hebben wij het zwerk.

Rutger Kopland

uit: Alles op de fiets.

DiDi 81: Fiets

Kinderen die leren lezen ...

2006-03-28T10:29:00.000+02:00

kinderen die leren lezen
zitten in lokalen
uit te rusten van
onrustige verhalen

er hangt een stilte
zoals tussen auto's
op parkeerterreinen hangt
en tussen bomen

en juf beklimt
het podium
met wit papier

kinderen die leren lezen
hangen letters te drogen
aan de wanden van de klas

in de winter steekt
juf de kaarsen aan
en kinderen die leren lezen
mogen zingen

en ze beschilderen papier
met lievelingskleuren
van hun lievelingsdier

kinderen die leren lezen
denken aan de slaap
van komende nacht.

Kees 't Hart

DiDi 75: School

Market Day in Guernica ...

2006-03-09T20:56:00.000+01:00

My children played a skipping game
On market day in Guernica
On market day before they came
Before they came to Guernica.

I search my soul but cannot start
to find forgiveness in my heart.
My little ones no longer play
In Guernica on market day.

My father wore his linen suit
On market day in Guernica
He always sold the finest fruit
Before they came to Guernica

Now there's no way to let him know
How much I loved and miss him so
I watched as he was blown away
In Guernica on market day.

Away
Away
All blown away

Katie Melua

Fragile ...

2006-02-05T20:54:00.000+01:00

If blood will flow when flesh and steel are one
Drying in the colour of the evening sun
Tomorrow's rain will wash the stains away
But something in our minds will always stay

Perhaps this final act was meant
To clinch a lifetime's argument
That nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could
For all those born beneath an angry star
Lest we forget how fragile we are

On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star, like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are, how fragile we are

On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star, like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are, how fragile we are
How fragile we are, how fragile we are

Sting.

Steen ...

2006-01-29T11:29:00.000+01:00

Verdriet kit al mijn krachten samen,
zodat ik roerloos word als steen.
Mijn hele wezen wordt materie,
een ondoordringbaar star mysterie,
o sla de rots, opdat ik ween.

M. Vasalis.

M ....

2006-01-26T21:40:00.000+01:00

Mocht je me vergeten
wil ik dat
je één ding weet:

Als ik kijk naar de kristalmaan,
de rode tak van trage herfst
bij mijn raam,
als ik, bij het vuur gezeten,
de ongrijpbare as neem
of rimpelig lijf van brandhout,
weet je,
dat alles mij tot jou voert,
alsof alles wat bestaat,
geuren, licht, metalen,
scheepjes zijn die varen
naar jou eilanden
die me verwachten.

Welnu dan,
als beetje bij beetje
jouw liefde voor mij minder wordt,
zal beetje bij beetje
mijn liefde voor jou minder worden.

Als je me plotseling vergeet,
zoek me niet,
want ik zal je reeds vergeten zijn.

Als je de wind van vlaggen
die door mijn leven waait
waanzinnig en lang vindt,
en je besluit
me aan de oever te laten
van het hart waarin ik wortel
bedenk
dat op die dag, op dat uur,
ik mijn armen op zal heffen,
dat mijn wortels naar buiten komen
om àndere grond te zoeken.

Maar als je dag na dag,
uur na uur, voelt
- onverzoenlijk lief -
dat je voor mij bestemd bent,
als, dag na dag, een bloem
aan je lippen ontstijgt
om mij te zoeken,
ach dan, allerliefste,
komt dat vuur weer in mij op,
in mij blust niets
of wordt vergeten,
mijn liefde voedt zich
aan jouw liefde:

zolang je leeft
zal mijn liefde
in jouw armen zijn
zonder mijn armen
te verlaten.

Pablo Neruda (1904-1973)

Gedichtendag, Gedichten Galerij 2006

Amsterdam Noord ...

2006-01-23T17:52:00.000+01:00

Ik woon in Amsterdam Noord

Het is heel saai
geen mens te zien op straat
het lijkt wel een dode straat
je hoort alleen de auto’s langs rijden
en af en toe wat muziek
iedereen blijft in zijn huis
ik woon in Amsterdam Noord

een paar straten verderop
heb je een voetbalveld
daar is het altijd druk
jongeren hangen daar altijd uit
voetballen is het enige dat je kan doen
ik woon in Amsterdam Noord

Bruno Silva Ferreira

School der Poëzie

Balling ...

2006-01-22T13:36:00.001+01:00

Ik ben een balling -
maar als de vogelwig
in de blauwzwarte lentenacht
krijsend langs de hemel trekt
is het of mij een boodschap bereikt
uit mijn echte vaderland.

Tove Meyer.

Pink ...

2006-01-20T12:49:00.000+01:00

We lock evening clouds outside the low door
and watch a gray gull angle
over the wild strawberry field and head straight north
We observe the quiet breeze
unable to move a pink hibiscus... maybe
it’s not a breeze: ‘If the hibiscus doesn’t move
how can you tell there is a quiet breeze?’
‘Sit tight. You be the hibiscus, I’ll be the breeze’
She shakes her head coyly like pink twilight
listening to the promise of quiet brushing
across her fair arms and shoulders, her
collar and hair. Entering the dark
I see a firefly coming in from outside
stealthily, intentionally, it flits over her ankles.

Yang Mu

Photofriday

Dansen ...

2006-01-20T02:02:00.000+01:00

ik heb verleupig wir genog geproat
ik heb 't allemoal gezeen allemoal gehad
ik wil danse
danse met ow
vul te lang ni mej gedoan
ik heb vul te lang in de oave gestoan
ik wil danse
danse met ow
refrein: steeds mar door sneller oaver de vloor
ik wil danse
sneller rond met de bien van de grond
ik wil danse
danse met ow
ik hal op met zeuke d'r is ni mier
't wuurd noeit mier zo moej als d'n ierste kier
ik wil danse
danse met ow
ik heb 't allemoal gehad, allemaol gezeen
ik wil terug nar af ik begin bej 't begeen
ik wil danse
danse met ow
refrein
refrein
ik heb verleupig wir genog geproat
ik heb 't allemoal gezeen allemoal gehad
ik wil danse
danse met ow
vul te lang ni mej gedoan
ik heb vul te lang in de oave gestoan
ik wil danse
danse met ow ...

Rowene Heze

DiDi 65

Wit ...

2006-01-19T17:05:00.000+01:00

Je brief gekregen
een beetje kapot
van het stukje wit
tussen twee zinnen.

Hier stokte je stem
begaf je adem
zat ik naast je.

Het mooiste in je brief
is het stukje zwijgen
tussen twee zinnen.

Gil vander Heyden

Souvenir ...

2006-01-19T17:00:00.000+01:00

Ga je naar het strand?
Mag ik, als je terugkomt
Het zand uit je schoenen
voor de bodem van mijn aquarium?

K Schippers.

Januarizon ...

2006-01-19T16:59:00.000+01:00

Januarizon
gaat binnen 'n verdord blad
een gouden stilte ...

Ik ook ...

2006-01-19T16:50:00.000+01:00

Omdat jij wist dat ík het was
En niet jouw laatste liefde, de knapste van de klas
Omdat jij blozend voor me stond, naïef en van de kook
Omdat jij smoorverliefd was, daarom was ik het ook

Omdat je bij me blijven wou, ondanks mijn bot gedrag
Die vrijgezellendrift gepikt hebt, elke dag
Omdat je maling aan de mensen had, aan geroddel en gestook
Omdat jij zo graag trouwen wou, daarom wou ik het ook

Omdat je door bleef vechten, op het randje van de dood
De vrede, teder leven, in je armen sloot
Omdat je onomwonden het huwelijksbed in dook
Omdat jij zo graag kinderen wou, daarom kreeg ik ze ook

Omdat je leven kunt met mij zoals ik ben
Omdat jij altijd anders bent dan ik denk dat ik jou ken
Omdat jij jouw heilig vuur niet verstikken laat in rook
Omdat jij weet wat liefde is, daarom weet ik het ook

Freek de Jonge

Whisper ...

2006-01-19T13:57:00.000+01:00

I cried for you
When the sky cried for you
And when you went
I became a hopeless drifter
But this life was not for you
Though I learned from you
That beauty need only be a whisper

Katie Melua

Zeewaarts ...

2006-01-19T13:55:00.000+01:00

Zeewaarts gezegd

De zee is trots op haar duinen.
Brekensgereed houdt zij de duinen bestendig.
Zij heeft haar kusten lief en kust ze.

De zee plant zich voort in het water.
De zee is voedzaam als een rijpe boomgaard.
Zij is de moeder van de grootste sterren.

De zee is een regen van goedheid,
beken het maar, zij is onmisbaar.
De zee blijft zoals altijd altoos vrede,
want in zee werd nog niemand mishandeld.

Paul Snoek

Licht ...

2006-01-19T13:53:00.000+01:00

Gelukkig dat
Het licht bestaat

en dat het met
me doet en praat

en dat ik weet
dat ik er vandaan

kom, van het licht
of hoe dat heet.

Hans Andreus