Het is weekend. Hier is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. When the summer fields are mown, When the birds are fledged and flown, And the dry leaves strew the path; With the falling of the snow, With the cawing of the crow, Once again the fields we mow And gather in the aftermath. Not the sweet, new grass with flowers Is this harvesting of ours; Not the upland clover bloom; But the rowen mixed with weeds, Tangled tufts from marsh and meads, Where the poppy drops its seeds In the silence and the gloom. Prettig weekend. En be nice.

Het is weekend. Hier is Walt Whitman. Beat! beat! drums!—blow! bugles! blow! Through the windows—through doors—burst like a ruthless force, Into the solemn church, and scatter the congregation, Into the school where the scholar is studying, Leave not the bridegroom quiet—no happiness must he have now with his bride, Nor the peaceful farmer any peace, ploughing his field or gathering his grain, So fierce you whirr and pound you drums—so shrill you bugles blow. Beat! beat! drums!—blow! bugles! blow! Over the traffic of cities—over the rumble of wheels in the streets; Are beds prepared for sleepers at night in the houses? no sleepers must sleep in those beds, No bargainers’ bargains by day—no brokers or speculators—would they continue? Would the talkers be talking? would the singer attempt to sing? Would the lawyer rise in the court to state his case before the judge? Then rattle quicker, heavier drums—you bugles wilder blow. Beat! beat! drums!—blow! bugles! blow! Make no parley—stop for no expostulation, Mind not the timid—mind not the weeper or prayer, Mind not the old man beseeching the young man, Let not the child’s voice be heard, nor the mother’s entreaties, Make even the trestles to shake the dead where they lie awaiting the hearses, So strong you thump O terrible drums—so loud you bugles blow. Prettig weekend. En be nice.

Het is mater coïtus weekend! Hier is de Shakemeister. Those parts of thee that the world's eye doth view Want nothing that the thought of hearts can mend; All tongues, the voice of souls, give thee that due, Uttering bare truth, even so as foes commend. Thy outward thus with outward praise is crown'd; But those same tongues, that give thee so thine own, In other accents do this praise confound By seeing farther than the eye hath shown. They look into the beauty of thy mind, And that in guess they measure by thy deeds; Then, churls, their thoughts, although their eyes were kind, To thy fair flower add the rank smell of weeds: But why thy odour matcheth not thy show, The soil is this, that thou dost common grow. Prettig weekend. En be nice.

Het is weekend. Hier is Charles Baudelaire. Mon enfant, ma soeur, Songe à la douceur, D'aller là-bas, vivre ensemble! Aimer à loisir, Aimer et mourir, Au pays qui te ressemble! Les soleils mouillés, De ces ciels brouillés, Pour mon esprit ont les charmes, Si mystérieux, De tes traîtres yeux, Brillant à travers leurs larmes. Là, tout n'est qu'ordre et beauté, Luxe, calme et volupté. Des meubles luisants, Polis par les ans, Décoreraient notre chambre; Les plus rares fleurs Mêlant leurs odeurs Aux vagues senteurs de l'ambre, Les riches plafonds, Les miroirs profonds, La splendeur orientale, Tout y parlerait A l'âme en secret Sa douce langue natale. Là, tout n'est qu'ordre et beauté, Luxe, calme et volupté. Vois sur ces canaux Dormir ces vaisseaux Dont l'humeur est vagabonde; C'est pour assouvir Ton moindre désir Qu'ils viennent du bout du monde. --Les soleils couchants Revêtent les champs Les canaux, la ville entière D'hyacinthe et d'or; Le monde s'endort Dans une chaude lumière Là, tout n'est qu'ordre et beauté, Luxe, calme et volupté. Prettig weekend. En be nice.

Het is weekend. Hier is Henry Wadsforth Longfellow. Solemnly, mournfully, Dealing its dole, The Curfew Bell Is beginning to toll. Cover the embers, And put out the light; Toil comes with the morning, And rest with the night. Dark grow the windows, And quenched is the fire; Sound fades into silence,-- All footsteps retire. No voice in the chambers, No sound in the hall! Sleep and oblivion Reign over all! The book is completed, And closed, like the day; And the hand that has written it Lays it away. Dim grow its fancies; Forgotten they lie; Like coals in the ashes, They darken and die. Song sinks into silence, The story is told, The windows are darkened, The hearth-stone is cold. Darker and darker The black shadows fall; Sleep and oblivion Reign over all. Prettig weekend. En be nice.

Het is weekend. Hier is Lucebert. stram strompelt hij van knooppunt naar knooppunt de eens zo bekoorlijke zondebok je mag hem aanlachen als je kunt hij grijnst maar trekt het zich niet aan aangebrand niet maar afgebrand een flauwte dat gaat weer over hij zal wel weer opstaan plooiend zijn broek zijn rok het ouwe rund dra staat hij lang en breed tussen de pilaren door de schaduwen bestormd het marmer van zijn kaken de zweep spelemeiend met de laars aldoordringend de blik gericht op de dreigende maan langzaam daalt hij af men juicht pondereus buiten alle proportie daalt hij af en plaatst zich naast de labbekak de losplaats onveranderd niet met verlossing als poetslap Prettig weekend. En be nice. (en stem op leukmeisje Michelle, zodat ze wint van die Belgen!)

Het is weekend. Hier is Yeats. THESE are the clouds about the fallen sun, The majesty that shuts his burning eye: The weak lay hand on what the strong has done, Till that be tumbled that was lifted high And discord follow upon unison, And all things at one common level lie. And therefore, friend, if your great race were run And these things came, So much the more thereby Have you made greatness your companion, Although it be for children that you sigh: These are the clouds about the fallen sun, The majesty that shuts his burning eye. Prettig weekend. En be nice.

Het is weekend. ولما قسـا قلبي وضـاقت مذاهبي جعلت الرجـاء مني لعفوك سلمــا تعاظمني ذنبـي فلمـا قرنتــه بعفوك ربي كان عـفوك أعظمــا فما زلتَ ذا عفو عن الذنب لم تزل تـجـود وتعـفو منة وتكرمـــا فلولاك لـم يصمـد لإبلـيس عابد فكيف وقد أغوى صفيك أدما فيا ليت شعــري هل أصير لجنة أهنـــا؟ وأمـا للسعير فأندما فإن تنتـقـم مني فلست بآسي ولو أدخلت روحي بجــرم جهنمـا فإن تعف عني تعف عـن متمرد ظلوم غشــوم قاسي القلب مجرما ويذكر أيام مضت من شبابه وما كان فيها بالجهالة أجرما يقيم إذا ما الليل مد ضلامه على نفسه من شدة الخوف مأتما يقول حبيبي أنت سؤلي وغايتي كفى بك للراجين سؤلا و مغنما الست الذي غذيتني و هديتني ولازلت منانا علي ومنعما عسى من له الإحسان يغفر زلتي ويستر أوزاري وما قد تقدما Prettig weekend. Be nice. En koop een Cortoon-mok!

Het is weekend. Hier is Charles. I've watched this city burn twice in my lifetime and the most notable thing was the arrival of the politicians in the aftermath proclaiming the wrongs of the system and demanding new policies toward and for the poor. nothing was corrected last time. nothing will be corrected this time. the poor will remain poor. the unemployed will remain so. the homeless will remain homeless and the politicians, fat upon the land, will live very well. Prettig weekend. En be nice.

Het is weekend. Hier is Sylvia Plath. The wet dawn inks are doing their blue dissolve. On their blotter of fog the trees Seem a botanical drawing-- Memories growning, ring on ring, A series of weddings. Knowing neither abortions nor bitchery, Truer than women, They seed so effortlessly! Tasting the winds, that are footless, Waisting-deep in history-- Full of wings, otherworldliness. In this, they are Ledas. O mother of leaves and sweetness Who are these peitas? The shadows of ringdoves chanting, but easing nothing. Prettig weekend. En be nice.