Over 120 poems can be found on the walls of Leiden, in a wide range of languages and scripts. On this website, you can read and listen to them. You can also find translations, background information, bike and walking routes and personal stories.

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Bi blueri buruz (1969)

Ibon Sarasola

Stoa (1936)

Albert Verwey

For my poems (1913)

Marina Ivanovna Tsvetajeva

Een schatrijke tuin (1939)

Hendrik de Vries

Mijn moeder is mijn naam vergeten (1966)

Neeltje Maria Min

Ode I.XIV (ca. 28 voor Chr.)

Horatius

À son âme (1585)

Pierre de Ronsard

The hours rise

Edward Estlin Cummings

Aku (1943)

Chairil Anwar

Feuille ouverte (2015)

Pierre Reverdy

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