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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El Ápice (1981)

Jorge Luis Borges

Eenmaal (ca. 600 voor Christus)

Sappho

Zonder titel

Luís Vaz de Camões

Naamloos

Jit Narain

Danse Africaine (1922)

Langston Hughes

Polder (ca. 2004)

Wim Emmerik

De dichter is een gedicht (1977)

Jotie T'Hooft

XXIV Testamente II (1950)

Pablo Neruda

Gronmama (ca. 1953)

Trefossa

Vruntschap (1575)

Jan van Hout

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