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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Vlieger (2) (ca. 1993)

Kees Buurman

Het kind en ik (1933)

Martinus Nijhoff

Riposte (1917)

William Carlos Williams

Zonder titel

Luís Vaz de Camões

De aarde danst op haar wolken (2004)

Hugo Claus

Wahrlich (1964)

Ingeborg Bachmann

Bewogen (1968)

Chr.J. van Geel

In veertien boeken (1965)

Leo Vroman

Too Bad (ca. 760)

Du Fu

De Profundis

Frederico Garcia Lorca

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