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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Franz war (1958)

Konrad Bayer

Was there a time (1936)

Dylan Thomas

On death (1814)

John Keats

XXIV Testamente II (1950)

Pablo Neruda

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

Horatius

De regen

Danila Stoyanova

Aqui

Octavio Paz

Feuille ouverte (2015)

Pierre Reverdy

De Profundis

Frederico Garcia Lorca

Papel (1973)

Carlos Drummond de Andrade

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