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

Horatius

Art rythmé; tic (1922)

Robert Desnos

Lobelia I (1916)

I.K. Bonset

La pluja (1952)

Salvador Espriu

De waterlelie (1887)

Frederik van Eeden

Stjärnorna kvittar det lika (1930)

Nils Ferlin

Vruntschap (1575)

Jan van Hout

Muza (1924)

Anna Achmatova

Zwarte Zwanen (1996)

Paul Marijnis

Als paarden sterven (1912)

Velimir Chlebnikov

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