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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Naamloos

Vallana

Blauw (vlamt de lucht) (ca. 1911)

Herman Gorter

Spreeuw (1970)

Judith Herzberg

Chanson d'automne

Paul Verlaine

Papel (1973)

Carlos Drummond de Andrade

De Mus (1949)

Jan Hanlo

Feuille ouverte (2015)

Pierre Reverdy

De regen

Danila Stoyanova

Het kind en ik (1933)

Martinus Nijhoff

Nachmittag mit Zirkus und Zitadelle (1961)

Paul Celan

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