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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Sonnet XXX (ca. 1593)

William Shakespeare

Krimmena (1908)

Constantine P. Cavafy

Met licht schrijven (1993)

Arie Visser

Riposte (1917)

William Carlos Williams

Nederlandse Spoorwegen (1962)

Cornelis Bastiaan Vaandrager

De schoolverlater (2000)

Gerrit Komrij

Misterio

Jorge Eduardo Eielson

Blauw vlamt de lucht (ca. 1911)

Herman Gorter

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

Horatius

Pochwala zlego o sobie mniemania (1976)

Wislawa Szymborska

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