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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Non chiederci (1925)

Eugenio Montale

Papel (1973)

Carlos Drummond de Andrade

Verlaine (1938)

J.C. Bloem

In veertien boeken (1965)

Leo Vroman

’t ZWERK ligt teneergeslagen (1928)

Jan Slauerhoff

Blauw vlamt de lucht (ca. 1911)

Herman Gorter

De schoolverlater (2000)

Gerrit Komrij

Wij zullen het leven (1950)

Hans Lodeizen

Pisalem

Tadeusz Rózewicz

El Ápice (1981)

Jorge Luis Borges

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