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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Bewogen (1968)

Chr.J. van Geel

’t ZWERK ligt teneergeslagen (1928)

Jan Slauerhoff

Hebban olla vogala (ca. 1100)

Anoniem

De aarde danst op haar wolken (2004)

Hugo Claus

Met licht schrijven (1993)

Arie Visser

Às vezes...

Álvaro de Campos

Zabañ sukhan ko

Nasir Kazmi

Poëzie is kinderspel (1959)

Lucebert

Verlaine (1938)

J.C. Bloem

À son âme (1585)

Pierre de Ronsard

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