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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El Ápice (1981)

Jorge Luis Borges

La pluja (1952)

Salvador Espriu

Art rythmé; tic (1922)

Robert Desnos

Een schatrijke tuin (1939)

Hendrik de Vries

XXIV Testamente II (1950)

Pablo Neruda

¿Ves, con el oro?

Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Villegas

Misterio

Jorge Eduardo Eielson

Spelende meisjes (1993)

Willem Wilmink

À son âme (1585)

Pierre de Ronsard

For my poems (1913)

Marina Ivanovna Tsvetajeva

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