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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Wij w88888888 (1923)

Kurt Schwitters

Eenmaal (ca. 600 voor Christus)

Sappho

Feuille ouverte (2015)

Pierre Reverdy

Non chiederci (1925)

Eugenio Montale

Stjärnorna kvittar det lika (1930)

Nils Ferlin

Het woord is machteloos

Cees van Hoore

De regen

Danila Stoyanova

Met licht schrijven (1993)

Arie Visser

Papel (1973)

Carlos Drummond de Andrade

Val (1922)

Hendrik Marsman

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