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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Als een poolwinter...

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

Mijn moeder is mijn naam vergeten (1966)

Neeltje Maria Min

Poëzie is kinderspel (1959)

Lucebert

The rough sea (1689)

Matsuo Bashō

Weegschaal (ca. 1970)

Josef Sarig

Às vezes...

Álvaro de Campos

Spreeuw (1970)

Judith Herzberg

On death (1814)

John Keats

Nederlandse Spoorwegen (1962)

Cornelis Bastiaan Vaandrager

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Paul van Ostaijen

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