The Alien

The Alien

By Lizette De Klerk

14%… 3G…

Wifi connections

Rogers Hotspot

…and so he was a bit older…

– it was red…so I brought along…

The nibbler, I think they called it.

That one!

Filaments, fringes, fractures, fragments, figments

Puncture, perforate, and penetrate my open corner

Conceivings, conceptions, and contemplations of no comprehension

Battle the barrier of being inside my brain

For admittance, absorption.

For acceptance.

For adherence!

Soulstrange penetrated, strange soul savagely pierced

Uncanny, unaccustomed, uncommon, unheard alien

Unexplored, untried, unpracticed alien

Unseasoned, unused, unversed alien

Unknown and unfamiliar: alien!

Unacceptably alien.

Undeniably alien.

Here! New and iconic images

Colonize the boundaries of my careful consciousness:

A lifetime of another life lived!

And supplants without much compunction

A convoluted comprehension

Affection cringes at such foundering.

When an alien, no more?

(2014-08-26) © 2014. Lizette De Klerk. All rights reserved worldwide.

Stemme Uit die Suiderland VI

Die Genootskap vir die Handhawing van Afrikaans (GHA) bied met trots aan:

STEMME UIT DIE SUIDERLAND VI

Vanjaar het 78 digters in die ope afdeling van die GHA se sewende gedigtekompetisie deelgeneem, 24 leerlinge in die hoërskole-afdeling en 79 leerlinge in die laerskole!

Altesaam 745 nuwe gedigte is ingeskryf, en ‘n keur van dié gedigte word aan die publiek in ons nuwe bundel bekendgestel.

Die beoordelaars was beïndruk met die gehalte van die gedigte – die samestelling, komposisie, afgerondheid en so meer.

Hierdie koffietafel bundel beslaan 296 bladsye en bevat 245 nuwe pragtige Afrikaanse gedigte.

Stemme uit die Suiderland VI kan bestel word by die GHA-hoofkantoor, Posbus 25119, Gezina, 0031, of stemme6@afrikaans.org.za of tel 012 335 3321, of faks 0866932416.

Die koste is R200 per eksemplaar plus R30 posgeld. Indien u meer as 5 bundels wil koop, sal ons die afleweringskoste dra.

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6 Steps of the Writing Process

Writing isn’t a problem when you follow the process. Here are your six steps to success.

Step #1: Pre-Write:
-Brainstorm
-Cluster
-List
-Time-line
-Mapping
-Responses to Literature

Step #2: Write:
-Write whatever comes to mind
-Don’t erase
-Don’t worry about grammar, punctuation, or spelling
-Take chances
-Be willing to try new genres

Step #3: Revise:
-Delete what you don’t need
-Add what you do need
-Re-organize what’s confusing
-Re-word what could be said better
-Strengthen your verbs
-Show don’t tell

Step #4: Conference:
-Share with others
-Give positive and specific responses
-Look at ideas and content
-Ask questions
-Offer suggestions and possibilities

Step #5: Edit:
-Make improvements based on advice given to you in conferencing
-Make changes to grammar, usage, punctuation, and spelling
-Check spacing
-Now, does it pass the “It’s ready to publish” test?

Step #6: Publish:
-Every term we will publish our quarterly school newspaper: …
-Every member …participating … will be included in their issue
-Something you write will become famous when your writing is published in the print and on-line edition…

With thanks to: mrbuck.org/6StepsoftheWritingProcess.html

Christmas 2011 Kersfees

Christmascard 2011 Kerskaartjie

SA se Nuwe De-Generasie

‘n Juffrou deel vandag dat kinders in SA deesdae moet aansoek doen om te druip; daar word tot 10% by hul punte gesit om hulle te laat slaag!

Wat mens so ontstel en ook vies maak omtrent die situasie is:

a) Ons wat HARD MOES WERK vir ons punte se kwalifikasies word wêreldwyd oor dieselfde kam geskeer as die nuwe generasie “gifted” presteerders,

b) Die arme drommels het GEEN KENNIS opgedoen nie, &

c) SA kweek ‘n nuwe de-generasie wat voel hulle is “geregtig” op dinge, hulle hoef nie daarvoor te WERK nie.

TRAGIES!!!

© 2011. Lizette De Klerk.

2011-12-02.

Sadly, Proudly South African.

A non-South African posed the question on Facebook today, in response to seeing a police report photo of the mutilated, bloodied face of a black-on-white South African murder victim:

“WHY DO WHITES TAKE IT???”

In answer, I propose these reasons:

Because of one, or a combination, of these reasons:

A) White South Africans have lived in SA for over 400 years; everything they have & are, are tied to the land;
B) they love their homeland, despite its problems;
C) they are not quitters, & believe in positive change ( mistakenly or not);
D) All their family live there, some cannot leave and lovedones cannot bear living apart;
E) They cannot afford to leave due to financial constraints;
F) they (or one member of their family) cannot leave due to age / medical / physical/ language/ mental or other limitations / disability;
G) they don’t want to live as foreigners in a strange land;
F) They have nowhere to go / cannot qualify to emigrate OR to apply for refugee status because the world does not aknowlege any possibility of white genocide in SA;
G) some are in denial about the facts and level of SA’s economic / political / & social dilemmas (a form of coping);
H) some thrive financially in SA’s corrupt systems;
I) some believe they can & should help fix SA’s problems;
J) some are protected by their affluence from the worst of what SA offers (crime, etc.);
K) some cannot adjust to life abroad (climate / cultural diff) & returm home to SA;
L) SA is a beautiful land / & (for some) worth dying for;
M) our ancestors paid for the land with money, blood, sweat & tears;
N) many are Christians and believe God:
(i) will deliver them,
(ii) carry them through difficult times,
(iii) will change the hearts of evil men,
(iv) would want them to live in peace with all people (of all races),
(v) want to use them to witness to the unsaved,
(vi) expects them to be forgiving of those that harm them / wish them harm, just as He forgave them their transgressions, because all people are sinners before God;
O) Most whites are civilized, peaceloving, good, honest people who abhor war and violence and do not want strife with blacks or anyone else;
P) Some feel they have done nothing wrong, despite apartheid laws, and they have nothing to apoligise for, so why should they make all the sacrifices;
Q) these factors above, and the fact that whites in SA have a multi-national European history of independence and self-reliance, make it difficult for them to band together and agree on one leader and one course of action;
R) BUT, sadly, MOST LEFT South Africa ALREADY!

It breaks my heart daily, and many friends, family members, and strangers have labelled me a “traitor,” but I left for the sake of my children and the prospect of a peaceful, violence-free life, despite all the reasons I had to stay!

Only time will tell who will be the fortunate / unfortunate ones.

Lizette De Klerk

2011-10-13

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To Kill a Mockingbird – Oct 11, #Calgary #yyc

To Kill a Mockingbird Time: – / Location: Max Bell Theatre, EPCOR Centre Prejudice. Injustice. Humanity. For young Scout Finch, these ideas haven’t entered her childhood in Maycomb, Alabama. But when her lawyer father, Atticus, agrees to defend a black man accused of raping a white woman, her world changes forever. Harper Lee’s timeless classic delivers a powerful and deeply moving tribute to courage and compassion. One of the greatest stories of the twentieth century. Website:www.theatrecalgary.com/plays/to_kill_a_mockingbird/more_info/

Adam Small se bydrae tot Afrikaans

Small wys weg vir ’n nuwe gemeenskap: Skrywer se literêre benutting van Kaaps en morele filosofie bespreek

Adam Small se bydrae tot Afrikaans word vandag belangriker as ooit tevore geag. Willem de Vries het ‘n simposium van die skrywer en digter se werk bygewoon.

Small se werk getuig van ‘n lang pad deur ‘n donker, droom van apartheid. Dit is skreiend hoe sy werke geensins verouder nie.

Die skrywer Andre P. Brink ag Small se bydrae in Afrikaans juis vandag belangriker as ooit tevore. Small se sterk punt is sy kritiese ingesteldheid…

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Die pad van die Stigting vir Bemagtiging deur Afrikaans

Artikel: Litnet – Die pad van die Stigting vir Bemagtiging deur Afrikaans

Gepubliseer deur Alana
op 4 October 2011
inMedewerkersnuus en Nuusberigte oor Afrikaans
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Christo van der Rheede

Agter: Van links na regs: Jan Mutton (Trustee), Biebie van der Merwe (Trustee), Hendrik Theys (Trustee), Dirk Brand (Voorsitter en Trustee), Chisto van der Rheede (Uitvoerende Hoof), Danny Titus (Trustee), Bun Booyens (Redakteur van Die Burger)

Lees meer…

http://afrikaansetaalraad.co.za/

Regards,

Lizette De Klerk