POLOKWANE – As Technical High School Tom Naudé is a technical school, most people might think that the learners do not participate in cultural activities.
However, the Tommies decided to prove to everyone that they are capable of much more at the first meeting of the Kaleidoscope Prose and Poetry Club.
Parents, the school governing body, teachers and learners gathered at the school on Tuesday evening, where the learners that are part of the club received certificates.
Three learners, Phutego Malatji, Maggie Makwela and Kiara De Agrela performed pieces while an old learner, Amu Makhabi and old teacher, Wessel Cronjé also each performed a piece.
Annette Meiring, organiser of the club, and Piet Holtzhauzen, head of the school, also performed a piece each.
“Have you ever wondered how words can influence your life? Poetry is about transforming thoughts. It is way to fight despondency and loneliness. The club offers learners the opportunity to learn about poetry and to fall in love with it. It deepens one’s human being and helps express emotion,” Meiring explained.
Meiring also wrote her own piece, which is titled ‘Reality’:
Ek skakel die TV aan en hoor:
“Ons is nou terug,”
“na die advertensiebreuk volg vinnige stappe om jou onmiddelik stralend en vroulik te laat lyk.”
Dink aan iets stouts – dit sit die sprankel terug in jou oë;
Glimlag wyd met granaatrooi lippe;
Jou grasieuese stappie laat koppe draai;
Dra stiletto’s – beklemtoon altyd mooi kuite;
Laat jou hare en ooghare professioneel doen;
Kyk elke oggend in die spiel en sê vir jouself: “Lady Gaga kan gaan slaap – ek skitter mooier as die Queen se juwele!
ek gaan sit in ‘n hope – nee-val in ‘n gat.
weerstandloos word ek vasgekolk deur die genadeloosheid van die wêreld
‘n tsunamie oorspoel my, ek word omgedolwe en alles wat inne-in my is word uitgebraak.
my verstnd staan stil – alle breinselle vasgemoer – niks wil ‘strip’ nie!!!
Al wat in my brein maal is hoe ek, Sanna, ‘n ou gaan vang.
my oë kyk skeel (“needless to say”) – en een oog is blind
my glimlag is skeef met lynstywe lippies
Ouma Hes se boggle is nou nie juis “graceful” nie, of hoe?
Te veel oorhangende vat om die enkels,
So
Goodbaai stiletto’s
Nou vra ek jou spieëltjie:
Wat… net presies wat, së jy vir my?
Ek weet wat die ouens sê:
Sy lyk soos koue, vuil skottelgoedwater
Aag- wat’s die use?
Oo ja – spiels moes nooit bestaan het nie,
TV ook nie,
Ek ook nie!
