We drove off this afternoon – I wanted to keep my sanity, with all the marking of GCSE Coursework – and took the road down where we live into the countryside. The first photo was taken about 500m from our house and the others – as we travelled down Chartridge Lane. Photo 13 and 14 [...]
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A Golden Load
Posted in General, poems, tagged Afrikaans, Afrikaanse gedigte, Autumn, autumn images, autumn poems, Buckinghamshire, Engelse Platteland, English countryside, gedigte oor Herfs, herfs, herfs foto's, NP van Wyk-Louw, Poems about Autumn, William Blake on 29/10/2009 | 12 Comments »
A quest of thoughts
Posted in Creativity, poems, Poetry, Shakespeare, Sonnet 46, tagged creative ideas, Creativity, fun, poems, Poetry, Shakespeare, Shakespeare Sonnets, Sonnet 46, Wordle on 31/01/2009 | 2 Comments »
Sonnet 46 Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war, How to divide the conquest of thy sight; Mine eye my heart thy picture’s sight would bar, My heart mine eye the freedom of that right. My heart doth plead that thou in him dost lie, A closet never pierc’d with crystal eyes But [...]
What if
Posted in gedigte, General, poems, Poetry, tagged blue rose, flower, gedig, poem, rose, what if poem on 29/11/2008 | 19 Comments »
Image: crystalphoenixgallery.com..’blue rose’ What if life is a dream, are we the imagination of ourselves? What if I figure out how to be arrogant and land on an angel’s mantle to dial the word love and play hide and seek in the shadows of your breath What if I figure out how to keep my [...]
Fire and Ice
Posted in art, field fires, Fire and Ice, Fire images, Kim Berman, Lowveld Fires, Mpumalanga Plantations, music videos, poems, Poetry, Robert Frost, tagged art, Blue Danube, field fires, Fire and Ice, fire art, Fire images, Kim Berman, Lowveld Fires, Mpumalanga Plantations, music videos, poems, Poetry, Prayer of a fireman, Robert Frost on 21/10/2008 | 5 Comments »
http://www.lefpa.co.za/index.php/media/our-photo-gallery All links will open in a new window. The day we arrived in South Africa for our holiday (2007), we were quite shocked to see on the news that the plantations in the Eastern part of the country…The Lowveld… were all under fire! Especially for me it was very sad to watch the news [...]
Nothing
Posted in Heidegger, nothing, Philosophy, poems, Poetry, tagged Being and Nothingness, Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, nothing, nothingness, Philosophy, poems, Poetry on 18/10/2008 | 8 Comments »
Nothingness Not aware of the dullness between now and then Oblivious of my existence I Treasure the conundrums of your thoughts and Hold on to the never-changing monotony voices of identicalness, stepping In the dryness of an exciting Nowhere watching the sluggishness of time Grabbing the stillness of the wind moving soundlessly through the flatness [...]
Sea of Dreams
Posted in Afrikaans, audio files, Autism, classical music, classical music files, DF Malherbe, dreams, gedigte, Hennie Bekker, John William Waterhouse, Kelly King, klassieke musiek, mp3 music, Mp3 music files, music, music and your brain, music audio files, music files, musiek, musiek en jou brein, musiek vir slaap, poems, Poetry, Sea of Dreams, Slaap, sleep, sleep stages, Sleepy time, tagged Afrikaans poems, Afrikaanse gedigte, art, ASD, Aspergers syndrome, audio files, Autism, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, classical music, DF Malherbe, Dream poem, dreams, gedigte, Hennie Bekker, John Keats, John William Waterhouse, Kelly King, klassieke musiek, Langston Hughes, Mp3 music files, music, music and your brain, music audio files, music files, music for children with Aspergers, music to put you to sleep, musiek, musiek en die brein, musiek vir slaap, My Piano, Nina Mikhailenko, poems about sleep, Poetry, Russian artists, Sea of Dreams, Slaap, slaap gedigte, sleep, sleep cycles, sleep deprivation, sleep patterns, sleep stages, Sleepy time, The brain and sleep, To Sleep on 08/10/2008 | 17 Comments »
Sleep and His Half Brother Death John William Waterhouse www.illusionsgallery.com/sleep.html Image: dreams.co.uk How do you feel about sleep? Sometimes I can go a whole night without sleep, but I will surely feel knackered two days later! I love being in bed at night when the rain is tapping on the roof. Weekends I like to lie in…and then get [...]
In die Hoëveld-In the Highveld
Posted in Afrikaans poems, birds, gedigte, herfs, hoeveld, liefde, NP van Wyk-Louw, poems, Poetry, South African birds, Suid-Afrikaanse digters, Toon van den Heever, tagged Afrikaans poems, Afrikaans poems translated to English, Afrikaanse gedigte, afskeid, birds, Die liefde in my, gedigte, gedigte oor Seisoene, Grense, In die Hoeveld, My venster is 'n blanke vlak, Nagreen, Nature poems, Nog eenmaal, NP van Wyk-Louw, poems, reën, South African birds, South African Poets, Suid-Afrikaanse digters, The Highveld, Toon van den Heever, translations, voëls, voëls van Suid-Afrika, Voorspel, Vroegherfs on 05/10/2008 | 19 Comments »
Image:Brittanica.com English readers…I’ve translated the first Afrikaans poem for you…then you can slide down to read more in English… In die Hoëveld 1. In die Hoëveld, waar dit oop is en die hemel wyd daarbo, Waar kuddes waaigras huppel oor die veld, Waar ’n mens nog vry kan asemhaal en aan ’n God kan glo, [...]
Sonnet of the moon
Posted in art, Beethoven, Don McLean, downloadable mp3 music, flowers, lillies, moon images, moon poetry, Moonlight Sonata, music videos, poems, poems about the moon, Poetry, song, Stargazer, Starry Night, Starry Starry Night, tagged Allen Poe, art, Beethoven, Biography of Poe, Charles Best, Don McLean, downloadable music file, E A Poe, flowers, lillies, love poems, moon images, moon poetry, Moonlight Sonata, Moonlight Sonata 1st Movement, Mp3 music file, music videos, poems, poems about the moon, Poetry, Stargazer, Starry Night, Starry Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh, youtube video on 22/09/2008 | 13 Comments »
http://www.flickr.com/photos/unluckypuppy/482675237/in/set-72157594195589241/ I know Wipneus is going to freak out about these images from “unluckypuppy” on flickr. She’s a “stargazer!” and loves anything about space. This lily-flower’s name is also Stargazer! I think it’s beautiful! When I came across these images, I had to post it with some poems and I’ve found these lovely poems, enjoy them with [...]
No more 9/11
Posted in Khalil Gibran, love, Love one another, love poems, poems, Poetry, tagged 11 September, 9/11, Khalil Gibran, love, Love one another, love poems, Poetry on 11/09/2008 | 5 Comments »
Love One Another Love one another, but make not a bond of love. Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other’s cup, but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread, but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be [...]
The Highway Man
Posted in poems, Poetry, The Highwayman, tagged Alfred Noyes, English poets, poems, Poetry, The Highwayman on 05/09/2008 | 4 Comments »
Image and info…Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Noyes A Friday-night poem to enjoy! Alfred Noyes (September 16, 1880 – June 28, 1958) was an English poet, best known for his ballads The Highwayman (1906) and The Barrel Organ. Born in Wolverhampton, England, he was the son of Alfred and Amelia Adams Noyes. Noyes attended Exeter College, Oxford, leaving before [...]
Kyk dis September weer!
Posted in Afrikaans poems, C Louis Leipoldt, Dis heerlike lente, gedigte, gedigte oor die Lente, gedigte oor Seisoene, Kyk dis September weer, Lente, poems, Poetry, South Africa, Spring, Suid-Afrikaanse gedigte, Theo Jandrell, tagged Afrikaans, Afrikaans culture, Afrikaans folksongs, Afrikaans poems, Afrikaanse gedigte, Afrikaanse kultuur, Afrikaanse Volksliedere, C Louis Leipoldt, CGS De Villiers, Die Beste, Dis heerlike Lente Lirieke, Dis heerlike Lente lyrics, gedigte, Gedigte oor Lente, gedigte oor Seisoene, Leipoldt gedigte, Lente, seisoene, September, Spring, Theo Jandrell, Volksliedere on 01/09/2008 | 7 Comments »
Image: dailymail.co.uk In South Africa, today it’s the first day of Spring! Everybody in South Africa…ENJOY SPRING!! I’ve got a couple of our wonderful poems that can be sung too and they’re all about Spring…there’s many more, but these are some of my favourites. I’ve got the audio file of the last one (instrumental only) [...]
I wandered lonely as a cloud
Posted in Afrikaans, Dorothy Wordsworth, Dove Cottage, English poems translated into Afrikaans, English poets, gedigte, I wandered lonely as a cloud, Lake District poets, poems, Poetry, tagged Affodille, Afrikaans, Afrikaanse gedigte, Cockermouth, Daffodils, Dorothy Wordsworth, Dove Cottage, English history, English poetry, English poets, Flower poems, gedigte, I wandered lonely as a cloud, Lake District, Lake District Journals, Lake District poetry, Lake District poets, Mockerkin, poems, Poetry, River Derwent, William Wordsworth, Wordsworth, Wordsworth house on 30/08/2008 | 23 Comments »
Image:trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/United_Kingdom/photo373524.htm “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on [...]
Die strelende skemer van my gemoed
Posted in Afrikaans, Afrikaans poems, Die strelende skemer van my gemoed, gedigte, Haydn, music file Haydn, Piano concerto in D Major, piano music, poems, Poetry, Project Gutenberg, Thought Forms, tagged Afrikaans, Afrikaans poems, Afrikaanse gedigte, Annie Besant, C W Leadbeater, classical music, Die strelende skemer van my gemoed, gedigte, Haydn, Julie Rogers, klassieke musiek, music file Haydn, Piano concerto in D Major, piano music, poems, Poetry, Project Gutenberg, Thought Forms, Woven Thoughts on 29/06/2008 | 14 Comments »
Image: by Julie Rogers…Woven thoughts Die strelende skemer van my gemoed Vanselfsprekend dartel jou skadu’tjie langsaam, ritsellend soos ‘n vlokkie eind’lose skaterlag vibrerend in my gemoed en die weerspieëling is onvermydelik verstrengel tussen Haydn en Wagner en die draaikolk van my gryse gedagtes wat in die strelende skemer van my gemoed bly vloei ©Nikita 29 [...]
Ek weet van ‘n plek in Afrika
Posted in Afrikaans poems, gedigte, gedigte Afrika, poems, Poetry, South Africa, South African poems, South African Poets, Suid-Afrikaanse digters, Suid-Afrikaanse gedigte, translated poems, tagged Africa poetry, Afrikaans, Afrikaans poems, Afrikaanse gedigte, Ek weet van 'n plek in Afrika, gedigte, gedigte Afrika, I know a place in Africa, poems, Poetry, South Africa, South African poetry, South African Poets, Suid-Afrika, Suid-Afrikaanse digters, translated poems, vertaalde gedigte, Wayne Visser on 21/05/2008 | 20 Comments »
English readers… I translated an English poem wich I posted 2 days ago…”I know a place”…by Wayne Visser…in Afrikaans…you can read the poem at the bottom of this post in English. One Afrikaans-blogger has asked me for a translation as he’s thought that this poem would be fantastic in Afrikaans too….and I would like to agree [...]
I know a place
Posted in Africa, digters, gedigte, poems, Poetry, poets, South Africa, South African Poets, Suid-Afrikaanse digters, tagged Africa, digters, gedigte, I know a place in Africa, Nature poems, poems, Poems about Africa, Poetry, poets, South Africa, South African Poets, Suid-Afrika, Suid-Afrikaanse digters, Wayne Visser on 18/05/2008 | 6 Comments »
It’s been quite awhile since I’ve blogged poetry! I love poetry, as I said before…on this link here on my ..blogger-blog I once blogged one of Wayne’s poems and I want to blog it here too…as I do love South Africa –which is part of Africa…one secondary school child argued with me a few weeks ago about [...]
A Special Day for a Special Person!
Posted in gedigte, General, Moedersdag, Moedersdag gedigte, Mothering Sunday, Mothers Day, Mothers Day poetry, Mothersday, Mothersday History, Mothersday poem, Mothersday Poems, poems, Poetry, tagged Afrikaanse gedigte, Anna Jarvis, carnations, Die Vrou, Elisabeth Eybers, gedigte, Moedersdag, Moedersdag gedigte, Mothering Sunday, Mothers Day, Mothers Day history, Mothers Day poem, Mothersday poems, mothersday quotes, poems, poems about Mothersday, Poetry, purple carnations on 07/05/2008 | 10 Comments »
Poet: unknown This coming Sunday it’s Mothering Sunday in South Africa and in a few other countries. Please click HERE to read how Mothers Day is celebrating in different countries and to read about the history of Mothers Day. Mother’s Day in South Africa In South Africa, Mothers Day is celebrated on the second Sunday [...]
Al die veld is vrolik
Posted in music, poems, Poetry, South Africa, tagged Afrikaans, Afrikaans poetry, Afrikaans songs, Afrikaanse gedigte, Afrikaanse liedjies, Afrikaanse tradisionele liedjies, Al die veld is vrolik, Dis heerlike lente, Lente, Natuur, Poetry, seisoene, Spring, Spring photos, traditional songs Afrikaans on 23/04/2008 | 2 Comments »
For English readers… this is a short Afrikaans song about Spring and the second song/poem is about the little mini-beasts, birds, children and even the small plants are happy…they all want to dance and sing and play… DIS HEERLIKE LENTE Woorde: THEO W. JANDRELL en G.G. CILLIÉ Musiek: Wysie uit die Alpe; verwerk: G.G. CILLIÉ [...]
The Dance of the rain
Posted in Afrikaans poems, Dance of the rain, Die dans van die reen, digkuns, digters, Eugene Marais, gedigte, Makobo Constance Modjaji, Michael Chapdelaine, Modjaji, music video, poems, Poetry, rain queen, Rain Queens of South Africa, reenkoningin, Sotho, South African poems, South African poetry, South African Poets, The Dance of the rain, The Rain Queen Modjaji, tagged Afrikaans, Afrikaans poems, Afrikaans poems in English, Afrikaans poems translated, Afrikaanse gedigte, Balobedu, Dance of the rain, Die dans van die reen, digkuns, digters, Eugene Marais, gedigte, Makobo Constance Modjadji, Michael Chapdelaine, Modjadji, music video, poems, Poetry, rain queen, Rain Queens of South Africa, reenkoningin, Sotho, South African poetry, South African Poets, Suid-Afrikaanse gedigte, Suid-Afrikaanse skrywers, The Dance of the rain, The Rain Queen - Modjadji on 23/03/2008 | 11 Comments »
This pic is from the BBC’s website, taken near Harrismith, South Africa When I was at Primary School I had to know this poem. I’ve translated this poem as I’ve thought it’s just a brilliant poem to be shared and enjoyed by English readers too. Update 2011: I was lucky that this translation was chosen [...]
World Poetry Day
Posted in Afrikaans, Afrikaans poems, culture, Die Kind, e e cummings, Edgar Allan Poe, Eugene Marais, Iewers het ek nooit gereis nie, Ingrid Jonker, poems, Poetry, rain queen, reis, Somewhere I have never travelled, South African Poets, Suid-Afrika, Suid-Afrikaanse gedigte, The Child, The Dance of the rain, travel, tagged Afrikaaanse digters, Afrikaans, Afrikaanse gedigte, Annabel Lee, Die Kind, digters, e e cummings, Edgar Allan Poe, Eugene Marais, gedigte, I know a place in Africa, Iewers het ek nooit gereis nie, Ingrid Jonker, kultuur, poems, Poems about Africa, Poetry, rain queen, reis, Somewhere I have never travelled, South Africa, Suid-Afrika, The Child, The Dance of the rain, Totius, travel, Wayne Visser, World Poetry day, World Poetry Day 2008 on 21/03/2008 | 6 Comments »
Today…15th October 2008…I’ve received this msg from Wayne Visser…(see his poem and site in this entry too….(poem about Africa)…and if you’re interested in his request…then please contact him…he’s looking for people writing poems..but about Africa! Hello again I thought I’d let you (and your lekker vriende) know that I’ve launched a “Poets of Africa” [...]
For the king
Posted in poems, Poetry, Robert Burns, tagged poems, Poetry, Robert Burns, Scotland on 26/01/2008 | 2 Comments »
Robert Burns is Scotland’s national poet. Here’s to £40k to keep Burns’ memory alive. Read HERE more… IT WAS A’ FOR OUR RIGHTFUL KING It was a’ for our rightful king That we left fair Scotland’s strand; It was a’ for our rightful king We e’er saw Irish land, My dear, We e’er saw Irish [...]
Bobby Fischer Poem
Posted in Bobby Fischer, Chess, poems, Poetry, skaak, skaak-gedigte, Skaakmeesters, tagged Bobby Fischer, Chess, chess poetry, Fischer, Fischer poem, gedigte, poems, Poetry, skaak, skaak-gedigte, Skaakmeesters on 18/01/2008 | 18 Comments »
This is my 3-minute “poem” to Bobby Fischer, my favourite chess player! “Someone great… has passed…” Today, today only 64 He made his last move – the most important – to the square of “death” no more breath or even check! no more castling only en passant’ing! His sword has swung after years of struggle ruined [...]
Bobby Fischer… was and is!
Posted in Bobby Fischer, Chess, chess books, chess champions, chess masters, chess movies, chess news, Fischer, Fischer's first rated tournament, poems, Poetry, skaak, skaak boeke, skaak-gedigte, Skaakkampioene, Skaakmeesters, skaaknuus, tagged Bobby Fischer, Bobby Fischer gedig, Bobby Fischer movies, Bobby Fischer poem, Chess, chess books, chess champions, chess masters, chess movies, chess news, Fischer, Fischer's first rated tournament, gedigte, poem, Poetry, skaak, skaak boeke, Skaakmeesters, skaaknuus, World Chess players on 18/01/2008 | 13 Comments »
Rest in Peace Bobby Fischer —b. 1943 – d. 2008 You can read my Bobby Fischer-poem HERE… On THIS LINK you can read an article about him that was published in the UK Times. I was age 11, when I got my first chess set and chess book. It was a book written by Cor [...]
Gister en vandag
Posted in Afrikaans, Afrikaans poems, gedigte, poems, Poetry, tagged Afrikaans, Afrikaans poems, Afrikaans poetry, Afrikaanse gedigte, gedigte on 18/01/2008 | 5 Comments »
Gister en vandag Ek sit met gedagtes wat loop gedagtes van hartseer tot by die bo-loop van gister, gister se nadraai van herinneringe wat is – oorlaai Gister se herinneringe – vars in my geheue en ek koester die seer in my hart gedweë ek wil onthou, onthou die mooi wat nie meer in my [...]
Paaie van herinnering
Posted in Afrikaans, Afrikaans poems, gedigte, poems, Poetry, tagged Afrikaans, Afrikaans poems, Afrikaanse gedigte, gedigte, Paaie van herinnering, poems, Poetry on 13/01/2008 | 9 Comments »
English readers…link to my English poem is at the bottom of this post…and there’s more on “my poetry/gedigte”-page-link on top of my blog. Paaie van herinnering Ek wandel op paaie van herinnering in die laataand van my skemering seer is die felle herinnering opgewonde die blye ontmoeting Ek klop aan die deur van smart ek [...]
Body and Soul
Posted in gedigte, poems, Poetry, tagged Body and Soul, gedigte, poems, Poetry on 23/12/2007 | 11 Comments »
Body and Soul Standing by the window I feel your closeness uncovered looking back my eye catches a sunbeam touching your unwrapped muscular body… my soul surfing the lines of your thoughts… orbiting the aura that precedes my imagination; reaching and bursting through the crust, entering my heart and suddenly…I turned and the desire to [...]
Lady in Red
Posted in hibiscus, Lady in Red, poems, Poetry, tagged Chris de Burgh, hibiscus, Lady in Red, poems, Poetry on 18/12/2007 | 4 Comments »
One of my favourite colours is RED and I was sent this link about Chris de Burgh’s song… “Lady in Red” by Dan, one of the friendly chess friends, see the link about chess friends which I posted about 3 days ago….you can spot his picture there too. He knows I love red and therefore [...]
Weekend!
Posted in Dorothy Parker, poems, Poetry, poets, Red dress, tagged Dorothy Parker, poems, Poetry, poets, Red dress on 07/12/2007 | 9 Comments »
ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!! RED is a favourite colour of mine, my other favourite colour is purple-pink! More purple than pink…. And I do like Dorothy Parker’s poems too! The Red Dress I always saw, I always said If I were grown and free, I’d have a gown of reddest red As fine as you could see, [...]
Love-light Bitterbessie
Posted in Afrikaans poems, gedigte, Ingrid Jonker, Kyk hoe glinster die maan, Laurika Rauch, music, music videos, musiek videos, poems, Poetry, South African artists, South African Poets, Suid-Afrikaanse digters, tagged Bitterbessie Dagbreek, Ingrid Jonker, Kyk hoe glinster die maan, Laurika Rauch, Love-light, Madeliefies in Namakwaland, music video, music videos, musiek videos, poem, Poetry, South African poet, Suid-Afrikaanse digters, Suid-Afrikaanse kunstenaars, Vernon Scannell, Youtube Laurika Rauch on 07/12/2007 | 12 Comments »
7 December-poem This poem comes from a “poetic calendar”. There’s a poem for every day and it’s actually a book used by Teachers and I want to share a poem for today from this book! Fridays always feel to me like a special day for poetry! A day to relax! So…relax and enjoy! As student, Ingrid [...]
Trou
Posted in Jan FE Celliers, poems, Poetry, poets, tagged Afrikaans poems, Afrikaanse gedigte, gedigte, Jan FECelliers, poems, Poetry, South African Poets on 02/12/2007 | Leave a Comment »
Trou Ek hou van ‘n man wat sy man kan staan, ek hou van ‘n arm wat ‘n slag kan slaan, ‘n oog wat nie wyk, wat ‘n bars kan kyk en ‘n wil wat so vas soos ‘n klipsteen staan! Ek hou van ‘n man wat sy moeder eer, in die taal uit [...]
Friendship
Posted in friends, friendship, poems, Poetry, tagged A friend most true, friendship, Friendship poems, Harry Smith, Iceman, poems, Poetry, Unseen friend, Wendy Hinson, What is a friend on 24/11/2007 | 4 Comments »
I’ve received the “The Colors of Frienship”-Award from Meghna and I really appreciate her as a cyber friend! She is – like I’ve said before – a truly talented girl, very creative in her writing and I think we do have a lot in common. We both like reading/writing/poetry and even Chess! We’ve started playing [...]
That’s me…and Ingrid Jonker
Posted in Afrikaans, Afrikaans poems, e e cummings, Ingrid Jonker, poems, Poetry, poets, Somewhere I have travelled, South Africa, South African poems, South African poetry, The Child, tagged Afrikaans, Afrikaans poems, Afrikaans poetry, Bitterbessie Dagbreek, Daisies, digters, e e cummings, gedigte, Ingrid Jonker, poems, Poetry, Somewhere I have travelled, South Africa, South African poems, South African poetry, South African Poets, Suid-Afrikaanse digters, Suid-Afrikaanse gedigte, The Child on 07/10/2007 | 2 Comments »
On this link you can read another poem of her…and read more about Ingrid too…and on this link you can read the poem…”Somewhere I’ve travelled”…and the poem…”The Child”… This is an Afrikaans poem written by Ingrid Jonker…a brilliant poet of South Africa…follow the link at the bottom to read about her. Some of her poems [...]
Show me the place …
Posted in Afrikaans, Afrikaans poems, C Louis Leipoldt, CL Leipoldt, digkuns, digters, gedigte, Leipoldt, poems, Poetry, Show me the place, tagged Afrikaans, Afrikaans poems, Afrikaans poetry, Afrikaanse gedigte, CLouis Leipoldt, gedigte, Leipoldt, poems, Poetry, poets, Show me the place, translated Afrikaans poems, Wys my die plek, Wys my die plek waar ons saam gestaan het on 06/10/2007 | 2 Comments »
This poem was written by C Louis Leipoldt, (1880 – 1947) – a South African poet and you can read an English translation here to, translated by Melissa on her blog…it is one of our best poets we’ve had and this poem is one of my favourites too…do read the English one and enjoy it! [...]
National Poetry day…
Posted in John Donne, National Poetry day, poems, Poetry, William Carlos Williams on 04/10/2007 | 1 Comment »
As it is National Poetry day in the UK, I would like to post poems of my favourite poet, WC Williams….the theme for Poetry day is “Dreams”….enjoy “The Dream” by John Donne, as well as the two poems of William Carlos Williams! The Dreamby John DonneDear love, for nothing less than theeWould I have broke [...]
Go and open the door!
Posted in Miroslav Holub, poems, Poetry, poets, Russia, The door, tagged Miroslav Holub, poems, Poetry, poets, The door on 18/09/2007 | 4 Comments »
THE DOOR Go and open the door. Maybe outside there’s a tree, or a wood, a garden, or a magic city. Go and open the door. Maybe a dog’s rummaging. Maybe you’ll see a face, or an eye, or the pictureof a picture. Go and open the door. if there’s a fog it will clear. [...]
Nicky
Posted in animals, cats, pets, poems, Poetry, tagged animals, Brian Morse, Cat in the Window, cats, pets, poems, Poetry, poets on 18/09/2007 | 4 Comments »
This is what Nicky looked like. I’ve found this photo on the internet as our photos of Nicky and Lompie are packed away in South Africa. She was a cat found at a nursery. It was a rainy day in Centurion. I wanted to get some plants for a big clay pot in my class. I [...]
Poetry
Posted in Bible, poems, Poetry, quotes, tagged Bible, poems, Poetry, quotes on 17/09/2007 | 4 Comments »
Today, it’s my poetry day….if you have a passion for poetry the way I have….you will get your “moods”, well, that’s what I experience, a mood to read, or a mood to write. I’ve written a couple, just a couple…but wish I was more talented…where is Mrs Bothma now…or Mrs Wilson!! I loved poetry a [...]
Love
Posted in artists, love, poems, Poetry, poets, tagged love, love poems, poems, Poetry, poets, William Morris on 14/09/2007 | 2 Comments »
I want to continue my Friday’s mood….so here goes… William Morris was an artist too…on the pic here you can see some of his art… There is so much going on in this world of us…do we ever stop! and think….think about an ant crossing a road…a caterpillar on a leave…honeybee buzzing on a flower……a [...]
A bottle of rum
Posted in art, Niko Tiliopoulos, poems, Poetry, poets, tagged A Bottle of Rum, art, Biography of Niko Tiliopoulos, Niko Tiliopoulos, poems, poems of Niko Tiliopoulus, Poetry, poets on 08/09/2007 | Leave a Comment »
I changed this pic with PAIN.NET (a software program to enhance pictures…you can get it for free…or donate…link at the bottom of my blog). Paint.net is a fantastic program and I can truly recommend it! Anyway…I’ve thought this pic looks quite OK and was looking for a poem to go with it. I love writing [...]
The Highwayman
Posted in education, Highwayman, Literacy, poems, Poetry, teaching on 22/08/2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Boris Spasski and chess champions
Posted in Boris Spasski, Chess, chess champions, education, Jacaranda trees, nature, poems, Poetry, school, sport, tagged Boris Spasski, chess champions, Jacaranda trees, poems, Poetry on 22/08/2007 | 2 Comments »
Boris Spassky, one of my favourite chess champions! Click for more World champions and a chess poem Click here for Class Tools http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
The Tiger
Posted in gedigte, poems, Poetry, Tiger Tiger burning bright, tagged gedigte, poems, Poetry, poets, Tiger Tiger, Tiger Tiger burning bright, William Blake on 27/07/2007 | Leave a Comment »
William Blake. 1757–1827 The Tiger TIGER, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire? And what shoulder and [...]
Friends
Posted in friends, Karin Schaefer, poems, Poetry, The gift of friends, tagged friends, poems, Poetry, The gift of friends on 24/07/2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Gift Of Friends by Karin Schaefer There are days when bubbling from us comes the innocent child within, who giggles at the little things and wears a silly grin. There are days when melancholy comes to visit for a while; the mind feels tired, the body weak; we have no strength to smile. There [...]
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A nation that forgets its past has no future - Winston Churchill
Docendo discimus [by teaching we learn]
Gary Player: 'I am a South African, a nation which is the result of an African graft on European stock and which is the product of its instinct and ability to maintain civilized values and standards amongst the aliens'.
In Renaissance Europe chess was part of the education of the nobility and was proclaimed the “Royal Game.” In 1732 Benjamin Franklin wrote an essay, The Morals Of Chess, in which he said “The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualties of the mind useful in the course of human life are to be acquired and strengthened by it....”
'Rebranding the Afrikaner: World Cup watershed?' [CNN] A good link: read all of Jabulani74's comments on this link.
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. Dante Aligheri
Sow the wind - Reap the hurricane
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Biel Chess Festival 2011- Click the image for the official site
"Mag aldus die Afrikaner stam, van wie die toekoms altyd vol hoop was, in die einde opgroei tot 'n kragtige boom, en ons dade toon dat ons waardig is om 'n plek in te neem in die ry van die volke..." Paul Kruger
Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass... It's about learning how to dance in the rain-Vivian Greene
No one can know or appreciate the Boer who does not know his past, for he is what his past has made him- Conan Doyle - Click HERE to read more by Doyle.Don't click on THIS LINK unless you want to see a photo of Cecil J Rhodes's Officials happy with their 'job' - if you were a leader and against the 'Chartered Company', then this is what happened to you in Rhodesia.
An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it.
South Africa. Other than Germany probably the most misunderstood White country in the world. A country that has now degenerated into anarchy.Let’s take an unbiased look at their noble history.[click for the link]
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. Thomas Jefferson
Any dead thing can go with the stream; it takes something ALIVE to swim against it.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
This LINK is a must read by a University Professor/Journalist and photographer: Anthony LoBaido...read what he says about the "Mandela Myth"-which not many people know about!
The man who does not know who his great-grandfather was, naturally enough would not care what he was...the man who fears to disgrace his ancestor is certainly less likely to disgrace himself. Charles Major, When Knighthood was in FlowerDie grootheid van die mens kan gesien word in hoe hy teenoor sy minderheid optree.
Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.-Confucius
Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words. ~Robert G.Ingersoll
'And lastly, we learn by chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs; the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of preserving in the search of resources.' -Benjamin Franklin, 'The Morals of Chess'
The hardest game to win is a won game --Emmanuel LaskerAvoid the crowd. Think independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece- Rumi
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. -Herman Melville
While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first is personality, which no one should copy.
Did you know: Chess has the most extensive literature of any game, sport or pastime.
Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe –Indian proverb
Chess is the touchstone of the human intellect.
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The chessboard is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the Universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature and the player on the other side is hidden from us--Thomas Huxley.
God created the world just like a knife and left it up to us to take it by the handle or the blade--C J Langenhoven
Jou persepsie hang waarskynlik alles af van hóé wyd jou opvatting van die poësie is-Joan Hambidge.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.- Proverb. I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am.-Rene Descartes-
Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.- Paul Tillich
He who knows nothing, doubts nothing. Spanish proverb. Wisdom begins in wonder.- Socrates
Val eerder in my sop as in my rede--Langenhoven
Seek in the past everything that is good and clean and build thereon your future.
Vriende moet soos boeke wees, min, maar goed uitgesoek --Langenhoven
Friends should be like books, few, but hand-selected --Langenhoven
Goeie boeke en musiek verryk jou siel --Langenhoven
Good books and music enrich your soul --Langenhoven
Let those love now who never loved before. Let those who always loved now love the more. --Thomas Parnell
Love is like quicksand--the deeper you fall in, the harder it is to get out.
Some people come into our lives, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never the same.
There is no failure except in no longer trying--Elbert Hubbard.
The secret of success is the ability to survive failure --Noel Coward.
You cannot step twice in the same river, for other waters are continually flowing in--Knowing not how to listen is knowing not how to speak--Heraclitus, Fragments. Vuil wasgoed is om te was!-- Langenhoven
'I think one move ahead - but it is always the best move'-Reti
Some part of a mistake is always correct. - Savielly Tartakover
Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when you're in trouble.--Stanley Kubrick A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.
Leo Tolstoy
Love is like a knife, it can stab the heart or it can carve wonderful images into the soul that will last a lifetime.
A rising tide raises all boats! - JFKennedy
The artist creates in order to free himself, only to find himself again in the end-Irma Stern
And think not you can guide the course of love. For love, if it finds you worthy, shall guide your course.Kahlil Gibran
Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.Tarrasch
Chess is a beautiful mistress.Larsen
Chess is as much a mystery as women.Purdy
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.Benjamin Franklin
Love is like a Game of Chess: One False Move and You're Mated ~ Anonymous~
Chess is the art which expresses the science of logic.Mikhail Botvinnik
The pawns are the soul of chess.Philidor~~Play to win, if not, be an artist and draw~~
Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach. Aristotle
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I wouldn’t say I do particularly, but I also wouldn’t say I don’t like it. In general, I try not to make an exception out of games against women. In chess, female logic differs little from male logic, which you can see just by analysing games. After all, the strongest female players work with men in one way or another. I don’t know what the female style of play is. Or more precisely, I don’t see any difference when compared to male play. In everyday life I also don’t divide people into men and women. For me, personal qualities, mentality and upbringing are the important things when spending time with people."
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Everyone is a genius.But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.
The real challenges on the way to become a master test your strength of character more than they test your chess skill!-Kevin Spraggett
A people are what its women are. The woman is the conscience of her nation as well as the measure of its values. The moral life of a nation is controlled by the women and by the women can we measure the moral condition of the people. - Postma
Descartes: cogito ergo sum (ek dink, daarom is ek)
==The stupid neither forgive nor forget, the naive forgive and forget,the wise forgive but do not forget--Thomas Szasz
Wanneer jy groot dinge dink, groot dinge glo en groot dinge bid, gebeur groot dinge - N V Peale
Mense sonder boeke, is soos arende sonder vlerke-G.D.Labuschagne
A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great. -Joshua Reynolds
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Jou beeld is 'n verflenterde foto in 'n skewe, versplinterde raam en 'n sestal geskommelde letters spel jou tweelettergrepige naam Jou woorde is dor manuskripte vir die motte bewaar op die rak en ons dae 'n kralesnoer syfers op 'n outydse muuralmanak. - Koos du Plessis
Love means nothing in tennis, but it's everything in life.
Einstein:Chess grips its exponent, shackling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom and independence of even the strongest character cannot remain unaffected.Die woord 'skaak' kom van die Persiese woord 'sjah', wat koning beteken. Ook die woord 'mat' is Persies en beteken 'dood'.
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2010!
If chess is a science, it's a most inexact one. If chess is an art, it's too exacting to be seen as one. If chess is a sport, it's too esoteric. If chess is a game, it's too demanding to be just a game. If chess is a mistress, she's a demanding one. If chess is a passion, it's a rewarding one.
If chess is life, it's a sad one-Unknown
Anand vs Topalov 21 April 2010
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Don't Quit
by: Unknown AuthorWhen things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh.
When care is pressing you down a bit.
Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns
As every one of us sometimes learns.
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out:
Don't give up though the pace seems slow -
You may succeed with another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out -
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt.
And you never can tell how close you are.
It may be near when it seems so far:
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.
