NO WRITER’S BLOCK FOR THESE BUDDING AUTHORS
- 04 March 2011
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NO WRITER’S BLOCK FOR THESE BUDDING AUTHORS
NO WRITER’S BLOCK FOR THESE BUDDING AUTHORS
Our '60 Words/60 Woorde' competition is in full swing and we are getting a great response, with many entries. According to Imke van Heerden, content manager at LitNet, the literature platform is 'surprised and delighted at the high number of competition entries. The quality of entries are also very high, and our judges are enjoying reading them'.
Judges Kerneels Breytenbach and Ernst Grundling will pick an Afrikaans and an English winner, whose micro-stories will be published on a limited edition back label. The winners will also receive a Mont Blanc pen and a case of Leopard's Leap wine.
You can email your 60 words to win@litnet.co.za to stand a chance of winning this fantastic prize. Below are some of the entries so far.
Bruno FA Andries:
Heart of stone
Honeybees are dying
weeping willows are crying
Rivers of dreams have been turned
into bleeding streams
Crayfish, cycads, ivory
fraud, corruption, bribery
Rhino horn and abalone
humankind has a heart of stone
One day you’ll have to answer
when your children ask
What on earth have you done?
the leopards and polar bears are gone
Hart van steen
Heuningbye het heengegaan
treurwilge stort 'n traan
Moeder Natuur word verkrag,
sterf 'n bietjie elke dag
Kreef, renoster en selakant
luiperd, goud en diamant
Ons het die aarde slegs geleen
die mensdom het 'n hart van steen
Wat gaan jy eendag sê
as jou kinders vra
Wat op aarde het julle gedoen
met die ysbere en perlemoen?
Wendy Lopatin:
Leopards leaping
Long-limbed, sleek, lithe
leaping leopards
lurking as they stalk their prey
Let no hunter seeking bounty
harm them, save the leopards for today
Naturally selecting leopard
luring deer into his lair
Sated, slept, by dawn awakened
Time to hunt, that's nature's fare.
Leopards – rescue from extinction
Spotted cats we must conserve
Keep the graceful leopards leaping
Safe and free, that's their preserve.
Sneeuwolf:
Koer van die tortel
Die koer van die tortel is net ’n smekende ween
Red die planeet, red die aarde, red die ou vierbeen
Los hom tog net alleen
Want, daardie hopie saamgeperste hare
Werklik het dit geen waarde
Dit is daar, net vir trots en strategie
Op die punt van die neus
Van hierdie statige ou
Gepantserde reus.
Our '60 Words/60 Woorde' competition is in full swing and we are getting a great response, with many entries. According to Imke van Heerden, content manager at LitNet, the literature platform is 'surprised and delighted at the high number of competition entries. The quality of entries are also very high, and our judges are enjoying reading them'.
Judges Kerneels Breytenbach and Ernst Grundling will pick an Afrikaans and an English winner, whose micro-stories will be published on a limited edition back label. The winners will also receive a Mont Blanc pen and a case of Leopard's Leap wine.
You can email your 60 words to win@litnet.co.za to stand a chance of winning this fantastic prize. Below are some of the entries so far.
Bruno FA Andries:
Heart of stone
Honeybees are dying
weeping willows are crying
Rivers of dreams have been turned
into bleeding streams
Crayfish, cycads, ivory
fraud, corruption, bribery
Rhino horn and abalone
humankind has a heart of stone
One day you’ll have to answer
when your children ask
What on earth have you done?
the leopards and polar bears are gone
Hart van steen
Heuningbye het heengegaan
treurwilge stort 'n traan
Moeder Natuur word verkrag,
sterf 'n bietjie elke dag
Kreef, renoster en selakant
luiperd, goud en diamant
Ons het die aarde slegs geleen
die mensdom het 'n hart van steen
Wat gaan jy eendag sê
as jou kinders vra
Wat op aarde het julle gedoen
met die ysbere en perlemoen?
Wendy Lopatin:
Leopards leaping
Long-limbed, sleek, lithe
leaping leopards
lurking as they stalk their prey
Let no hunter seeking bounty
harm them, save the leopards for today
Naturally selecting leopard
luring deer into his lair
Sated, slept, by dawn awakened
Time to hunt, that's nature's fare.
Leopards – rescue from extinction
Spotted cats we must conserve
Keep the graceful leopards leaping
Safe and free, that's their preserve.
Sneeuwolf:
Koer van die tortel
Die koer van die tortel is net ’n smekende ween
Red die planeet, red die aarde, red die ou vierbeen
Los hom tog net alleen
Want, daardie hopie saamgeperste hare
Werklik het dit geen waarde
Dit is daar, net vir trots en strategie
Op die punt van die neus
Van hierdie statige ou
Gepantserde reus.
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