\u2019n Gedig wat uit die pen van die Wellingtonner Jaomi Zeeman gevloei het, het haar \u2019n vierde plek in die Avbob-gedigtekompetisie verseker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens Zeeman, wat haar as \u2019n Wellingtonner in murg en been beskryf, het sy elke jaar die inskrywings van die Avbob-gedigtekompetisie met belangstelling gelees, maar nooit ingeskryf nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMense se omgaan met hul eie en hul geliefdes se sterflikheid is \u2019n interessante, universele tema wat \u2019n mens baie laat nadink \u2013 veral ook hoe mense verlies en die rouproses hanteer. Ek het verlede jaar op die ingewing van die oomblik besluit om \u2019n kort gedig, wat ek n\u00e1 my oom se dood geskryf het, vir die kompetisie in te stuur. My oom, Willem Buckle, was sy lewe lank \u2019n visserman en het n\u00e1 my oupa se dood as seun uit die skool gegaan en voltyds begin visvang om vir sy familie te voorsien. Hy was \u2019n sout-van-die-aarde-mens en amper meer as \u2019n broer vir sy jonger sibbe \u2013 hy was \u2019n vaderfiguur, \u2019n voorsiener en \u2019n versorger vir sy jonger broers en susters (hulle was 11 kinders!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHy het uiteindelik selfs as skipper met groot skepe na Suid-Amerika gevaar en was legendaries in die Namibiese visvangbedryf. Ek het die gedig eintlik vir my pa geskryf nadat oom Willem oorlede is, omdat ek geweet het dat hy meer as net \u2019n broer verloor het. Die gedig, \u201cDiepsee in\u201d, groet Oom Willem op sy laaste tog, oor die laaste deining met die soutsproei in sy gesig. Dit is \u2019n ode aan hom om sy menswees en die betekenis van sy lewe te eer. Ek het geweet dat daar duisende inskrywings vir hierdie kompetisie is en definitief nie n\u00e1 my inskrywing enige verwagtinge daaroor gekoester nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vandat sy kan onthou, pen Zeeman al haar ondervindings en gevoelens in die vorm van gedigte neer. Sy s\u00ea dis daardie \u201csoort ding\u201d wat in \u2019n mens se laai by l\u00ea. Zeeman erken dat sy soms in haar agterkop wonder of haar skryfstukke die moeite werd is om dit te laat publiseer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPartykeer kom die idee van moontlike publikasie by my op, maar dan b\u00eare ek die teks maar weer weg. Miskien, eendag. Ek onthou dat ek baie skaam was nadat my taalonderwyseres op ho\u00ebrskool eenkeer \u2019n paar van my gedigte in die jaarblad gepubliseer het. Ek het al hier en daar gedigte vir kompetisies op Litnet ingeskryf en \u2019n paar gewen. Ek het ook vir my eie kinders gedigte vir voordrag by eisteddfods geskryf omdat hulle nie dieselfde gedigte as al die ander kinders wou voordra nie. Ek was \u2019n medeskrywer van die Eisteddfodpret 2-<\/span>digbundel met gedigte en ander tekste vir laerskoolleerders wat aan eisteddfods deelneem. As vryskutskrywer het ek al kopieskryfwerk, taalversorging, vertaling en tydskrif- en reisartikels geskryf en as joernalis het ek vir vier jaar lank weekliks \u2019n hele koerant van artikels voorsien.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Zeeman vertel sy was baie verbaas toe sy uitvind dat haar gedig gekies is as een van die top-gedigte in die Afrikaanse afdeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk het aanvanklik nie eens geweet ek was een van die wenners nie. My ouers het dit by vriende se verjaarsdagpartytjie by van die gaste, wat dit in die koerant gelees het, gehoor en my daarvan vertel. Die e-posadres vanwaar ek die inskrywing gestuur het, het intussen latent geraak, so ek het nie die kommunikasie gelees nie. Ek was uit die veld geslaan toe ek die nuus kry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Die ma van drie dogters is tans \u2019n gr. 7-onderwyser en onderrig Afrikaans by Hugenote Laerskool op haar tuisdorp. Weg van die skool en wanneer sy nie gedigte skryf nie, hou Zeeman daarvan om te lees en om vertonings en boekbekendstellings by te woon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk is \u2019n huishen wat die gelukkigste is wanneer ek by die huis saam met familie vir \u2019n lekker ete kan aansit.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u2019n Gedig wat uit die pen van die Wellingtonner Jaomi Zeeman gevloei het, het haar \u2019n vierde plek in die Avbob-gedigtekompetisie 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