Is Krismis innie strate
sonne Boney M
voel die huis verlate
niks kersboom
vir osse nasate
of tong, gammon,
of hemp ironed in nate.
Maar.
Daar is Lucky Star pilchards
met rys en atappel
en skoon gordyne
Huis gespringclean
niks gift
gelabel as myne.
Daar is Lucky Star pilchards
en jellie en custard
vir poeding
Ietsie soet of
Issit versoening?
Maar daar is Lucky Star pilchards,
dis ons Kers ‘ding’.
Theolla works at the University of the Western Cape, whilst studying an Honours in Women & Gender Studies part-time. Her poetry and short fiction have been featured in anthologies and magazines such as Kuier Tydskrif or IOL’s Landisa Project. She published Die Here kom sterk deur, in 2023, which received the Cape Flats Literary Award for Teenagers’ Books. She’s since received three more Cape Flats Literary Awards for her contribution to literature and for best poem for "Hou jou bek". Her debut novel, Soetroos van Saron, is soon to be published by Kwela Books. But she says her favourite story is being a mom and wife.
