BOOK REVIEW
BY CHIMNESE DAVIDS
TITLE: POEMS THAT
FUEL THOUGHTS
AUTHOR/POET: GERT
DIEDERICKS
The poet and his
craft
I am a poet, because poetry gives the opportunity to express
one of my passions, namely to visualize love and freedom in a unique way. Poetry
is an art of words; a discovery of the soul, woven into thought patterns and
embodied by love, the joy of living being merely one of the paths to explore.
Poetry is furthermore a world of self- actualization, whereby the poet comes to
understand the yearning to live passionately in order to internalize the
essence of love and of exultation.
My credo is: “Life is about choices”. We do not necessarily
have a say in what happens to us in this life, though we do have a choice
regarding our reactions toward incidents in our life. I am a free spirit,
independent and only driven by the passion of my heart.
I treasure understanding; the love for wisdom, a need for learning,
respect to all humans through non-judgement and a wish to encounter truth – all
of which is a part of my journey and longing to see beyond appearances, so that
one may unveil the lack of light to bring forth the essence of love through
life. My wish is to heal the healers of this world, to mend broken lives and to
share the abundance of love through words from our Creator’s mind.
Gert Diedericks, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
KREATIV SA 2011
About the book
This book is a combination of poems, musings and pondering
seeds I’d like to share with you. All is within the form if expression we call
poetry; thus, many stories are imbedded within. Many of these stories are
draped within my own inner being.
As part of the art of telling stories, we need to delve and
have a real interest in those of whom the stories are told.
By having such an engrossed and dynamic relationship, we can
then learn the true value of the rare and unique interdependency between souls,
which one can say makes us all human.
The journey within minds of similar expression, or finding
integration between the radiant beauty of different emotions, relationships,
connections and energy, follows a fascinating path to discovery.
Poetry is not merely an art, limited to what we should
comply to; much rather it is that which we can express with unlimited
imagination, cognitive grasping and emotional flow of heart, in order to
radiate a little of the light of the most magical soul living inside.
May you enjoy reading this compilation of thoughts as much
as I have loved compiling them, by grace alone?
Gert Diedericks
November 18, 2011
Gert’s Dedication
My Creator and God,
who granted me wisdom, insight and experiences during the course of my adventurous,
yet blissful life.
All I am and can be
belong to Him alone and I’m eternally grateful for his grand, graceful Hand of
Love.
The Editor’s Words~
Myra Lochner
Poems that fuel Thoughts by Gert
Diedericks, published by KREATIV SA,
The poetry of Gert Diedericks, poet-photographer of Johannesburg, South Africa, is in the genre I
call reaction poetry: reason and emotion converged into highly philosophical
reflections. According to Gert poetry “gives the opportunity to express one of
my passions, namely to visualize love and freedom in a unique way.”
He demonstrates this statement in his compilation of
poetry, when he explores in a joyous, yet orderly manner the different layers
of being: a placement of the soul within creation and in relation to
co-travellers in the realm called life. His poetry stresses the fact that “life
is about choices”; that we do get the opportunity to direct our lives through
our responses and reactions, following our experiences.
Although Gert is a free spirit, his work shows that
he truly understands patterns of cosmic order and the way our Creator intended
it to be discovered in love and compassion. Every poem of his in this book of
155 pages, fuels intense and deeply spiritual thoughts. None can say it in
better words than the poet himself:
“I treasure understanding; the love for wisdom, a
need for learning, respect to all humans through nonjudgmental and a wish to encounter
truth, all of which is a part of my journey and longing to see beyond
appearances, so that one may unveil the lack of Light to bring forth the
essence of Love through life. My wish to heal the healers of this world, to
mend broken lives; share the abundance of love through words from our Creator’s
mind.”
The different sections of his book are illuminated by
creative, interesting photography that, as his poetry, entices the reader by
sheer perception to embark on a journey of inner discoveries, spiritual
awareness and of personal growth. Of utmost importance to get to the core of
Gert’s world and work, is allowing a connection between sight, sound, emotion
and memory. I thoroughly enjoyed the challenging moods Gert displays throughout
the book: it made me feel that he does not underestimate the intelligence of
the reader.
Gert
Diedericks writes with Light and of Light, and from a deep
gratitude to be alive, and being able to lead readers to discover and
rediscover the “enigmatic wonders of living”. His joy is almost tactile. He
writes not only from a well of wisdom and insight gained by experience, but
also as a kindred spirit, intuitively connected to the greatest of all writers,
our almighty God and Author of the Book of Life.
Myra Lochner
KREATIV SA
GEORGE SOUTH AFRICA
February 6, 2013
MYRA
LOCHNER
BESTURENDE
DIREKTEUR/MANAGING DIRECTOR: KREATIV
SUID-AFRIKA
SOUTH AFRICA
My review
It took me quite a while to give this elegant poetry book
the attention it truly needed it came to a time when I was in need of these
words to comfort my soul when I was dealing with a relationship/friendship that
meant a lot to me and with understanding my own philosophy in life it was this
book that opened my mind to the things beyond the natural. The book is based on
the spiritual realm as the poet takes the reader onto a journey of his own
inner turmoil and his own inner emotions to convey what was hidden deep within.
Within him was laying a craft, words, art, that reflects not just his own life,
but so many of us out there are sitting with life choices, regrets, what ifs, people
we could have loved and people we didn’t give much attention too, losing
someone either through passing onto the eternal life or losing someone because
there season in your life had come to an end.
When I first started with the opening poem
Aha
Sometimes
Within the complexity
Of seeing,
One stumbles upon the simplicity
Of clarity.
Myra Lochner
The anthology is written over thirteen sections of
philosophical verses that would pull you in if you have ever lost and trying to
find yourself in a world that you’ve messed up and trying to get back to the
YOU, you once been. The YOU that is the pure you and the version of who you
have been portraying to the world.
Section Freedom
Inspired
Poem – Friend
This poem I have a deep connection with how you can vision
that one friend that you can just connect with on a level beyond a friendship
more like a kindred spirit. Gert had really portrayed his emotions well in this
poem. Which is one of my favourites?
Poem – Flakes in a
dream
The dimensions we are carried through from one plane to
another, finding our very own true self in a world that can be come very
chaotic. Where our emotions needs a timeout. This is that kind of poem where
you get to journey through different dimensions to find yourself.
Dare to Dream
The title says it all dare to dream of the goals you have
once believed in, dare to dream about finding true love, dare to dream and just
maybe you can let go of everything that keeps you behind in this life.
Just dream and let go…
Spring in your step
I love this poem, it gives me hope that nothing is
impossible that there is always hope for a new love, for a new job, for
anything that you think can’t be achieved.
I love the poet’s words here:
“Follow your heart with a spring in your step.
The love you yearn for is moments ahead:
Listen carefully and choose wise;
An old owl will give you advice.
The road may be rough; the road may be long,
Your spirit and will carry you strong.”
This is only a few and there is still many of this beautiful
anthology that I have saved close to my heart because the words give me hope in
a world lost in veil, as a poet myself and the fact that I have known Gert for
quite sometime and have read most of his poetry on the website Allpoetry~
Gert Diedericks
That is where I have met this fine poet with his charming
glances and words that spreads a multitude of love for anyone of any culture of
gender. His words is inspirational, motivational his heart is pure and in doing
so he creates the most outpouring soulful verses that had been read by many
around the globe.
Gert is a South African, from Johannesburg, this was his first publication
and he outdid himself with this anthology I know for sure there is still many
publications in both his mother tongue Afrikaans and English that will be
written. Be sure to contact Gert Diedericks at
gert777@gmail.com if you would like to
purchase a copy of his book.
Gert I truly came to understand what love and light and
Namaste meant since I have met you, our conversations we have shared over the
time period since we have met had always left me with new hope how you as a
person and now also trusting literally mentor and friend that had always given
my work the best reviews and this is my way of thanking you a dear poet and a
beautiful soul that you have really helped me in areas of my own writing
career, passing your knowledge of life onto me a young lady from Cape Town,
South Africa.
Thank you to Myra Lochner also trusting friend and confidant
of both Gert and myself and also our editor from KREATIV SA for the wonderful
words about Gert’s book, “Poems that fuel thoughts”.
