Gert Strydom Poems

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1081.
Rebirth

With the end of every relationship
that with a woman I have had
(but the one that I did loose)
it feels as if I do die
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1082.
A Farewell To Petersfield

(after Leonard Nolens)

In an own paradise we were together
where white stinkwood trees throw cool shadows over the green lawn
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1083.
My Own Words (Free Verse Sonnet)

(for Annelize, in answer to Elisabeth Eybers)

My own words are sometimes stammering
where days and nights I do long for you
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1084.
Keulen 1948

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In wire, poles, concrete and pieces of steel
Keulen is disfigured and almost theatrical,
torn open by bomb after bomb
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1085.
The Ballade Of Etty Hillesum

(after Lina Spies)

Like an animal I was put on a train,
my pretty dress is stained and brown,
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1086.
Still I Do Love You (Free Verse Sonnet)

(for Annelize)

There are so many things that I do want to tell you,
to me you are beautiful and have a very pretty face,
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1087.
The Jackal-Buzzard (1)

When the jackal-buzzard
does come here and sit in a tree,
haughty does look down
and continually does cry out to me
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1088.
The Mynahs

They sit deep in the gutter next to the tiled roof
sounds like machines that do hammer
and is doing something secretive
when scolding, cursing Mynahs break the silence,
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1089.
To Sing About Your Sheer Beauty (English Sonnet)

(for Annelize)

I wish I could only a moment of your precious time take,
look at your soulful eyes see the dimple on your cheek
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1090.
Amazon

(in answer to Elisabeth Eybers)

Bellicose you view every fierce man
where your hand folds over the stabbing-spear,
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