Gert Strydom Poems

The nature of love sneaks up
like a soldier in the bush and veldt,
over small streams, through thickets,
past boulders, through dry riverbeds,
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(for Annelize)

When I come to the bedroom and find you
there is a soft impression on your face,
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All of Arthur's knights were great men of courage
that together in friendship did their lives against the Romans wage
but the greatest, the most beloved by all was Sir Lancelot du Lac
who drove them back to Hadrian's wall in great rage.
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Armed with his great lance and sword
he was always true to his word
where before him horses and riders did reel
even if they did attack in a great horde.
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(for Annelize)

To find you again,
to again be with you
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The incredible history remains
of men taming a wild harsh land
of murderous, plundering tribes,
of burning homesteads, slaughtered livestock,
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(in answer to André Letoit)

Every white man is seen as an enemy to the state
(where they do only serve the black multitude)
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(for Annelize, after Matthew Arnold, in answer to Mike Nicol)

Flat like a mirror the sea lies tonight
with only the distant lighthouse's light
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Nature was uneasily silent
as if it was waiting for something to happen,
way back in the distant hills
lightning bashed down
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Shot from a branch of a fig tree
by a BB pellet by the boy
I picked the yellow weaver up
where it was shocked,
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