Gert Strydom Poems

(after A. G. Visser)

From Europe You brought our ancestors to this country
and did settle us here and did lead us further north to the equator
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(after A. G. Visser)

Anno 1688:
In France the Huguenots flee to the caves
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(for Annelize)

When early in the morning you do take my breath away,
do sneak deeper into my heart with your bright laughter,
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(after A. G. Visser)

The church bell in the distance at the rock-church does ring off midnight,
the world around me is lighted bright and in the sky hangs a silver-white moon,
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(after A. G. Visser)

On the border of the Transkei white pioneers did live alone.
When the mother died Amakeia did get the white child in her care
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(for Annelize)

In that which words say in language and meaning
I did want to uncover my whole world for you,
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(after A. G. Visser)

Rachel de Beer was twelve years old,
her brother only seven and that afternoon was cold
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(After A. G. Visser)

The people, the crowds are astonished
and everyone that is ill, poor and weak do come to Him
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(for Annelize, after A. G. Visser)

Were you a bush full of snow-white roses and I the bee,
I would have found the most wonderful nectar from you
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(for Annelize)

Come to me pretty noble woman
the love in my heart is yours alone
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