Gert Strydom Poems

To sit next to the big river brings peace
throwing a rod over the tranquil way
in a kind of the heart's sheer release
into the same pool up to close of day.
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I know that the Apies River
have a high sewerage content
and there they were
sitting beneath a willow tree
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(to Minette)

So strong my hands had gripped
the hands of great men
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(to Minette)

There was a lovely maiden
whom I met, with sky-blue eyes
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(to Minette)

The golden moon hangs big-eyed in the window
as if it is watching me
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(to Minette)

In experiencing all the things that are beautiful
you were part of me
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(for Minette)

From high up on Chapman's Peak I see the ocean
to where it disappears in the distance against the blue sky
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(in answer to Ernst van Heerden)

Tell me great poet tell me
how it feels to be called up against your will,
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The night had no light
and the enemy used it as camouflage,
in the dark invading, creeping nearer.
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(for Minette)

Like a small gazelle
you walked next to me
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