Gert Strydom Poems

(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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(after A. G. Visser)


I A politician (crystalline)
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(after A. G. Visser)

In front of the Devil innocence walks past
when the Satan realises that he is going to find no kind of rest,
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(after A. G. Visser)

In Goan beyond the entrance of Miramar
there is a desert full of danger
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(for Annelize)

The High-veldt is beautiful the sky is open and blue,
I wonder if you from the Cape will be able to settle here,
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(after A. G. Visser)

He is larger than a big giant
with a strange mole on his nose
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