Gert Strydom Poems

After receiving the first of the upgraded
Su-34M fighter-bombers during June,
close to Alvhevsk Russia the Ukraine aided,
when a missile did its sights to the jet tune,
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Shadows throw enclaves the street full,
the wind rustles through bougainvilleas with thorns,
in the distance neon-lights gleam on the city's towers
and for the bright moon a dog howls and barks madly,
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On 17 June 2022 Mikhail Muzintsev,
head of the National Defence Control
Centre of the Russian Federation said:
'since the invasion 307423 children
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(after Hermann Hesse)

The empty pillow is undisturbed and white
and as if searching of you there is no sight
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(after Hermann Hesse)

The empty pillow is undisturbed and white
and as if searching of you there is no sight
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Both of the two road crossings,
the bridges, into Kherson have been hit
by HIMARS missiles.
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I imagine that I see you coming in the morning mist,
doves flutter around while every untouched thing looks at you,
the earth is enthralled and rocks are speechless and you do turn my life around
as you are my darling, friend, my companion and sincere wife.
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The Ukraine is restoring and expanding
it's decommissioned river ports
in the Danube river
to be able to export its grain,
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(for after I. D. du Plessis)

A friend says that I am a great poet,
that I can have any wonderful beautiful wife
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The Ukrainian army is systematically
destroying the ability,
of Russian units to fight
before the counteroffensive starts.
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