Gert Strydom Poems

(in answer to William Blake)

When Michael and His angels did the battle win
in the days of ancient antiquity
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(in answer to ee cummings, in answer to Ingrid Jonker)

In every gesture there is something that does include me,
in your glace a secrecy of which I am a part
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(in answer to ee cummings, in answer to Ingrid Jonker)

In every gesture there is something that does include me,
in your glace a secrecy of which I am a part
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There silence in each hurting memory
as you walk on the footsteps of the past
but between us there is hope that last
in the things with which you trust me
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Love is not something that is for sale,
it does burn with its own kind of flame,
it does not become trite or even stale,
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(in answer to D. J. Opperman)

In dark South Africa many farms came into existence,
and my ancestor chose one single farm for him
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Some people avoid contact with anyone else
as they are scared of being deeply hurt again
but I am not against going right to the start
to correct the things that brings pain to the heart.
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(in answer to Ingrid Jonker)

During the night and day I waited on you,
did not really understand the leaving,
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I am afraid that parts of you do in my verses remain
as you are in my words in the longing and pain

where I write verses like letters to you
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