Gert Strydom Poems

You did visit me
during midday,
your hair was rusty brown in the sunshine,
your fine kerchief
...

(after S. J. Pretorius)

When naked two people do melt together
then love becomes an absolute reality
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Hazy the new summer day does hang,
the sky is deep cobalt blue
and here and there the dew of the night does glisten
when the new morning comes in her glory
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As when in silent secrecy
seeds arise suddenly in spring
we find that there is a heartbeat,
a silent rhythm in each plant and flower,
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Today I am your darling and your hero
who accompany you everywhere
and maybe I am a man with fame and wealth
that is paying for a holiday at a hotel
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(in answer to WEG Louw and Ellen Botha)

White is the sunlight
where it is turning in the early morning,
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(in answer to Walt Whitman)

Captain, I see You steady at the helm,
steering the ship of my life through stormy seas,
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With know-how and trust
seeds sprout from the dust
and with the summer sun and rain
the fields are full of maize again
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Every day I find something new
in what people do or say
and every now and then
the world does ring
...