Gert Strydom Poems

(for Annelize)

While our two hearts do beat you are out of reach
where we do love each other each to each
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(for Annelize)

While our two hearts do beat you are out of reach
where we do love each other each to each
...

On the carnations that are yellow, red and white
like sparkling diamonds hang drops of dew
and the garden draws attention as if it's new
while the flowers in it are for people a tranquil sight,
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(for Annelize)

While our two hearts do beat you are out of reach
where we do love each other each to each
...

The smell of bales of alfalfa on the wind does come through,
in the middle of the sky at twelve o'clock the sun hangs true,
a red tractor draws a dusty line in the field
and against the burning sand I cannot my eyes shield
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(for Annelize)

While our two hearts do beat you are out of reach
where we do love each other each to each
...

When she brings something from the garden into the house
the pots are everywhere in the living-room,
it's as if birds do sing right though the house,
as if she turns the atmosphere around,
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On the carnations that are yellow, red and white
like sparkling diamonds hang drops of dew
and the garden draws attention as if it's new
while the flowers in it are for people a tranquil sight,
...

Some young calves jump to and thro
and the Frisians are black and white where around me they go,
big-eyed cattle that chew the cud I do see
where in tranquillity they do look upon me
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(for Annelize)

With a flood the streamlet swell
where it meanders in the dell
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