Gert Strydom Poems

Where my eyes do catch the sparkle of the stars above the porch
when I see a bat hanging squealing above the porch-light
it's a hot high-veldt summer evening with a golden moon
where my mother does call out and scream, as she is scared of it
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(after D. J. Opperman)

I am in the air in a tingle dance
that does shoot over the surface of the water and do wait on a chance
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(for Annelize)

Come into my life with your summer laughter
when the winds of change do blow through every sunny day,
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(after Alfred Lord Tennyson)

I.
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(after Alfred Lord Tennyson)

I.
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A golden apple came with light-footed Iris to me from above
with aninscription: "for the fairest" and I saw it as a gift of love,
I thought of giving it to the nymph Oenone as no one could my love remove
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(for Annelize)

Like a goddess you are to me,
my heart leaps when you speak sweetly,
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(after John of the Cross, after Roy Campbell)

The spring from where all life does flow is hidden
but I do know where it bubbles up to the surface
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(After John of the Cross, after Roy Campbell)

where this God is loving,
is kind and graceful
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(after Teresa of Avila, After John of the Cross)

Daily I die of my self, of my own will,
while You do live inside of me
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