Gert Strydom Poems

There is a moment when a mere glance
can become everything,
when a face do speak volumes
to the heart and mind and soul,
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(after N. P. Van Wyk Louw)

As if a mere moment is captured
in a photograph but much more than that
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(in answer to D. J. Opperman)

In the bright light a startled springhare does freeze
with its glowing big eyes somewhat touching
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(for Annelize)

North-northwest the Cape winter wind howls
while out of the rain you dry yourself with a towel,
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(after Lucas Malan)

What does a person know about the man that stands at the traffic light
in the hot sun away from the shadow of the trees in the lane
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(after Ina Rousseau)

Where each one of us stands on the stage of the world,
where our own lives are a scene before the universe
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(after Etienne van Heerden)

As a child he was taught that the judgement day of God would come,
of angels that do hold a laager of protection around him,
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Where tiles and the roof meet each other
they did build a nest from grains of mud
to hold the small ones safe
and with the neat building work I am astonished
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I notice the mechanical chisels jerking the road to pieces,
how the foreman pushes a hand under his helmet
then with a frown does look at a watch on his arm,
do roar out a command and the workers do smile from happiness
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(for Annelize)

To me your name is almost holy
as if it has a very deep meaning,
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