Gert Strydom Poems

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1751.
I Do Remember You

1752.
Forever I Know That You Will Be True (Italian Sonnet)

With you life feels like its running to eternity
and each day with you I want to be just like this
and I know you in times of heartache and bliss
where you are far more than just dear to me
...

1753.

(in answer to Ina Rousseau)

Where mere moments do stretch out between the two of us
like mother-of-pearl is each moment of shuddering and trembling
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1754.
When I Tell You That I Do Not Deserve You 2

(for Daleen, in answer to Louis Esterhuizen)

When I tell you that I do not deserve you
I do see you as an angel in times of darkness
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1755.
You Are To Me Past Unique

(for Daleen, in answer to Daniel Hugo)

In life we do together function well,
you are to me past unique,
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1756.
Where Apart Our Love Silently Goes On (English Sonnet)

Where separate our love silently goes on
I do remember the times of laughter sweet,
where you do live in me while you are gone
and precious are the times that we do meet,
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1757.
You Must Come (Free Verse Sonnet)

(in answer to George Weideman)

It's as if the blossoms have greater beauty this year
where the apricot, peach and almond does flower
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1758.
Apocrypha: Psalm 41 *

My Lord, You do promise to straighten paths,
I beg You to heal me from my sin
where in the iniquity of others their hate lies on me,
where it's as if I do only know the bitter side of life,
...

1759.
Last Night (Free Verse Sonnet)

Last night I looked at you intimate and honestly
and in the sober glance of today,
it's still with the same sweet enchantment
and there is something past this scope that I do remember.
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1760.
I See You In Each Thoughtful Breath (Italian Sonnet)

Through years I came to know your lovely ways,
you fill my heart to its breadth, depth and height.
Many little things you do and say are out of sight
while you do act in solitude with innocent grace,
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