Gert Strydom Poems

No hail to the frail old ugly despot,
frail in that he have no integrity got,

who views all other men as Neo-Nazi,
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'They cried out in a loud voice,
'Holy and true Sovereign, how long will it be
before You judge and take revenge
on those living in the earth
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(for Annelize)

You truly have guts, grit and beauty,
lovely eyes that do with passion glow.
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Sometimes (Persian quatrain)

(for Annelize)
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'Our scientific power
has outrun our spiritual power.
We have guided missiles
and misguided men.'
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'They cried out in a loud voice,
'Holy and true Sovereign, how long will it be
before You judge and take revenge
on those living in the earth
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(for Annelize)


"It is of the Lord's mercies
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(for Annelize)

From outside the fragrance of jasmine drifts in
the sun hangs orange-red as the day begin
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I
In a crisis that could lead to world war three
it's a skew image that a person gets from the Americans:
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(for Annelize)

Outside I hear birds call in the twilight,
I wish you could now here reside,
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