Gert Strydom Poems

At times love has visited me
and left, left me
and has gone away.
It has gone to different shores,
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On 17 June 2022 Mikhail Muzintsev,
head of the National Defence Control
Centre of the Russian Federation said:
'since the invasion 307423 children
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I dreamed about a magical garden
where an assortment of flowers grows
with the most beautiful colours and hues,
delicate leaves and shapes
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I read the entry line above your poem
and know that true soldiers live on
sometimes as legends of a place and time,
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While the light of day does cease,
still outside many trees are blossoming
in the serene beauty of this early spring
but nature at this twilight has some peace
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(for Annelize)

I think you are lovely, extremely hot,
but do not want to talk about the fire
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From my birth South Africa is my own country
and my people can flee to an island
but my own culture and language stays holy
although this place is not safe,
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'It will come about
at that time that I will make
Jerusalem a heavy weight;
so everyone who burdens
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How long ago has it been, since the day
that you wore a red dress
outside that glass citadel
where the hopes and dreams of nations
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In a chilling world
where man is nothing more
than a mere animal
it may be true
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