Gert Strydom Poems

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191.
Hazy The New Summer Day Hangs

Hazy the new summer day hangs,
the sky is cobalt blue
and here and there the dew of the night glistens
when the new morning unfolds in her glory
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192.
The Anglo Boer War

When that wimp of a Englishman
called Cecil John Rhodes
decided that he wanted gold,
that the diamonds in his pockets
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193.
The Shadow Of Cain (A Reply To Edith Sitwell)

Man did not heed the cloud,
the cloud looking like the hand of man
and I saw lightning falling from the sky
and it was manmade,
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194.
The Maritime Ode

When the ship sails away,
leaving the quay with space widening
setting a course into the sea
aiming somewhere over the blue beyond
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195.
At A Rock Music Concert

The howl of the magic guitar
brings me intense pleasure
and he is stroking string after string
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196.
To A Very Special Girl

Making love
should come naturally,
should be something of passion,
filled with romance
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197.
Physical Science

(after Antjie Krog)

Right at the front at the big old green board
the teacher waits with a strong wooden cane
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198.
Flying Fish

As they pierce the bright blue gleaming water
I have seen them leap and play
in a immeasurable ocean
glistening on a hot summer day
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199.
I Heard The Thunder Of The Guns Resound

I heard the thunder of the guns resound,
saw rockets taking red tails into the sky,
with passing battle-tanks felt the trembling ground
and over and away fighter jets did fly.
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200.
The Meeting Point

Time had escaped from me,
as if it was somewhere else
and I wasn’t anymore the kid I had been
when I went to war
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