Gert Strydom Poems

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231.
Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow

Today part of my life is shattered
and lay in pieces
like a pane of broken glass.
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232.
The Night Watchman

The fire in the holed drum burns bright
and I can see red coals flickering
like the shining stars up in the sky
and white teeth smiles at me
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233.
I Really Miss You

The sun has burnt
the morning’s fog away
and now its
a bright hot sunny day.
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234.
The Baboon

Bouncing buoyantly, rushing along
the young African baboon
greyish-brown with a green tint
came to the fence of the game reserve
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235.
The Black Crow (In Answer To Ted Hughes)

Crow flew up into the air
looking, always searching
with a keen eye
roving down to earth from the sky
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236.
The Fire-Lily Blooms Flaming

The fire-lily flowers flaming and bloody red,
the crooked-thorn-bush is thrown over
and between all the incinerated stalks stand
this fire-flower so prettily adorned
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237.
Time Held Me

(After Dylan Thomas)

Time held me
while I was still young and green
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238.
Lord

239.
On A Cruel Cross Lord

On a cruel cross Lord, my sins became Thine
and were all the riches and power of nature mine,
nothing would befits You as a gift
and never could I repay a love so unblemished and divine.
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240.
With You My Life Goes Up And Down

With you my life goes up and down
and there is never a silent kind of time,
while you are my very own
and like a rose in its prime
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