Gert Strydom Poems

I

You have left and I am missing life
do miss sitting in the mornings or evenings on the porch
or under the old pepper tree
to hear doves coo, small birds calling each other
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I

With someone new to adore,
you are constantly
haunting me
as if at times you can penetrate through death
...

When I opened the door
I found:

four police cars (with flashing lights)
one police car (of which the siren was screaming)
...

Mandi is playing the piano,
a light breeze sways table cloths
and softly Piet, Jan and André laugh
before one of the poets realize
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The empty evenings are the most difficult
when alone I write poems,
when I sometimes listen to Classic Fm
while I have got nothing to do,
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(for M)

I
...

I have waited many years for you,
and now is the time for us to mend
even if our loving at times were fain,
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(For Daleen)

I
...

When I look at the Milky Way
it's as if from the beginning of time
I do long for you through all the ages
as if I now have you after a big struggle
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I

Outside all the streets are lighted
while you smell red roses in the garden
and it's as if my thoughts linger with you,
at the morning glories trumpeting over the wall,
...