Gert Strydom Poems

When leaves fall in autumn, lying all over the place
with the smell of decline penetrating,
in colours of yellow, brown and gold
nature is caught in a circle
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Love is something that we see
in a eternal light
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This government slammed a jail door behind you,
caged you in like a animal, locked you behind bars
in the prison at Rooigrond;
when this government took your freedom
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When the month of March comes I am astounded
by the summer that is still lingering,
the sparkle, colour and fragrance of flower upon flower,
the fine splendour
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I

Just after winter you are back enchanting
with unfolding blossoms on hot sunny days
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Two people separate where one
says that she’s met another man
and suddenly everything that we had is gone
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At the first sign of early morning light
there is something strange and incandescent
that is disposing of the darkest night
and when it is over, suddenly spent,
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Thunder;
blue-white energy
flashing downward sizzling,
frightens everyone of blazing
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In the sandy desert we were silent;
where white and brown sand lies next to each other
we saw aloes and lilies growing together,
a sand-grouse or maybe another bird
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Like a tree trunk or a piece of wood
that is being carried along
by a river or the sea
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