Gert Strydom Poems

Stripped naked to the most inner core
as during winter
a leafless tree stood very near to death
a branch did splinter;
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The windows was closed behind the curtains
and shut out was the world, the night and the breeze
as if you and I was locked in
away from all heartache, pain and sin
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The weekend we will go
past Gordonsbay
to Rooiels
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This morning I am waiting
on the light
to start the day
and thinking about something
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Who would have thought that a time would come
where daylilies flower right through the winter
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while the rain fell as if endless,
you pulled me nearer in moment upon moment
and I was caught in the heat of your arms,
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There is a kind of flower
that only once a year
opens her buds
and when the moon rises full and bright
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(after Jan F. E, Cilliers)

Long ago the Spirit of God glided over me
when God created everything of which I do exist
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Like a beautiful princess you glide in,
the organ is thundering,
you do fill my heart in every aspect,
are radiating in snow-white lace
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(after Gert Vlok Nel)

On a campus in Summerset West you did look at me
and to me you seemed more beautiful than any other girl
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