Gert Strydom Poems

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571.
No God Has Ever Love As Much As This

No whip has ever lashed
such an innocent man
who did choose to suffer punishment
as the Lamb of God
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572.
At The Forest Path

Wild aloes, some proteas grow along the forest path,
some mushrooms are sprouting near to it

and doves sit cooing in trees as if in love,
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573.
When The Night Takes You Away

When the night takes you away,
drags you deep into sleep
how is it then for you?
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574.
A Grave Situation

When I walked away from the Marders Hotel
the world seemed to be stumbling towards me
and I couldn’t tell the time,
the air was fresh and cold
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575.
Come To Our Flower-Garden

Come to our garden of flowers my love and be surprised
and see how the crowns of thorns astonish with their beauty
when you come out at the porch at the front door
Take my hand and hold onto it tightly
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576.
When The Sun Sets Glowing

When the sun sets glowing over the western horizon
and the night stretches out her long fingers
then the evening star is already glistening
while the night draws shadows in the late afternoon
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577.
Female Spider

Her web gleams like the spokes of a bicycle,
she weaves her own pattern out of her soul
as a decagon that she keeps rolling out,
out of her inner silver shiny pivot
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578.
Idyll [2]

Sometimes there were days when the sun
hang hot in the summer afternoon
while carefree we could lay next to each other
with the fragrances of jasmine, gardenia
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579.
Let Autumn Draw Its First Lines

when the summer sun shines down
from the unstained blue
and its hot rays shine in glory
without any clouds building up,
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580.
I Went Into The Night Again (Welsh Sonnet)

while the sky was filled with rain,
saw some lightning streaking blue-white,
lighting up some of the dark night
and the roads gleamed somewhat black
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