Gert Strydom Poems

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601.
To Spring (In Reply To John Keats)

When the last impact of winter disappears,
the sun starts to glow bright in its longing,
cold days are dissipated by sunshine
you arrive in your pretty enchantment
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602.
That You Have Taken Her From Me

That you have taken her from me
while I loved her truly
as if she was from marriage free
as if she could belong to you duly.
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603.
You Were Like A Angel Surrounded With Sunshine

In the pool of the fountain
the sky reflect cobalt blue
and shadows fall over the inner court
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604.
Proud Songsters (Terzanelle)

Birds sing while the day is dying
black-collard barbets, finches and doves in pairs
with sincere sweet voices crying,
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605.
Doves Fly Past In Pairs

Doves fly from sunrise
until late afternoon past in pairs
and the whole day their singing resounds
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606.
The Beast [2]

You smashed the small granite table down
like a mighty war hammer
cleaving the coffee table in two
which I had made for you,
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607.
On Guard Duty

On guard duty I hear boots crunch,
walking up and down
almost in a march.
On guard duty I hear boots crunch,
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608.
Long, Long Ago There Were Two People [2]

Long, long ago there were two people (just you and me)
and to my remorse my life was empty without you
and I couldn’t get you out of my heart.
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609.
Late August

There’s a chilly wind blowing this morning,
the black-collard barbet
flies into my study’s window
as if it can go right through it,
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610.

Black was everything without any light,
in a endless night
until in the brain of the creating One
the miracles of life did come
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