Gert Strydom Poems

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61.
Like A Fragile Cosmos Flower

Like a fragile cosmos flower
you came unexpectedly into my life,
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62.
On A Stormy Sea

When the waves of the sea
became bigger and the wind
started to blow at storm strength,
the boat didn’t sail anymore
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63.
Girl With The Long Blonde Hair

Girl with the long blonde hair,
you wiped a lost tear
out of your eye
when the jet
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64.
Odysseus To Pallas Athena

Maiden in armour
thy shield at thy side
and lightning bolts resting
in the place that they hide,
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65.
With Every Glance At The World Around Us

With every glance at the world around us,
on nature, on the humanity of other people
our existence is enriched,
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66.
Himalayan Balsam (Cavatina)

Quite indolent somewhat like purple orchids;
a rich fragrance
comes as they do a nice fruity scent spill;
they draw a glance
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67.
A Cheetah

By some seen as the kitten of wild cat family,
but it is no joke
when at a speed of
one hundred and ten kilometre per hour
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68.
Spring (In Answer To Gerard Manley Hopkins)

Spring has an own beauty
where grasses and weeds appear with brush
and stem, growing in full lush
and the sky, the air has serenity
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69.
You Burrow Into My Heart

I

You burrow into my heart
are up against the embankment of my goodwill
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70.
Ozymandias (In Reply To Percy Bysshe Shelley)

I saw a traveller coming from the desert
wrapped in white cloth
and the man greeted me, asked for water
and told me about Ozymandias, the great king
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