Gert Strydom Poems

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831.
Russia Tries To Decimate the Mariupol Survivors

Where Russia has obliterated Mariupol
by pounding it into dust,
with continuing shelling by howitzers,
missiles and rockets
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832.
Homecoming 2

Shadows throw enclaves the street full,
the wind rustles through bougainvilleas with thorns,
in the distance neon-lights gleam on the city's towers
and for the bright moon a dog howls and barks madly,
...

833.
The Forced Abduction Of Ukrainian Children

On 17 June 2022 Mikhail Muzintsev,
head of the National Defence Control
Centre of the Russian Federation said:
'since the invasion 307423 children
...

834.
This Morning (Persian Quatrain)

Early this morning it was not yet six o'clock
when you returned to me, did my heart unlock,
and your small footsteps ran right through it
while the night fled for the crowing of a cock.
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835.
Russia Shoots Down A Own Su-34m (English Sonnet)

After receiving the first of the upgraded
Su-34M fighter-bombers during June,
close to Alvhevsk Russia the Ukraine aided,
when a missile did its sights to the jet tune,
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836.
Homecoming 4

Shadows throw enclaves the street full,
the wind rustles through bougainvilleas with thorns,
in the distance neon-lights gleam on the city's towers
and for the bright moon a dog howls and barks madly,
...

837.
The Forced Abduction Of Ukrainian Children 2

On 17 June 2022 Mikhail Muzintsev,
head of the National Defence Control
Centre of the Russian Federation said:
'since the invasion 307423 children
...

838.
Without You (Couplets)

(after Hermann Hesse)

The empty pillow is undisturbed and white
and as if searching of you there is no sight
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839.
Without You (Couplets) 2

(after Hermann Hesse)

The empty pillow is undisturbed and white
and as if searching of you there is no sight
...

840.
On Bridges In The Ukraine And Much More

Both of the two road crossings,
the bridges, into Kherson have been hit
by HIMARS missiles.
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