Gert Strydom Poems

I see a ship
passing beyond the breakers
white on the top
and red at the bottom
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At night the light shines
with a tender yellowness
through the blue pool
as if encased
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At the parking
of the Ok-bazaar / Shoprite in Springs
a one-way street runs out
straight into a traffic light
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Sometimes I wonder
what kind of criminals
is doing business today
in the new South Africa
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Here I have to jump like a clown
through the hoop
when my aunt and mother
clap their hands.
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(after Lord George Gordon Byron)

Of all the world's most lovely daughters
none exactly as wondrous as you I do see,
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(after Lord George Gordon Byron)

Of all the world's most lovely daughters
none exactly as wondrous as you I do see,
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(after Breyten Breytenbach)

The realization stays in my mind
that in my life you are lovely and kind,
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(in answer to William Shakespeare)

Proudly of you I write the truth in my verse,
where I try to beguile to me much-loved you
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Outside twittering the yellow-speckled barbet does sing
and now it is the beginning of the season of spring
while through the open window the sun is in my eyes
and before me another lovely tranquil happy day lies
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