Gert Strydom Poems

Now that you have oozed into my heart and soul
everything in my existence does focus on you,
while there are small signs that I do look at
and we act and speak intimate and cordial
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At first light the doves cooed me awake
and up to heaven the morning star my glance did take,
still the moon hanged silver and glittering
and for long moments I was lost in longing,
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(after Emily Dickinson, after Lina Spies)

If in the early autumn you do come to me
then days of summer it will again be.
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(after C. M. van den Heever)

Let me God, know of Your genuine love for me,
(You do not forget my humble and sagacious life) ,
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