Gert Strydom Poems

(for Annelize)

As if this summer is staying forever and do not pass away
with you I do want to live on each blessed sunny day,
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Dewdrops hang like diamonds on the web and sparkle in the light
where a small black spider do wait patiently for an insect,
between prickly pears, in this construction the weight of the spider rests
when the sun rise over the horizon in an open new day.
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Everything animate and inanimate heard his lire
while his music brought to the heart desire
his songs did enchant with great beauty
and did set the spirit and soul free
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(for Annelize, in answer to C. M. van den Heever)

A heart full of love does beat within me
and my feelings to you I must confess:
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Rosy her small finger points into the book
where we did the search for wild animals undertook
while like a small lion next to me she does growl
and with bended fingers she hoots like an owl,
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With two soft arms you did reach out to me
in your small dress in church I did a real fairy princess see,
undaunted you drove your own electric-car up and down
pass the barking dogs in the streets of the town
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(for Annelize)

Tonight the stars glitter and the night is full of tranquillity
when thoughts of you do refreshing wash over me,
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(for Annelize)

While it lingers for a short while
sunny is you lovely hot smile
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(for Annelize)

You are the one that I do trust with all my secrets
above all other women you are utter beautiful to me,
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(after C. M. van den Heever)

When as a mere child fatherless I took Your hand,
I do remember: on the pathway of life at my side You did stand
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