Gert Strydom Poems

All that really matters is God
and although the world is totally rotten
nothing can make His atoning sacrifice in vain
or the love that does protect in every commandment
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Iryna, today the fighting is intense,
we fight to halt the Russian advance.
in the barrage to eat chips I got a chance,
in all of this my love for you is immense,
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(for Annelize, after Elizabeth Barret Browning)

I love you by God's perfect will and grace,
where along with me you do strive for right
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Life have made me careful of womankind,
to look for subtle ways that to them belong,
that quickens the heart and do stun the mind,
the delicate snares a man can fall among,
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Two of the Russian navy Raptor class
patrol boats have been totally destroyed
on a timid sea as clear as blue glass.
They did not have chance to be annoyed
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Russian missiles off-target did into Poland go,
they did two people that they do not know kill,
where as Russia acts on it the world should bestow,
where they do at will innocent blood spill.
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'The war in Ukraine will continue
until the complete defeat
of Russia. We have already
lost, the rest is just a matter
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It's hard to move weapons and equipment
while in Ukraine it's muddy all over the place,
where people do a terrible winter face,
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I am a farmer
who are up before first light
and I drink my coffee
between the cows in the stable
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When that wimp of a Englishman
called Cecil John Rhodes
decided that he wanted gold,
that the diamonds in his pockets
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