Gert Strydom Poems

Farms are burned down to the ground
and cattle slaughter just there in the fields,
while a super power forces women and children
into concentration camps to kill them there.
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Introduction

In the kaki coloured tent in Umbilo he writes
his life’s story while women, children and babies are dying,
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When the wonder of a hexagon binds
I am caught by the very bright beauty
of a tiny white snowflake that glitters,
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Another year will pass
with the magic of spring
where all of the treasure of nature is awakening
and somehow it will be different from the last
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Spend your time with me until the night end
as we attend a party at the house of a friend
smile and talk to me as if I am someone else
laugh merrily at the jokes our host tells,
while you dance with me where the stairs bend,
spend your time with me until the night end.
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Mary, innocent girl from Nazareth,
did you know that the Godly child you were carrying,
when you fell on your knees in prayer
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The road ahead was meandering,
while I drove at a steady speed
taking the path as it did swing
with the wind rushing at my chest and feet,
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In the morning we are awakening
to the rising sun as a shining thing,
during the year seasons come and they go;
while the real depths of love we do not know.
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Remember the farmer
whose raven turned
into a lovely black haired woman?
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A being is introduced as the Lord of Darkness
and a stranger joins them and says: Let’s not digress,
but you must be the general manager at Escom, the place
from where no electricity comes, it’s a total disgrace
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