Gert Strydom Poems

The first time I wed
it was in Parrow church
since it was bigger
than the one in Belville.
...

Between yellow cranes groaning and bended
I saw people small as ants,
I saw people gather at skeletons of steel and concrete,
...

So tell me Anthony you start
your wailing against the gods / God
with the sketch of a man gone mad
...

One early evening while waiting for a train
I walked into an old station bar,
to buy a cold cider to kill a thirst
in the sweltering
...

One rainy night at a border camp
in the operational aria
I walked past a tent
and while the wind flapped open one side
...

She flees from me
who at a time did my company seek
who once loved me tenderly,
now is wild like a tigress,
...

It’s war in my yard
and the ginger Persian cat
lies stretched out
gazing at the trenches
...

Some similarities do I find
between you and a day in spring
when lovely birds sing
and rain new life brings
...

I see the red pink nebulas of Orion
that only You are able to unravel
where other stars still are forming
and there’s a bright white light
...

Now do your worst, if you hate me,
and bring me new sorrow
before I even see a new tomorrow
while I am besieged by calamity
...