Gert Strydom Poems

There’s a light breeze blowing
and the waves
have white horses,
where they splash on the beach.
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I had a baby grey Lory
that the dogs tried to catch
and treated it as a pet.
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Darling, sing one of your songs
when we are together
and the candles burn romantic for a time
and play on the chords of your blue guitar
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You email a photograph
of a hand holding a baby
and surely all of us,
are in the hand of the Almighty.
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If I could know for what reason
the whys and wherefores happen
and could know the reasons
behind all things,
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In Heidelberg we stayed in a white house
against the ranges
and there were always
sweet yellow corn that Mom had planted
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If I have to find a plant
of her
she wouldn’t have been a rose
as though it has thorns,
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See how new green shoots
and branches and leaves
and flowers appear
and the green grass
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a Photo frame’s glass
has broken
between you and me
and lies in pieces
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They wanted a man
made from steel
or titanium would have
suited much better,
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