Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
Dear John
The postman rang,not once but twice,his Irish Twangsounds pretty nice,delivering to affluentsbeats 'cross the trackswhere they have stashed the..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dear Fag
Dear cigarette, are you my friend?Your lovely smiles, are they for me?The filter on your other end,does it protect, is it the keyto disallowing..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dead In Bed (Haiku)
He stayed in his bedon that beautiful morningbecause he was dead.And no matter howthey had yelled and screamed loudlyhe stayed dead, proudly.
© Herbert Nehrlich
De Ribbe
Die Rippe ist schon wieder gutkein Schmerz behindert nun das Leben.Zum Rolfie geht's mit frohem Mut,es heilt noch mehr der Saft der Reben.Und brichst..
© Herbert Nehrlich
De Forum
I will say that this place is a cesspool of crapand the maggots wear shit-eating grins.Though some members can boast of a gift of the gapit takes..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Daughter
She left because it wasthe thing to do, she said.We were so many years behind.To make her own mistakesshe would be sure to notrepeat things of our..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Das Ergebnis
Die Verhandlungen waren im Gange.Mit schlauem Eifer legten sie sich,voran der Schoeffe mit den grossen Taschen,ins Zeug, es war viel mehr als nur..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Das Ende
Am Friedhof steht ein alter Mannguckt auf das Grab, den Stein und dannwiegt er den Kopf so hin und herals fiele ihm das Hoeren schwer.So ist's, es..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Das Doppelkinn
Was hatte Gott denn nur im Sinnals er erschuf das Doppelkinn?Und wenn man guckt sieht man dass Damenihr Kinn verschoenern durch den Rahmen.Sie reden..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Darkness
The moon had just arrived tonighthe looked with twinkling eyestoward the North that's where his brightand trusty Northstar flies.Two camels on the..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dark Side
So, as we sit and contemplatethe country's most precarious statethe sun reminds of pledges passedand opportunities so vast.So snug we are, so up..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dandelion Greens
Dandelion Greens.Someone had placeda bit of it under my pillow.Only the gods do knowabout the rationalethe question is, of course,if they could care.
© Herbert Nehrlich
Damsel In Pink Dress
Once upon a girl in Springin the shade of an old shackentranced, we heard the finches sing,it took some time to wander back.I'd found her standing by..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Daffodil
A lonely little daffodilsat crying on a sandy hill.Her fiancée had taken illwas buried forthwith by the Mill.Came down the path a doctor philout for..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Daddy Dear
Daddy, dear you lookso young today.Such shiny hairand gleaming teeth,so clear of eyeand sweet of voice.A suit like this,Italian shoes,and just a..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dad
He slept the dream of ethanoland when he woke, his battered soulwas in a mood too foul to bearas vomit stuck in his gray hair.There in the gutter..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dachau
The guard just laughed,you Jews are full of lice,but worry not, we'll usethe stuff that kills them fast.A thousand have gone before you,come out..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Cyberkisses
I only know thatyou are my friend,though there isnothing to substantiateeven the thought of it.You said it was the vibes,intangible, these..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Cyanotic Lips (For My Blueberrygirl)
So will you walk with me,I know the pathsthat lead into the darkand wondrous shadowscast by ancient pines,there are so many secretshidden in the..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Cutting Out The Middle Skin
My brother-in-law.What a man!He used to beknown as Kojak.Until,one day,he met a Bolshevik.Surgeon he was,that one,knew his stuff.Cut the centralthree..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Cute Little Mouse
I'm swinging from my appletreeand feel like a gorilla.My arms are short but I can bethe image of Godzilla.They kicked me out of my own housefor..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Cut It Off
She secretly held the belief that it looked weird,but held her tongue lest he would feel somewhat critiqued,though he was unaware of rashes that..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Cut
A nut is just a nut,it looks like a small buttthough it is really not.The tree outside the hutgives shade when it is hotI think I'l go putt putt,give..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Curly Moss
Arise oh spirits of the trees,arise from roots through ancient rocks,and as I climb, I reach warm knees,I peek: Does curly moss have locks?
© Herbert Nehrlich
Curfew
It took most of the timeour folks had granted,yet years would have been fine,you did not flinch at all,returned my timid squeezeand epidermal fluids..
© Herbert Nehrlich