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").

Baptising The Hemi

It is a godforsaken shamethat I have found no proper namefor my new sweet with her big heartwho is a real piece of art.So, early yesterday I..

© Herbert Nehrlich

Banquet For Two

She did suggest he bring some fruitsand chocolates of course,thin slices of the burpless cukesand a fair pot of freshly cookedand warmed spaghetti..

© Herbert Nehrlich

Bananas (Limerick)

There once was a lonely bananapretty ugly but otherwise sana.Poet Allan came bydressed it up on the slythe banana then wore a bandana.Do you know why..

© Herbert Nehrlich

Ban Them

What a wonderful sitethey exclaimed when they sawhow great writing aboundsand the poetry, rawand unfinished, not polishedyet such readable soundsin a..

© Herbert Nehrlich

Balls Of Fire

It was his first, and smuggled in at that,the Commies hadn't yet approved of thingsthat made the forces of free market grow.Blue Jeans, they said..

© Herbert Nehrlich

Ball Of Fire

There was an awkwardness, a clumsinessabout the manner it had chosen to progressthrough simmering heat of what is called Death Valley,while dreaming..

© Herbert Nehrlich

Baerenlauf

Am Samstag ist der Baerenfangmit schnellen Spruengen, hoch den Hang.Die Beine machen bald nicht mit'ne Schnecke gar, oh gittegit.Was auf dem Pfad uns..

© Herbert Nehrlich

Badedas*****

A chestnut fell onto the groundwas taken hostage by a hound,who carried her without adointo his doghouse near the Zoo.The chestnut, sad and quite..

© Herbert Nehrlich

Badedas *

Extract of chestnut willapplied to thirsty skinstart churners in the millsmall fountains deep within.She aged, remaining chastewas promised to her..

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Badedas

I'd eat the crumbsthat you have droppedinto the mud outside.I'd have your sneakersas companion on those nightswhen you are gone,to screw around with..

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Bad Times Coming

Bad times are coming, I predict,we'll suffer as we have been tricked.Banks crashing, petrol price obscene,abandoned now the War Machine.Those who..

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Bad Judgment

A fake who had run into strifere-appeared as another man's wife.Name is August oh yes?And a female, no lessgo and f**k yourself, get a new life!They..

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Bad English

There ain't nuthin' more worsethan bad English 'n grammar,it's when fools treat good versewith a saber-toothed hammer.It's a shame says me motherthey..

© Herbert Nehrlich

Bad Decision

Stanley Park, Vancouver.A grizzly in a safe enclosure,A Yankee doodle wankerclimbs in to say 'Hi There',it must have been the accent,in any case, the..

© Herbert Nehrlich

Bad Choice

Well, huckin' fell, I could not hold your hand,it was this thing I've had since I was bornno teacher would, nor could you understandhow, in my soul..

© Herbert Nehrlich

Bacterial Endocarditis

I have been told the truth,only a human valve will do,the doctor said it is the endocardium,it always kills before the next full moon.And, no one..

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Backseat

She saw he wasn't circumcisedand right at first it had surprisedher bourgeois and searching brain.'So did they.... did it cause you pain? 'She..

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Back To You, Mary -2007

Dear Mary, this is sweet of you,I thought I felt a hunch.The breeze is light, the sky is blueI'm sitting, having lunch.And as I read your words..

© Herbert Nehrlich

Back To Shaving

For years I wore a beard, it's now turned rodent gray,the revelation came; a friend who is quite gaysuggested time would show more kindness to the..

© Herbert Nehrlich

Back For A Visit

I'm here to make confessionat your imposing grave.You taught me that discretionwas never for the brave.You taught me so much else,most was by..

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Back Again

Like silken hairwith sparklesin the light ofglow-worms.Your thoughtsand heartbeatsin the darknessof my soul.Crewcut ofpoison ivy,next tothe..

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Bach

Johann Sebastian,I have been, many timesinside your house.First with the school,then with the Musikusof Eisenach, in Spring.There is the castle,with..

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Babel

At the edge of Fallbrook Forestso distant from the city, inhabitedby Haves and Have-Nots,I dwell, a cabin without shuttersand moods created by..

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Awesome Dreams

It is a bit shocking,to have a dreamthat is nothing,not spectacular,not weird at all,but just normal.Like a narrative,taken straightand..

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Awakening Of Schoolboys

He thought back to the days when boys would goat recess to the half door boys' latrine,one had to hold then pull the trigger sothat, once released..

© Herbert Nehrlich