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").
All Grown Up
A kiss on the cheekis an insult to me.It is not what I seekor desire to be.I am now fifteenand a real wise guy,I can get real meanand don't care..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Ali's Prayer
The desert sand had covered mostof Ali's scrawny body,his camel, down and bellowingthe sandstorm was ferocious.So Ali raised his head and bowed,he..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Albino Tan
In the highlands of Monte La Finolived a scruffy but well-read old wino.He was a deep thinkerand a serious drinkerand a pure and authentic albino.He..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Ah, So True!
If your house has been built of good stoneas it should you'll be happy to own,and to languish withinwith your old mandolinwith the music or, simply..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Agent 30-Seven
It all came back to me, the fright of a tsunamia wall of water found its way around the bendwhere I was hiding in a house of origamioutside of reach..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Aged Hams
The age is what we musttake into all considerations,be it the soul of lustor simple flagellations.I dive forever moreinto the perfect pondall hams..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Age Matters
This poem is all about the advantages of old age.There is just one.And not everyone will end up with it.It is called wisdom.Written for..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Age Has Its...
She could not comfortably pee,her organs sagged down to the knee.Today she is quite troublefree,she's had a hysterectomy.He, on the other hand did..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Age
He took another lookwhile she sat there,by the half-open curtains,catching the afternoon sunin a most unflattering,even cruel manner.No, this was not..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Afterlife
As if you didn't know.It's nothing to do with you,or me, for that matter.It's circumstances,an act of God.And, that's a promisethe life that follows..
© Herbert Nehrlich
After The Big Tide
I wake up in the morning in a stuffy roomand slowly struggle out of bed.As my foot steps on a long forgotten broomand my shaky fingers light a..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Africa
Is it doomedthrough pestilenceand poverty?Is therea Godto lookwith kindnessuponthis continent?Three million yearsit tookto let the scumof filth,of..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Adrian
They stood in line with theirgreen trays, waiting to beserved, it was their favouriteeating place, a cafeteria,someone had even placed an accenton..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Adolfsburg
It stands so proud,majestic, weighed downuplifted byits own history.It's seen the slaughterof Thomas Muenzer's men,the fertile fieldshave given..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Admittedly, I Am A Hoarder
They all are, those bitches,blackmailers, connivers,nothing can wait a second longer,tomorrow le deluge perhaps,I swear I did not promise,I never..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Admission Denied
Last night I dreamed, I was asleepabout my life and then my death.About those promises to keepI woke with shortness of my breath.It seems St. Peter..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Adieu
On deck I stand and have my armspropped on the railing of the boat.And there I'm fascinated and I stare.My eyes are fixed upon the waves,those..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Addendum To Sherrie's Rhyming Poem
Idiots are the ones who clapwhen faced with other idiots' crap.Groupthink keeps their brains from fallingand their energy from stalling.Please..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Adam's Apple
I wonder now, should I believethe old story of Adam and Eve.Whether apple was breaston a tree or a chestbut their God made the two of them leave.It..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Act Of God
I'm pretty sure, my girlthat your unconsciousand my unconsciousdo want to get together.And you and I, the hosts,we cannot helpthis mad desire,as it..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Acrostics
S lice cabbage with a sharpened bladeA nd keep the crock well in the shade,U nless you hurry and use saltE ach microbe soon comes to a haltR each..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Across The Turbulence
And may I whisper,words, musical sounds?Hoping that you will know,and understand the shynessand the consternation.And will you hear me?Yes, what I'm..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Across The Main
She floats.Above old shinglesand windswept topsof lonely trees.She wears a gownof pure chiffon,it helps her flyand carry on,but what she bearsin..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Achtung, Achtung -
Let's break out the Heineken Beer,my Hemi V-8 is now here.After one longish fightthings turned out quite alrightand my vehicle spouse has no peer.I..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Ach Du Liebe Zeit
Einst, zu Hause, auf der Tennesass ne wohlbeleibte Henne.Sagte zu sich selbst: Ich reibemit den Krallen mir am Leibeum den Koerper anzuregendenn ich..
© Herbert Nehrlich