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").
Elves
Only the winddoes knowthat you have sinned.Perhaps if Godwould growa hornupon your facethe future ofall menwho call themselvesthe Human Racewould be..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Electric Company
You caught my eye,and was it notelectrifying, even then? !While singing in our High School choir,unspoken messages, adriftthrough bass, soprano, band..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Electric Chair
And not a single hair was out of place.A face so stern and utterly composedmajestically he walked the walk. His last.Let no one say he let them have..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Elections
Obama shakes her manicureddi-a-phoretic hand.A hand that righlty has endureda million handshakes, a n dhow many felt the vibes of fleshso full of..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Election Usa
And the people will vote for the prezwill not listen to what their god says.Will they get what they needwill there be a stampedeto the musical Porgy..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Election Haiku
Joe is no plumber,nor a flutist or drummer.'Twas a clever plan.No one would suspectthey would plant him, how clever!Hopes gone forever.McCain is a..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Election Eve - Australia
The election, they say, will be tightand dishonest John Howard just mightget the votes of the sheepwho still fall for this creepan old eunuch too..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Election
Ye Gods have been too kind,the geezer failed his flock,the people are not blindthey recognise a crock.America will flourishwithout the crooks in..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Eisblumen In Suhl
I was still a childand believed in ghosts.Winter was an icy,elusive old man whopainted flowerson my window.I still dream of themso many years..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Eine Niete
Wer nimmer sein Versprechen haeltdemnaechst mal auf die Nase faellt.Und faellt er, da die Nase vornauf diese und das bringt den Zorn.Er schimpft auf..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Ein Plumsklo (German And English Versions)
Es steht in unserer kleinen Stadtein Plumsklo, ganz aus Glas.Nur einer, der die Nerven hatkann sagen dass er sass,umgeben von dem Publikumund putzt..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Edward
Of all the family demandsand overtaxed adrenal glandsI wonder if in distant landsthe average dummie understandsI'm known as Edward Scissorhands!
© Herbert Nehrlich
Edna's Death
She had, those days she spent outsideso many visitors, some became regulars,they'd talk and bob their feathered heads,and raise, with pride..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Echos Of The Heart
Sometimes, it is the flutterof Southern Hornets whorecalcitrant and ill-tempered,sneak into sacred territorywhere they always findenough to entertain..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Eating Disorders
An anorexic fly was flyingaround the kitchen, near the stovehe smelled the spuds that they were fryingso now and then he slowed and dovedown to the..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Eagle Eyes
As the eagle soaredsharp eyes observedlife itself, as it movedunder cover of leaves,between blades of grassbutton eyes peekingfrom freshly dug..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dutyfree
I made you, lovea bed of rosesso you can,in times of stressor natural fatiguejust rest your backagainst the seaof God's own flowers.I removed each..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Duty Of Care
The preacher stated 'I thee wed'and took the bride straight to his bed.The groom had been into the boozethrown up into his Rockford shoes.This proves..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Duroc Pigs
In the seventieswe raised those durocs,their colour brownbut otherwise the same.When time came -wow,to get the Pythonand all the knivesthat had been..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dunny Talk
The dunny was her favourite place,she lived there, ugly was her face.You see they sprinkle her, to witontop of what the Yanks call sh**t.You know..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dungbeetles
Dungbeetle sat on a mountain of dungDungbeetle shat from the ladder's top rung.Dungbeetle fell after slipping a bitDungbeetle drowned in a pile of..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dumplings
All dumplings tend to trigger aweBavarians even have a law:Mix cooked potatoes as a doughinto untouched ones, take it slow.A dumpling needs to be..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dumb Cop
Tonight I drink, if only for one reason.I drown not sorrow but the years that have slipped by.The cop who wrote the ticket said: 'This silly..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dukes
I was thinking last night.Close to midnight,when midnight madnessdrifts in from the regionsof The Tweeds.Thinking ofthe twowhithout whomI would not..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dugongs**
A dugong, native to our coastlooks like a whale crossed with a ghost.Once an old man who fished the baywas carried off and far away.Talk is the..
© Herbert Nehrlich