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").
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
Cum Grano Salis
Those men so fond of foreign termscan be compared to eager sperms,they swim to find the velvet fleeceand get there, lastly, in one piece.Of course..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Cuckoo, Cuckoo! (Children)
There lives inside my cuckoo clocka feisty cuckoo named Tic-toc.We bought the wooden enchiladawhen coming from the autostradaand entering the..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Cuckoo Bird
The Dralles had a cuckoo clockit could be heard well down the block.One day the door stayed open longerand being young the bird felt strongerthan..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Cubic
Two cubes of icewere sitting upinside a glass.The one remarkedthat it was biggerthan the other.To which the othersaid 'you see-throughare an ass,I..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Crossroads**
It had come down to it.Crossroads appearare thick like monsterspitflushed down the weir.There was the carnal thingnectar so sweetno tongue would ever..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Crossed Wires Do Spark
Why did you, once the apple of my eye,and that of a close friend (I knew) ,why did you then unleash the furywhich was meant to make a point,I do not..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Crocodile Tears
There is Monty the crocstill lethargic todaywinter's cold on his rocknot the season to play.As he goes to his makeramongst sadness and cheers,this..
© Herbert Nehrlich