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").
Buzz
My tongue starts just below the kneeand like a horny bumblebeeI buzz into the gorge aboveand whisper silly words of love.
© Herbert Nehrlich
Buying A Ticket
And it just hit me, then and there.I was, with saved-up cash todaybuying the ticket to escape from there.While counting she looked upand flashed a..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Buttermilk (Children)
You leave your room, it's full of clutter,go to the barn to milk the cow.And, in a while you're making butter,only the clever do know how.When you..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Butt Coconuts
A man with a humongous buttwas injured by a coconut.He'd taken Max the cattle houndfor a short walk across the ground.He passed the windy..
© Herbert Nehrlich
But Why?
You did not hesitate,big hands you have,they did not careabout the worldor little me and mine.You were my brother,God had arranged it,but what you..
© Herbert Nehrlich
But Mother!
So, after all, you Are a bleeding heart,grown up with pointed ears to let the wisdom in.They told you, and you swallowed how it would be smartto..
© Herbert Nehrlich
But For The Grace Of God
God sent his only sonJesus by nameto save the worldwith its abundance ofsinners, devils and cockroaches,but Jesus, who hadnever learned the art of..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Bushfire
The outback fires raged and chasedthe little critters onto barren land,home was now gone, as sadness interlacedwith spinifex and bulldust, in the..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Bush
I am not smitten with the manor what he does, day in day out.I wonder though, just why there isa veritable hurricane of liesblasted like unforgiving..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Burp - (German Version) Ruelps
Am Fenster sitzt ein grauer Spatzbeaeugt von einer alten Katz'.Der Vogel frisst vom Napf Getreide,fuellt damit seine Eingeweide.Der Katze knurrt der..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Burma General
He sat and sippedwhile orange mumus slipped,aghast and filled with human fear,prayers so urgentrose from cold lips,courage my shephard,soldiers may..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Buried In The West
They had expected it,that greasy, yellow fogzigzagging from the onethen to the other lampsout on the silent street.The would, of coursebe vigilant..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Burial
Churchbells remind meto this dayof innocence and home.I hurried now to reachthe ancient rustand eerie squeakof what you'd calla sacred..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Buns In The Oven
There once was a candlestickmakerwhose own daughter had married a baker.Well, the baker died younghe was dark and was hungand while dead met the..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Bumping Into The Past
I was so tired when we landedtwo hours more at Honolulu,before the onward flight departsVancouver, I can hardly wait.An argument now with the..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Bumblebee Creation
When God sat down to have iced tea(His weather had been hot) ,he thought that he would change the beeas it was really notexceptional or beautifulit..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Bufus Marinus
A fly of rather noble classhad flown across the Strait of Bass.He was quite proud of this great featand looking for some things to eat.The sun had..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Bucketloads
The sky did open,and bucketloadsof what is usuallycontained insidethe honeywagonsrained down,as if to drownthe lot.It was the logicaland pertinentas..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Brutus The Alpine Rescue Dog
They baptised him up on the Berner ridge,the dog thought Brutus was a splendid name.He trained between the summit and the bridgea perfect pupil who..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Browns Into Greens
The worm had made it,evaded all controlsarrived, fresh and alertand looked around.They'd placed him there,among the lettuces and leeks,a thousand..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Brown Eggs
A gardener, who liked to spendmost days and also the weekendout in his garden near the townwas in a way a real clown,his humour served him happilyand..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Brown Bear
The dampness woke him.He stretched into a furry thingwhich could not be made outhere in the darkness of the cave.Went back to sleep on pointed..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Bronson
The telephone rang loud and shrill,it was the secret codethat gives the signal for the kill,for bullets to explode.The message was a triple beep,then..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Broccoli - Not Blueberries
Why Blueberry, I ask you nowI have now come to lean to greenwhat has been shown, I'll tell you howbut no, it ain't the lowly bean.It's broccoli, her..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Britches
Since Friday when the Muse seducedmy mind I have again produceda handful of those cheap and plasticand trashy, utterly bombasticpoetic thingies for..
© Herbert Nehrlich