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").
A Never-Ending Tease
Well, there was nothing else to do,homework had been assignedto late tomorrow, after lunch,and this was just a day, too goodto stay inside and let..
© Herbert Nehrlich
A Need For Words
Nothing said. But,trailing close behind youis my farewell, though a bit late.And when we meet againthere will bethe uncertaintyof happy smiles at..
© Herbert Nehrlich
A Minute
'Just wait a minute, ' that is what I hear,I'm an impatient one who doesn't have much time,yet it has been my lot to be quite far, not near,from..
© Herbert Nehrlich
A Memorable Wedding
He was the brother of the brideand gave the pair a royal ride.They waited for the judge to beavailable right after tea.He'd seal the fate of sis and..
© Herbert Nehrlich
A Measure
I'm really not a whimp.The word timiditywas not in use,where Dad andall the rellies spoke.They hung aroundand made the rules,declared most folksas..
© Herbert Nehrlich
A Man's Prayer
There was a letter in my Tuesday mail last week,airmail and light, the stamp gave it away,Herr Pastor wrote to say HELLO to all the meak,and wish our..
© Herbert Nehrlich
A Mad Grandma
'You insufferable small prick,I will go get my walking stick,I will beat your thick hide'til the inside's outsideyou are not the litter's best pick.'
© Herbert Nehrlich
A Long Day
Too late they found it was a bungle,the doctor had been drunk at workhe diagnosed the spot as fungalbut then the patient went berserkinside the..
© Herbert Nehrlich
A Little Bit Of Darkness
It had gone dark in my world.An invisible sadness, one of substancedrifted in, from a horizon so farand so unknown to me,yet it sought me, only..
© Herbert Nehrlich
A Limerick For Ted
It was Buford the Sheriff who saidif you're not in your house and in bedyou can carry a stickto ward OFF every prickor you simply use bullets of..
© Herbert Nehrlich
A Limerick Collection (26)
An aging, cantankerous Jewthought the blood in his body was blue.Said his Aryan friend'it's most likely a blend,diagnosing is something I do.'But the..
© Herbert Nehrlich
A Limerick Collection (21)
Orthodontists twist wires and bracesand have many unfortunate cases.But I think they could trynot to twist but to tieno more wires but cotton..
© Herbert Nehrlich
A Life Story
Patience is needed for these daysthough patience rarely ever pays.Perhaps you will, through circumstancehave time to make important plans.Go watch a..
© Herbert Nehrlich
A Leaf
He lay there,resting, as they say,quite comfortably.His cheek was pushedagainst a torn off pieceof flesh, still bleeding.There was no time,no will to..
© Herbert Nehrlich
A Lascivious Eye?
A trusted friend remarked todaythat he would never ever look againat sensuality through that lascivious eye,which, to the chastity of my own mindwas..
© Herbert Nehrlich
A Kiss For Idiosyncrasy
She asked me,an eternity ago,on our outingto the Mutt Lake Valleywhere next we ought to go,what we could seeand do,that sunny afternoon.I..
© Herbert Nehrlich
A Killing With Kindness
A balmy breezehad hitched a ridewith early duskand whispered tothe sleepy treesencirclingthe meadow.A pair of hairy earsplayed in the current,sensing..
© Herbert Nehrlich
A Killing
It was a hole, size of a dime.Had penetrated his left eyea Southern California crimethey use their guns there, never shy.The brainstem caught the..
© Herbert Nehrlich
A Killer Wants Justice
My aunt was old and very weakbut rich up to her ears.She had much gold and silver, tooand therefore many fears.One night I snuck up in her house,I'd..
© Herbert Nehrlich
A Joke From Israel
Moshe has a headacheand wants to goand see the doctor.His friend advises against it:'One does not go to the doctor'sbecause of merely a headache!..
© Herbert Nehrlich
A January 2009 Limerick
She was lovely and lacking in warts,wore no straps and no wire supports.She could be a mirageor angelic collageand she met him in well-fitting..
© Herbert Nehrlich
A Hypocrite Named Rockaschitt
He was not born a smart or gifted boyyet enfamil instilled in him a drive,they switched him later to the milk of soyand watched the nastiness of..
© Herbert Nehrlich
A Hyena
A HyenaNot a singer and no ballerinanor the looks of an Angelina,Vulture one to her friend:you can see, in the endshe could never attract a hyena.I..
© Herbert Nehrlich
A Howler
On badminton and tennis courtshe wore his flowered boxer shorts.His life, consumed and wrecked by sportshe howled, a plaintiff sound, of sorts.
© Herbert Nehrlich
A Hot Summer's Afternoon
A fly sat on a blade of grassand leisurely there scratched his ass.The leaf was drooping due to heatthe summer sun was a repeatof last year when so..
© Herbert Nehrlich