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").
The Last Good Bye
Next time, he said, his face a grinwe'll meet up there, unless you sintoo much. How many did you sayten thousand miles to Coral Bay?My days of..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Last Days Of Ww Ii
It was an early bird,this straggler of the sun,a ray of gold with millionsof teensie diamonds,suspended like a milky wayand warming the old paneand..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Lard Feast
A rooster, feathered and well fedwas sitting on his waterbed.He swayed and felt some vertigothe cause of which is hard to know.His favourite hen, who..
© Herbert Nehrlich
mythology, tide, longing, resurrection
They had, two human beingstransported him out to the edgeof Laramie, Wyoming. That night.And, after taking his few bucksdecided that it would not be..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Land Of Froth
He sought the tide,with its fine foam,the ripples in the nightand swam, letting the flowwash into his insides,his tail, a whipping boy,though willing..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Kodak Roach
I like to sit out on the porch,the VERANDAH, as she calls it,hailing as she does from the deep south,plantation country, Southern Belles,one of whom..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Kiss Of Silt
In your night I will purrat that tuft of your fur,it remains at the gatein a red-alert state.While you bubble and dribbleI will gingerly nibblesoon..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The King Size Bed
They bought themselves a giant bedwhich had a foot end and a head.A doonah soft as vulvar velvetbookcase in case you want to shelve it...(I mean the..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The King Brown Snake
'Twas just a dog, I tell myself.An animal like any otherone gets a new one off the shelf,forgets the old one and her mother.The wound is deep, the..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The King
The rider could be heardnow, from afar,foam flew off the horse's mouthand puddles formed beneathas he demounted now.A scroll to give,with urgency the..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Kindness Of Rhubarb Junior
Says Rhubarb to the Stinging Nettlewill we have time to judge and settleour differences on this patch?I say a Rhubarb is a matchto any plant that God..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Kimberly
The croc had eaten that day,they do without even a snackfor weeks on end, and in the summerwhen water's warm, they float,and frolic, swim just for..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Killing Of Terry - Without Mercy
'Your illness is not curable,we need to pull the plug right now,conditions that are terminalcannot be paid for by us all.'Yes, Terry, you will die..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Keeper's Lion
He paced inside the cage, from side to side,hot eyes, two burning coals and well alight,they were not needed here, as darkness was his guidethere was..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Jumper
He swayed on top of the tall towerand braved a cold Chicago shower.His bank accounts were in arrearsthe biggest sum was owed to Sears.So, fittingly..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Journey To The Forest
I dreamed I was a butterflywith purple spots and wingswas born right near the Loreleithat's where the fisher sings.Set free one day, above the cliffI..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Inuit And The Bees
An Inuit from Zodiacwho was a hypochondriacmoved into town and promptly atesome food well known to constipate.He asked himself and pondered ifhe..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Introduction
Well let us see now who I am,a mix of traits, no doubt, but Ma'mwe cannot help what we are given,by which we naturally are driven.I am now tempted to..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Interview
'The US government, one hundred percent,they are behind the 9: 11, no doubt at all,about the Muslim fellow named Bin Laden,it must be stated..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Inheritance
' Yes, Mother, I do KNOW that age obliges.It starts, you say, at eighty, so beware.It does enhance your own idea of 'righteous',as it allows you to..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Inheritance
' Yes, Mother, I do KNOW that age obliges.It starts, you say, at eighty, so beware.It does enhance your own idea of 'righteous',as it allows you to..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Importance Of Linguistics
It took my decades to discernwhat many never ever learn.What thrills us, better what thrills mein womanfolks' anatomy,is it the leggs, the calves..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Immigrant
Bubbles are troublessaid Mama Sarina.And she looked at the stubblesof the young Filipina,who had come here to workin the household to earna few thou'..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Illegal Question
'How old are you', he asked,it was not easy to discernmostly because of mountains,ranges, even, like the Appalaches,of lard and jello covered in loud..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Ignorant Rose
A rose of different colour stood aloneamidst the grasses on the farmer's landand in the night when moon and stars all shoneshe searched her soul deep..
© Herbert Nehrlich