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 Broker
Is it right to play pokerwhen you've hidden the jokerskin the people aliveas a property broker?If one lays a hot handon a parcel of landor a house..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Bridge
It was the same each time,a ghost must live beneath,that bridge of stone, stainedby a ton of droppings,seagulls and frigate birds,out of their..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Breeze
The barely feltbut loving touchof countless fingers.A silent breezeas it surrounds,caresseswithout invitation.And lingers longwith scant regardto who..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Braveness Of A Circus Clown
A Chinaman, who, new in townwas working as a circus clown.One day he saw on the trapezea muscled woman named Louise.To show her that he was no..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Brain Of The East Germans
There once was a gate in Berlinit kept most East Germans withinand they then built a wallto incarcerate allto object to these barriers was sin.The..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Boys
And YOU, of all people, honestly,it is not easy for me to understand,you are asking me how to fix this thing?Fix us? Make us whole? Lovey, dovey?I..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Boy From Troy
What bugs the angry, silly boypray tell, it might be just the change,not Helen but the boy from Troyappears to us, his talk so strangehe quickly..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Boulder
A boulder, mossywaited, for an eternitysubmerged,inside the shallows.There was excitementwhen fishes of all sizesswam by and glancedin all..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Botched Operation
He itched incessantly down underand let them rip, a bit of thunder.The quack said 'eat more fibre man',he answered 'I don't think I can.'Inside the..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Border - 1962
Adrenalin.Berlin. At 3 a.m.Location Checkpoint Charlie.The sign says 'YOU ARE LEAVING...'Yes, that is the big idea.A piece of cake it is,but not yet..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Bomber
They were secretly handing out 'ones'and those 'ones' were like bullets from guns.Said smart lip wet with spittle'oh, those bother me little',but..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Blue Flower
He walked a thousand milesand thousands more,it was as if obsession had befallen,and thoroughly infested his whole being.He could not help it, he was..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Blonde
' A Peeping Tom', I thought at first.And as a resident of Hearst,the castle in the crazy state,that morning I was running latefor an appointment at..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Blind Date
A bachelor, without a matehad tried to find himself a date.At last, when nothing went his wayhe closed his eyes, began to pray.And see, the Lord took..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Black Mercedes Convertible
It was a beautiful Mercedes, two seater,ebony black, the top stowed in the back,I asked the clerk, blonde, young and shy,if it was hers, and she..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Birth Of The Daffodil
The sun looked at the Daffodil,the weather was quite hot.The wind had died and all was still,the Daffodil was notwhat you'd describe as exquisitein..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Bird Got Run Over
The mechanic was sad, and depressedhe went straight to his priest and confessed,so the priest said 'tis fineI will open some wineyou go hurry, I want..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Best For You, Tara
Have you, my friends of now and of the distant pastencountered better than the ordinary fare?Or do you join me now in being quite aghastabout the..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Berlin Wall
It was the day after,John Kennedy haduncharacteristically loud,shouted the unforgettableand oft misquoted words'Ich bin ein Berliner',words that..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Bends
Two aging but fine-feathered friendswent diving, picking up the bends.They did not know that in the deepthe sea has promises to keep.No treatment was..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Believer
In the winter of discontentshe was living inside a small tent.He had left her for goodand he was a small hoodbut she couldn't come up with the..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Bee Sonnet
I was going to write you a sonnetwith much wisdom, both in it and on it.But while walking near treesI saw millions of beesand came home with two bees..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Beautiful
Alabama is the birthplace of Mercedes,it is the M class that will be the fruit of loomAnd Kellogg's Cornflakes and the hot dog full of nitrates,and..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Beam In Our Own Eye
At water's edge, down by the streama scorpio had a funny dream.He saw, to his extreme surprise,the image of a paradisebut first he had to find a..
© Herbert Nehrlich
The Badger
Out on the farmer's cedar porcha badger stood, holding a torch.The farmer once had spared his lifefor which he thanked him and his wife.And every..
© Herbert Nehrlich