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").
Dresden Again?
The bombs are dropping stillso reminiscent of the dirty daysof powdered dust, so cocoa brown,the city was surrounded by the coalthat built a..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dreck
I'm through asking.It seems to be an imposition,and what the hell,I do not need it now,nor later on, or ever.A fitting closure,for you and me and..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dreamtime
Last night I had a funny dream:While flying over mountains,saw scenery I'd never seenand desert towns with fountains.Saw rabbits, foxes, cats and..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dreams Of Delusion
I have these dreams of late,cannot be helped says I,and if you want debateabout the how and whyyou must be quite contentto take the waste bin..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dreams About Things
I had a dream last night, my friendthere was a guy named Blighhe bucked the Fairfax ghetto trendand took some pills, got highhe was a pitiful..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dream Pills
As is my custom I will always trythe remedies I now and then suggestto patients, (some of whom ask why)the one or other potion might be best.So, long..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dragons
There once was a jolly old dragonwho would daily partake from his flagon.Since the flagon was roundhe was tipsily boundfirst to trip then to fall off..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dracula's Wanderers
She was a sorceress,though not a soulhad known.Her incantationscould be heardby no one.A Magyarand heir ofAttila, the Hun.Though fate,not magichad..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dr. John Celes - Bob Gotti
One never learns enough in life,today would prove this fact,one of my poems got in strife,it was the name that lackeda certain sensibilityand Paris..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dozing Off
I sat, against the root of a dishevelled casuarina,the storm had been too violent for its tender facea horde of hungry crabs and shiny Fiji..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Down At The Roots
I'd spent some time thereon exquisite dunes,before a gust blew in from Belvedereand played a melody like looney tunes.I slip and plummet down the..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dousing The Light
I knew of course, one startsthis bitter journey at the very top.Each step gives you a little joltas if to jog the memories now gone,the sound is..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Doubledicker
In answer to your underhanded queryand knowing that you have been rather puzzled,it would surprise you, as a shoulderpadded deariethat I have two..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Don'T Call Me Mother Hen - Again
I stood and watchedmy daughter's birth.A tuft of hairsalt of the earth.To see it throughto its safe endI prayed to youasked you to bendrules of..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Domkop
In Holland where the tulips growand mills turn in the breezewhere barges have small boats in towand where they make great cheese.It's where the gods..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dolly The Sheep
Dolly was her name.She was a sheep.Some asinineand arrogant filouhad started up a gameof can we screw and keep,have a genetic linesuperior to any..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Doldrums - Population Unknown
My mother told meon a day when allmy necessary actionswere going well,that she and maybe allof us would be soonin the Doldrums.Well, there were..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Doghouses
My dog lives in my house with me,the doghouse stays outside.He thus avoids the miserythat weather changes mightinflict upon his gentle soulmy dog is..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Doghouse
I'm in it!The dog's been moved.I took his place.It's airy, noisycozy and it smells a bit.It's just the thingto find yourself in,now and then.Or..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dog Years
The stones accumulate at lastand make you mellowyour public face is quite aghast,your inner fellowwill wonder what will now becomeof your resolveas..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Dog Eat Dog
Australia is known to all and sundry asthe lucky country.As luck might have it this,and seven other factoidsmay well be true.America, I shudder to..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Doctor Freud
The fact that you wear a moustacheand float around with much panachedoes not make you into the Kaisernor would it see you any wiserso stop pretending..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Doch.................
It strikes me, suddenly,a stem cell of surprise.So will you play, new friendor stick to the demisethat has been scripted then?I may regret to say I..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Doc Stickfinger
There once was a doc who was needy,and each year he turned ever more greedy.He would steal from the richand liked garden gnome kitsch,both his eyes..
© Herbert Nehrlich
Doc Frankenstein
'Perfection', said the scientist,'if you fall short, you're off my list.Genetics cannot be surpassedselection, friends, will not be vast.''A single..
© Herbert Nehrlich