Herbert Nehrlich Poems

Laconic
the expression
on his face,
it there
...

'Salut', he yelled from his high horse,
as they descended on the path of
narrowminded, eclectric avenues.
With ginger steps and chestnut hide
...

' It is the push, ' she said.
' No one has ever done it with
such equisite elaboration,
and effrontery, mind you.
...

War von Erfolg hier Dein Bemueh'n
dann darfst Du auch die Kette ziehn.
Mach's Fenster auf, lass Luft herein
der Naechste wird Dir dankbar sein.
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His father was a criminal
his mother ran the farm
their union was subliminal
and had a certain charm.
...

When he was young he was a fighter
said 'I'm the greatest of them all',
post Vietnam things did look brighter
the goons had planned to see him fall.
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First it's the ptyalin
inside the oral cavity,
where masticators
(at times they're thirty-two)
...

The tree was aching
under the burden of
white tons of snow,
arrived just know
...

Eight inches of warm rain
poured down as if the end
of drought were in the cards.
A tiny spot of mould appeared
...

Outside, the sky was
a mixture of
sun
and fluffy clouds.
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