Herbert Nehrlich Poems

'You will stay back today, in detention,
and I shall be the teacher to mention
your behaviour today
that you do not obey
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Only one eye remained.
Though she was calm
and did not seem to worry
about the loss at all.
...

I see you standing,
there at the Qantas jet.
Next day it will be landing
as if we'd never met.
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A silverfish is not a fish
also not part of any quiche.
It lives in houses below par
that's where the roaches also are.
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She floats.
Above old shingles
and windswept tops
of lonely trees.
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And who I ask you academic minds
would find the eyes of cows attractive
most humans would consider putting blinds
to cover bovine faces, though they are pro-active
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I had been married to her,
for going on five years.
Pearl white in colour,
and the inline six.
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In the cozy chicken den
lived a rooster and his hen.
Other chickens had been banned
rooster found them somewhat bland.
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IV. Sonett
O dieses ist das Tier, das es nicht giebt.
Sie wußtens nicht und habens jeden Falls
- sein Wandeln, seine Haltung, seinen Hals,
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Lily will you call me?

I'm happy now that you are back
I missed you very much
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