Herbert Nehrlich Poems

A poet is a fragile ghost
God gave a paperbark as skin.
though he excels, when as a host
he draws your innards slowly in.
...

There once was a copper named Drake,
he was searching the board for a snake
but the snake stuck around
and was thus never found.
...

I loved the touch of you,
cool in the summer and so...
..shall we say, of warmth
in Continental winterstorms.
...

Could management please have a peek
at poemhunters page this week.
It seems there is a naked man
with features of an 'also ran'
...

A lanky humanoid named Gus
was driving a big yellow bus.
The bus was crammed with noisy pupils
of which a handful had no scruples.
...

That damned depression
caused by confession
in lengthy session.
The priest's obsession
...

Under rotten vegetation
beetles practice fornication.
Daylight bothers beetles' eyes
that's why God made bovine pies.
...

Some Yankee supermarket malls
may be surrounded by stone walls.
And in between the Malls and walls
you'll find the male and female stalls.
...

Out of a cloud appeared a hand
it showed the middlefinger raised
below, the people on the land
were simply stunned and quite amazed.
...

Wer reitet so spaet duch Nacht und Wind?
Es ist der Pfarrer und der Pfarrer ist blind.
Er traut seinem Pferd das nach Hause ihn bringt
und der Klang von vier Hufen ins Ohre ihm dringt.
...