Herbert Nehrlich Poems

At the fountain by the gate
a Linden tree stays all alone.
Its shadow gave me sanctuary
for many lovely dreams.
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Oh, John says Julie, please come by
to meet my parents, don't be shy.
A dinner has been planned, hooray
and late at night we two can play.
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May the Lord bless you.
May he fill your feet with dance
and your arms with strength.
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One pool was filled with brownish sludge
its colour similar to fudge.
The other stank of pharmacy
and bureaucratic chemistry.
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Asleep with innate innocence
the jowls stretched out, no hair is tense.
You took advantage of me then
a wife can do this to her men.
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I asked the Felon what he thought about this thorn,
he said 'a rose is like a portrait all aglow,
but venture close and you could have your fabric torn
you need to stand and ask for lovely words to flow.
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There once was a fellow named Putin
who was highly deficient in Rutin.
quite unable to eat
that disgusting buckwheat,
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Mary got a fiancee,
called the fellow Frivel,
all the fellow did all day
was to sneeze and snivel.
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I met a frog the other night
he asked if could spare some time,
it seemed that I, a human, might
be able to reverse a crime.
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The butcher drove his ancient truck
out to the farm to make a buck.
The farmer had raised twenty steers
was with the mortgage in arrears.
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