Herbert Nehrlich Poems

It had gone dark in my world.
An invisible sadness, one of substance
drifted in, from a horizon so far
and so unknown to me,
...

Death

Inevitable?
Death most certainly is not.
...

And there appeared
without a warning
a break within the clouds
that had remained,
...

Walk softly, boy and always carry
a stick to chase your foes away
go get the girl you want to marry
and build that house on Horseshoe Bay.
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A wise man said a woman's scorn
is given to her when she's born.
She carries it, though under cover,
a secret weapon for a lover
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A friend is one who is like me,
or is it one who likes me much,
and maybe someone you can touch?
Perhaps a buddy who would be
...

The centre of the forest was
well covered with thick brush.
And all the trees were full of moss,
the canopy looked lush.
...

I caught your eye that day,
it made a hostage
out of my voyage of discovery,
which I had, long ago, embarked upon.
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Dawn in the valley.
A chilling fear now rises
like an emotional, ominous cloud.
It soon disperses in the mist,
...

'Twas late in the day
on that Christmas Eve
and the elves lost their way,
Santa rolled up his sleeve,
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