Herbert Nehrlich Poems

A rose stood at the forest's edge
and shook its noble leaves,
when from the nearby sturdy hedge
the echo of dry heaves
...

All human beings have a hole
that carries out a special role.
It sends the end results of food
which starts its life by being chewed
...

A donkey stood inside his box,
and, looking down saw four white socks.
As just that day the donkey's teacher
had said that socks ain't donkey features.
...

....and thus it came to pass,
the one they called the 'village idiot',
a gentle, friendly, somewhat pudgy
but always smiling growing teen.
...

There once was a little swine
he was partial to blueberry wine
and he had a fat mother
who had smothered his father
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The Gods announced my funeral
I was too shocked to shake.
Went on my knees and asked if I
could just attend the wake.
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'But Officer, you surely are mistaken.
Perhaps it is your gadget getting old.
I never speed or break the law, you're making
an error of good judgment here, be told.
...

Yes, I will keep you warm
in my cosy lap
and I will muss up your hair.
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I hate this cage.
They tricked me
as I was going
and coming
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The little boy looked in my eyes,
with sadness, hint of tears.
I thought it time to realise
that here, in front of Sears,
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