Herbert Nehrlich Poems

Fritz the fisherman fished for fresh fish
did that dull day discover the dish
which wife Wendy was working with wisk
stirring sage into sauce at some risk
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I do abhor vulgarity
and most of your profanity.
It cheapens you beyond belief
it is as if you'd take the leaf
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So will you walk with me,
I know the paths
that lead into the dark
and wondrous shadows
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...and when I give I give with wild abandon,
no holds are barred, no watchers are considered.
I lay my head down on the tracks for you my love,
and if you want me all you need to do is take me.
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It is as if a mother
who gives birth
at night, upon an iceberg
and then drowns.
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If I were chicken I would blame it on the hormones.
The androgens and company, and the testosterones.
A freshly, not quite baked but budding poet,
head swelled with accolades, and did he know it!
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Dandelion Greens.
Someone had placed
a bit of it under my pillow.
Only the gods do know
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It was their wedding night
and things would be alright.
As they undressed she said
please, love, do turn your head.
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'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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Cabbage is Kraut
fermented then
makes what it's all about
the jury's out
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