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Best Poems From
HERBERT NEHRLICH
(04 October 1943)
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1357.
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For Jerry Hughes
I did, mein Herr,
stick up two fingers,
they had been treated
as you had asked
by deep immersion
into blacked-out crypts.
However, only flies
and one fluorescent bumblebee
showed any interest
in aromatic air.
Well, never mind, I say
let trash drift with the winds
it may be carried off
by friendly ghosts,
those cousins to our great
and wise Godfather Penderyn.
It's always wise to trust your blood
and when we next partake
of precious times together,
we'll toast our crystal glasses,
and know within our hearts
that we are living children of
a loving, common mother.
Herbert Nehrlich
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1358.
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For Kelly McG.
A soapy spongebath of all things!
She stood, sweet bovine eyes of hope
and wiped away the worries of the day.
I had suspended conscious thought,
the very moment that our glances nibbled
small morsels of a mutual wedding cake.
I've never seen a more engaging film,
and never met a woman who would be
alive and filled with rosι cherryblossoms
just as you are and will forever be.
No one did ask, but be it known today,
I would have given up all riches of this world,
to lead that sponge throughout its journey on the skin
which gives me goosebumps and the shivers still today.
I like the spirit of the Amish, kid you not.
And could, of course, live out my life without a phone.
But no one takes away my Hemi, fivepointseven,
though, if you call me, Kelly, I shall dropp it all.
Herbert Nehrlich
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1359.
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For Linda Ori-No Special Occasion
While sitting on a hollow log
I noticed a small, handsome frog,
he came to me, quite unafraid
and said 'we need to find some shade.'
I was as you'd imagine shocked,
he sat there seemingly half-cocked
and smiled with bulging eyes his smile.
And so we sat there for a while.
'The sun will move toward the West',
he croaked while scratching his green chest.
It did and shade soon changed the hue
from green toward an ocean blue.
'I say, you are the Limerick Earl,
and do you know the Ori girl?
She's written some fantastic stuff
but hasn't been praised quite enough.'
'I am aware', I lectured him
'that even frogs, out on a limb
will be impressed by stellar writing,
all frogs find poetry exciting.'
'So, sitting here on your left knee
I demonstrate a liberty
that few will ever understand',
he said and climbed into my hand.
'I am, as you may have surmised
more than just cleverly disguised,
I am the Prince of all things written,
and with her poems I am smitten.'
The sun went down, 'I now must leave
it is my destiny to weave
for minds that have both heart and soul
a very special cubbyhole,
which serves, of course to store forever
those poems that I do find clever
and in a pinch there would be room
to save the poet from her doom.'
I must admit, the talk was strange
and a minUte dividing range
had placed itself smug in between
the two of us. Oh what a scene!
I said, to add a new dimension,
'should we not honourably mention
the many others who write well? '
He answered, 'oops, there goes my bell.'
And hopped, as only frogs can hop
down to his loghouse from the top.
I stooped to have a sticky beak
and saw a small, semi-antique
well furnished study full of books,
stuffed into crannies and in nooks.
He sat in a huge Lazyboy,
marked Property Hotel Savoy
and held a book with gentle fingers.
You, have you seen how love just lingers
on faces of the connoisseur?
That love is surely to endure.
And there was Linda's work in print.
(Well, LULU doesn't charge a mint) .
And he was drinking ice cold tea.
He never knew if you ask me.
Herbert Nehrlich
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1360.
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For Lot's Wife
Hung out to dry in ridicule
is she who imitates a fool.
Ignored by all, attracting laughter
for now and then and the hereafter.
You are a rather stupid lady
who ventured into dark and shady
back alleys hoping there to find
a man whose hormones make him blind.
As time went by you did remain
still searching for the salt's small grain.
Meanwhile the pigeons dropp their poo
while snickering on top of you.
Herbert Nehrlich
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