There is a place called “nothing”
devoid of space and time
I guarantee it’s real
Represents a frame of mind
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“Nothing” you might say is empty
Some might say it’s flat
A question merely lingers
“Nothing”- where is that?
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Could nothing be a place
A place where you are not
People point and gawk
For some – it is their lot
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Many say its fiction
Others say it’s fact
Sadly, I have lived there
Never wanting to go back
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I pulled this poem from my 2010 archives. I tried in the style of Dr. Seuss to use simple rhyme and rhythm to make astute and silly observation.
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“It was at that age
that poetry came in search of me.”
― Pablo Neruda,
Neologism
A newly coined word. Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky” is filled with them, including “slithy” and “gimble.”