It Was Nothing

[munkinhead]

I have a question
that has nothing to do
with poetry.

I have an answer that
has nothing
to do with questions.

I have a loneliness that has
nothing
to do with home.

I have nothing
that has nothing to do
with poetry.

[everyadventure]

Goodness, where did you COME from? Your poetry is fantastic! The line I wish I'd written: "I have a loneliness that has / nothing / to do with home."

This poem has an echo that I'll be hearing for the rest of the day...

[_Shannon_]

Like it a lot....like ea..I love that stnaza about loneliness and home.

[Delta40]

I love this sense of shedding self-knowledge for all to see.

[deryk]

This racked my brain nicely.

[Bar22do]

Well written, good!, and -

I have a loneliness that has
nothing
to do with home.

is great. It has a touch that has nothing to do with lack of poetry. :)
Best of all, from Bar

[blank|verse]

Very nice use of anaphora - the repetition of a word or phrase at the start of (here) each stanza - which gives the piece rhetorical and rhythmic control.

The 'riddling' content works very well also. Good one.

[MorpheusSandman]

A very succinct but intellectually provocative piece. Proof of how well-controlled minimalism and rhetoric can make profound poetry out of the simplest of words and structures. Very nice.