D.W. Rodgers Poet Rhyme

On Nothing

“When you have nothing to write about, write about nothing” 
Christine Mazumdar - CBC Literary Writing Tip, 6:00 am, April 13, 2021 

I'll not venture into Sartre, that's too existential
for in these viral times, my needs are fundamental
although it's hard to stop my being self-referential.

Where does my mouse prompt go when it disappears
before I go into Device Manager to return it now to here?
and with so many dying, why have I neither fear nor tears?

For deep inside lies nought but emptiness
which almost rhymes with nothingness
and a fear that it's all meaningless.

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L Milton Hankins April 13, 2021 at 10:00 AM D.W., I think we have all struggled with "emptiness" and the "fear that it's all meaningless." And, it may be, my friend. D.W. Rodgers April 13, 2021 at 10:48 AM Thanks Milton, in large part this my quick response to this prompt while in the midst of trying to write 30 poems in 30 days for National Poetry Month. I'll be around for at least another 17.