Nothing Doing Poems | Examples


Premium Member Nothing doing

Nothing

doing 

renders an

appearance of

doing~~

FOLLY

Folly 
A game the fools 
Play thinking they wise
Finding pleasure 
In nothing doing nothing 
Endlessly ripping another.

Instant gratification 
Their goals
Can do anything 
To you for the top
Instead for you
To the top.

Creepy acts
Them actions 
Selfishness them route 
Without discernment 
Riding on another 
Instead with 
Be aware of them folly.

Premium Member I'm at a 4-year-old birthday party asking other parents if they're into the Velvet Underground

not going well 
this

i've got a tattoo of a butterfly on my right cheek
it will remain there til monday morning 
there's a bouncy castle and a bubble machine
i'm smacking the hell out of the piñata on my daughter's behalf
but nothing doing
talking about industry and carbon emissions with the only other dad 
test cricket and the weather

watermelon, pizza, and happy birthday 
rainbows, unicorns and pass the parcel
balloons, bracelets and paw patrol plastic plates
but has anyone 
heard the version of 
Heroin on the 
Rock 'n' Roll Animal album?


Premium Member Brain Farts

Here I sit, the screen is blank
Nothing is coming to mind
I search and search my tiny brain
For a theme of any kind

Nothing doing, my brain is numb
It's happened to me before
When it happens panic takes over
I pace up and down the floor

Wait a minute something's coming
A brain fart is on it's way
I know the feeling all too well
Cataclysmic, I'd have to say

I frantically type as verses flow
Don't stop me I'm in the zone
It's a weird creative frenzy I'm in
My brain is functioning on my own

As words begin to fill the screen
Can't believe what my eyes do see
A poem appears just like bloody magic
And it's signed by little old me

Now tell me how this happens I beg
This brain fart phenomenon
Wish I could really get control of it
It's appears and then it's gone!

Premium Member Nothing Doing

I thought about doing something yesterday
But it got away from me, the thought
So I did nothing….but think
About the thought
of doing something
While doing…..

John G. Lawless
©12/5/2022

Premium Member Brain Freeze

Here I sit, the screen is blank 
Nothing is coming to mind
I search and search my tiny brain
For a theme of any kind

Nothing doing, my brain is numb
It's happened to me before
When it does I panic and sweat
I pace up and down the floor

Wait a minute something's coming
My brain freeze disappears where it lay
I know the feeling all too well
It's cataclysmic, I'd have to say

I frantically type as verses flow
Don't stop me now I'm in the zone
It's a weird creative frenzy I'm in
My brain is not my own

As words begin to fill the screen
Can't believe just what I see
A poem appears just like magic
And it's signed by little old me

Now tell me how this happens
This brain freeze phenomenon
I wish I could get control of it
It appears and then it's gone!


Premium Member War and Peace

equality of doing..

perhaps radical

but resonance seems

as beauty and freedom..

no separation

as appearances are

nothing

nothing doing..thus

doing appears as

everywhere equal

and not equal..

war and peace

seem to be

expressing this...

Premium Member Drowning In Debt

He goes through each day 
obsessing over how to 
increase his earnings. 
Times are hard. 
He's drowning in debt; 
his bills gradually piling up.
Creditors bug him so much, 
he feels like screaming;
soon landlord will come knocking.
He consolidated his loans;
it hasn't made much of a difference
He asked his boss for overtime,
nothing doing.
He applied for a second job,
no dice. He's still waiting for a call back.
He wants to start a home business,
but doesn't enough start up cash.
Desperation is gradually setting in.
He's put unneeded clothes 
on consignment,
he's holding garage sale,
rationing food,
clipping coupons,
exercising for free,
shopping in thrift stores,
bicycling to work 
and he's cut cable television 
down to basic. Anything... 
to decrease his spending.


Date written: 03/09/2021

Moi Royale

Moi Royale

If I call you thousand times daily doesn't mean I have enough airtime to waste, its just that I love hearing your sweet voice,

If I visit you countless times doesn't mean I have nothing doing at home , its just that I love looking into your pretty little eyes,

Any time I argue with you doesn't mean I have difficulty in understanding, its just that you look more beautiful when angry,

Those times I stole kisses from you doesn't mean I was shy to ask, its just that kisses stolen from you tastes better,

You are worth thinking of,you are worth loving. That's why you always run through my mind,the thought of you brings joy to my heart,

A minute spent with you is like decades. Too much of everything is bad but too much of your love is the best thing that ever happened to me,

I might not be the most handsome guy on earth but believe me I am the one for you till death do us part,

I don't have much, but since you are my Princess am ever ready to sign in your name all my wills and assets.


Poet: Isaac Asante
Tittle: Moi Royale (My Royal)
Date: 7/2/19
https://www.poetrysoup.com/me/isaacasantepoems 
@Fb: Trapking Tales

Premium Member Sound the Alarm

Determined, armed
      with Evidence!

Global Warming Warriors
   Man the barricades
   Sound the alarm
   Storm the fortresses

LOWER CO2 EMISSIONS!!
ELIMINATE FOSSIL FUELS

(But not in China or India
  --Nothing doing there)  

The Heavens look down--
Don Quixote & Sancho Panza
   jousting at windmills-- 
           and grin

Forest fires rage ... Tornadoes
Hurricanes ... Tsunamis ...
        Glacier-melt  

We grimace ... Heaven grins
     ...Who loses?
      ...Who wins?

Premium Member Brain Farts

Here I sit, the screen is blank
Nothing is coming to mind
I search and search my tiny brain
For a theme of any kind

Nothing doing, my brain is numb
It's happened to me before
When it happens panic takes over
I pace up and down the floor

Wait a minute something's coming
A brain fart is on it's way
I know the feeling all too well
Cataclysmic, I'd have to say

I frantically type as verses flow
Don't stop me I'm in the zone
It's a weird creative frenzy I'm in
My brain is functioning on my own

As words begin to fill the screen
Can't believe what my eyes do see
A poem appears just like bloody magic
And it's signed by little old me

Now tell me how this happens I beg
This brain fart phenomenon
Wish I could really get control of it
It's appears and then it's gone!


© Jack Ellison 2015

Premium Member Brain Farts

Here I sit, the screen is blank
Nothing is coming to mind
I search and search my tiny brain
For a theme of any kind

Nothing doing, my brain is numb
It's happened to me before
When it happens panic takes over
I pace up and down the floor

Wait a minute something's coming
A brain fart is on it's way
I know the feeling all too well
Cataclysmic, I'd have to say

I frantically type as verses flow
Don't stop me I'm in the zone
It's a weird creative frenzy I'm in
My brain is functioning all on my own

As words begin to fill the screen
Can't believe what my eyes do see
A poem appears just like bloody magic
And it's signed by little old me

Now tell me how this happens I beg
This brain fart phenomenon
Wish I could really get control of it
It's appears and then it's gone!

© Jack Ellison 2014

Premium Member Brain Farts

Here I sit, the screen is blank
Nothing is coming to mind
I search and search my tiny brain
For a theme of any kind

Nothing doing, my brain is numb
It's happened to me before
When it does I panic and sweat
I pace up and down the floor

Wait a minute something's coming
A brain fart is on it's way
I know the feeling all too well
It's cataclysmic, I'd have to say

I frantically type as verses flow
Don't stop me I'm in the zone
It's a weird creative frenzy I'm in
My brain is not my own

As words begin to fill the screen
Can't believe just what I see
A poem appears just like magic
And it's signed by little old me

Now tell me how this happens
This brain fart phenomenon
I wish I could get control of it
It's appears and then it's gone!

©Jack Ellison 2012

Silent Cries (Part 3)

Looking for one reason to live this life
A life I dreadfully despise
Searching….searching, but no results found
So I think I should just throw in the towel
So I get down on my knees
Ready to end it all 
Sobbing loudly
Breathing deeply
At a distance
So no one sees me
Hands on the weapon 
Ready to let go
Ready…aim….fire
But something says no
Nothing doing
I try again but it’s not moving
I wonder why 
I can’t even do this right
Then I hear a voice in the back of my mind
A voice I remember 
A voice so dear to me
A voice so familiar
A voice that’s always apart of me

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