Ahemm!

A poem about nothing for "The Most Challenging Poetry Contest Ever"

"Ahemm, Ahemm," you say to me,
then "No, that isn't it.
That's not to say...
I didn't mean...
Don't worry, not a whit!"

 

Then looking down, you say to me,
"Oh, that's not nice to say..."
And then to me
you give a wink.
What do you mean, I pray?!

 

But if you say some awful things,
Oh, I don't know just what.
They mean to me
about the same
as to a cashew nut!

 

"Ahemm, Ahemm," I hear you say,
and I just turn to leave.
"Oh give it up,"
I do reply,
"Your words I can't conceive!"

 

And if I wake tomorrow's morn,
and think of you quite hard,
I know I'll know,
oh, not one thing,
my mind a clean blank card.

 

And so in my conclusion, here,
I will say once again,
"You don't make sense,
I'm giving up,
your words mean naught, ahemm!"

 

 

 

 

©2008, Richard Puetter

Author's Note

A poem about "nothing" for a contest.

Reviews

[Wolfwind Words]

A full circle of "nothing" came through with funny whit and smooth flow.
A truly enjoyable piece to read, when the topic is quiet simply "Nothing."

I guess out of nothing we find laughter and a grin. So perhaps nothing is something after all!

Wonderful piece
A joy to read

Aaron Maycroft

[Zahra]

ahemm, ahemm, *wink* , *wink* ... lol ... An enjoyable read. Sometimes people try to overly meaningful without actually having a meaning.

[MomzillaNC]

A very pointed commentary! How can so many people say so much all the time and never really say anything at all? The world is full of politicians and reality-star wannabes! :D

[L]

Like a conversation out of wonderland, Nicely done :)

[Dean Kuch®]

I don't understand about 90% of the poetry that I read, 'ahemm!" :D
I found this quite hilarious and witty. Nicely done!

[Samuel Dickens]

You know, I'll bet if you failed to mention that the poem was nonsense, there'd be many here who'd find deep, profound meaning in it. Hey, it rhymes!

[Jasmine]

hahahaha well, it was nothingly good :)

[heich]

i smiled..you sure is good..

[alesuriko]

Brilliance! I adore this poem. The flow and the rhythm are so perfect and the tone! Oh the tone! How I loved the sardonic, ironic tone with this poem. Turning the argument back on a person with a condescending, sarcastic voice. The poem was so rhythmical and it flowed so perfectly especially with the tone. I love this poem, great job.

[Platus]

It's quite the thing. What kind of thing? I've no idea. But it is a very good thing indeed.

[Ellen Hammond]

It must have been hard to write a poem about nothing. Yet it is about something for I have had conversations much like this. LOL I really enjoyed reading it and smiled through it with a knowing "Ahemm".