This week let’s a useless poem. A lot of people out there think poetry is useless but we know better. Write about something that is useless or maybe about those times when you feel useless. Whatever you choose to write put it to good use by posting it in the comments below.
About Bartholomew Barker
Bartholomew Barker is one of the organizers of Living Poetry, a collection of poets and poetry lovers in the Triangle region of North Carolina. His first poetry collection, Wednesday Night Regular, written in and about strip clubs, was published in 2013. His second, Milkshakes and Chilidogs, a chapbook of food inspired poetry was served in 2017. He was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2021. Born and raised in Ohio, studied in Chicago, he worked in Connecticut for nearly twenty years before moving to Hillsborough where he makes money as a computer programmer to fund his poetry habit.
In honor of this morning’s snow:
No Reason to Get Too Enthusiastic
It’s useless to put all my sweaters away.
They tell me it’s spring, but it’s snowing.
I want to get out all my gardening gear,
but all of my flowers are hiding.
It’s useless to lace up my hiking boots.
The trails are icy and slippery.
Even the deer wear their ice skates.
The postman is using a snowboard.
It’s useless to think that the sun will come out
any sooner than maybe September.
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Ha! Love it! Especially the surreal touch of the deer and postman. Well done!
(BTW, I’m envious. No snow in NC for the third straight year.)
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I could try sending you some of our snow, but it might melt by the time it gets there…. thank you!
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I love your poem! Perfect observational hilarity 😄
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Thanks so much! Happy spring!
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https://1994ever.com/2021/06/30/poetry-is-useless-30th-june-2021/
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And another: https://1994ever.com/2021/07/01/4-million-poems-1st-july-2021/
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Thanks for sharing these two old posts. I challenge you to write something new. And useless, of course.
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Two old posts weren’t enough
Challenged for something new
But it’s pre-caffeine right now
I’ll have to think this through
Under
Seven
Easy
Lines
Exists
Something
Special
There! Useless!
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Excellent! That’s what I wanted. Something new and beautiful exists.
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Thank you Bartholomew!
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Excellent! I especially liked the final stanza. Well done!
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https://bartbarkerpoet.com/2024/03/25/thoughtful-gifts/
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REALITY HITS
I don’t ever want you feel sad
But wishful thinking is useless
I don’t even know if you are ok
Now I am no longer in your life
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A wonderfully tragic poem. Very useful!
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Thanks Bartholomew! Here’s mine…
https://sunrarainz.wordpress.com/2024/03/30/sometimes-flowering/
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Great work! Happy to see the cat makes an appearance. Thanks for sharing!
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Ha ha! Thanks Bartholomew! 🤩
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