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 an organizer of Living Poetry, a collection of poets in the Triangle region of North Carolina where he has hosted a monthly feedback workshop for more than decade. 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 lives and writes poetry.
Living Poetry 
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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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | March 25, 2024, 7:24 AMHa! 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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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 25, 2024, 6:39 PMI could try sending you some of our snow, but it might melt by the time it gets there…. thank you!
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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | March 25, 2024, 6:57 PMI love your poem! Perfect observational hilarity 😄
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Posted by Sunra Rainz | March 30, 2024, 8:25 PMThanks so much! Happy spring!
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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | March 30, 2024, 8:30 PMhttps://1994ever.com/2021/06/30/poetry-is-useless-30th-june-2021/
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Posted by tenzenmen | March 25, 2024, 9:04 AMAnd another: https://1994ever.com/2021/07/01/4-million-poems-1st-july-2021/
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Posted by tenzenmen | March 25, 2024, 9:18 AMThanks for sharing these two old posts. I challenge you to write something new. And useless, of course.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 25, 2024, 6:42 PMTwo 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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Posted by tenzenmen | March 25, 2024, 9:01 PMExcellent! That’s what I wanted. Something new and beautiful exists.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 25, 2024, 9:21 PMThank you Bartholomew!
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Posted by Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris | March 25, 2024, 10:01 AMExcellent! I especially liked the final stanza. Well done!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 25, 2024, 6:46 PM🥹
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Posted by Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris | March 25, 2024, 7:13 PMhttps://bartbarkerpoet.com/2024/03/25/thoughtful-gifts/
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 25, 2024, 9:41 PMREALITY 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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Posted by Cassa Bassa | March 26, 2024, 8:43 AMA wonderfully tragic poem. Very useful!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 26, 2024, 7:11 PMThanks Bartholomew! Here’s mine…
https://sunrarainz.wordpress.com/2024/03/30/sometimes-flowering/
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Posted by Sunra Rainz | March 30, 2024, 9:14 AMGreat work! Happy to see the cat makes an appearance. Thanks for sharing!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 30, 2024, 11:56 AMHa ha! Thanks Bartholomew! 🤩
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Posted by Sunra Rainz | March 30, 2024, 12:04 PM