Best Useless Poems

Am I really that useless?
That may not be the case
I am just another person
Within the human race

Everyone has problems
This i know is fact
Its how i deal with them they say
In other words, how do I react

Some people’s brains work differently
This I know to be true
The...

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paper airplanes – like
origami frogs I’ve made -
     useless in design 
the frogs would hop mere inches
the planes soared for mere seconds

Aug. 26, 2022
for the Paper Airplanes Poetry Contest of John Lawless...

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Hello friend,
i see you there,
crying silently,
in despair,
crystal rivers,
liquid sorrow,
fears still linger,
til tomorrow,
when the past,
will slip away,
we will die,
by light of day,
the moon will call,
my spirit to wake,
the heart of beast,
is mine to break,
with gentle fingers,
cooling air,
heartless fire,
does not care,
what is love,
it all will burn,
because we,
will...

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Even if I could mend it,
I would still be useless.
Even if I could stitch myself up,
the seams will fall apart again.
The mould couldn’t hold itself together
as it melted in the sun.
I’m still unworthy of your image.

Your expectations failed to notice
that anything built on poisoned soil
would...

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Like a bagel with no hole
Like a flag without a pole
Like a singer with no soul
Like a furnace with no coal

Like a gangster with no moll
Like a quest without a goal
Like a bell that cannot toll
Like a super with no bowl

Like a yacht without a...

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Here's a bit of trivia from World War Two I'll bet you didn't know,

Concerning the war-time Prime Minister of Japan, Hideki Tojo of Tokyo.

After the war hapless Hideki was jailed in Tokyo's Sugamo Prison,

Where he was given a new set of dentures 'cause he was...

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Eye witness they, O my mother, rag less I am.
You are the price maker but guilty I am;
So much needs, chastity at deal
Shameless crying, robbed body mine
Painless, humorless, oh soulless men!
You all made me nude there
Keep squashing a fun, changing bodies a turn
Fatigue breathes, futile...

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Useless Money 

I often get petitioning letters so many people trying 
to find a place to live and only receive a bitter refusal 
and see their children die of thirst and hunger. 
I wish to help them, but no money in the world is 
enough...

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Try looking in the mirror
you use me every day,
I had never once thought
my life would turn out this way.

I've been there for you
there were days you couldn't walk,
we didn't know what was going on
I've helped you put on your socks.

I was there when you needed...

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What shall I resolve to do this New Year?
Why should I even bother or care?
Should I fly to the moon
Eat salad with a spoon
Either one is quite useless, I fear
~*~...

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The days go slow as the minutes embrace my loneliness. I am nothing but a mother yearning for redemption from the loss of her own precious baby girl. Believe me when I say,  WORDS ARE USELESS  and as I sit and write nothing...

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TAUTOLOGY is useless repetition.
To explain what they are, here's a few.
“Free” gift, “follow” after, “past” history, are some, 
“join” together, “new” creation,  another two!

These samples and more are quite common.
Even though they’re grammatically wrong!
The first word says the same as the second,
therefore, it doesn’t...

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“Useless Source”

I know some men called, big shots,
Who are filled with much bull snot.
Be careful of it’s use,
For of it there is no spruce.
A men of substance, but no real plot!

“Political Fleas”

Most all of strife’s parasitic forces,
Most always found driving their Porsches.
Poor seen of lesser...

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Written on schoolwork
‘Boadicea didn't fight Martians’
Teacher was cruel

I was only about 8 years old and the teacher had actually written that phrase on my history schoolwork and I was mortified. I look back now and think how cruel it was as I had tried my...

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Each of us have two wolves living inside us
One wants to eat burritos
and watch horror movies.

The other wants to walk about 
in its underpants all day 
snacking on cheetos between long naps. 

The wolf that thrives is the one 
who lives on with diabetes while...

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