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Pointless Poems

Why do women shave their legs,
It seems unnecessary.
The question lingers, pleads and begs,
What’s wrong with being hairy?

“Water, water, everywhere
“And all the boards did shrink.”
Why did they shrink? Ask if I care?
I don’t! “What do you think?”

“Why did the chicken cross the road?”
“Did chick or egg come first?”
“The violinist bowed? Or bowed?”
Which question is the worst?

Why does a moth, drawn to a flame,
Burn off its wings and die?
Should God or Nature take the blame?
Is there some reason why?

I mowed the lawn, as to and fro,
Six hundred steps I toiled.
Why mow at all? Just let it grow!
Like golf, a good walk spoiled.

These questions are absurd, of course,
Profound as flat club soda.
The Dark Side of poetic Force,
“Your time why waste?” asks Yoda.

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James A. Tweedie is a retired pastor living in Long Beach, Washington. He has written and published six novels, one collection of short stories, and four collections of poetry including Sidekicks, Mostly Sonnets, and Laughing Matters, all with Dunecrest Press. His poems have been published nationally and internationally in both print and online media. He was honored with being chosen as the winner of the 2021 SCP International Poetry Competition.

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12 Responses

  1. Roy Eugene Peterson

    Lessons may be learned from the dark side of the moon. We should try to see them, but we give up too soon. I enjoyed your humor intrinsic to your poem.

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  2. Margaret Coats

    And James, do you really have and use one of those pestiferous pedometers? Take another swing at golf!

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    • James A. Tweedie

      My iPhone does the counting. As for golf, with arthritis and six aging, artificial joints in my fingers, I can no longer hold a club. Alas!

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  3. Adam Sedia

    A nice collection of idle thoughts, with a comic ending to put a nice cap on it, but I do find something poetically tragic about the moth.

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  5. jd

    Enjoyed, James, with my favorite line being,
    “Profound as flat club soda”.

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  6. Scharlie Meeuws

    In spite of many pointless things in poetry. You made your point, James! We learn to reflect about absurdity and amuse ourselves with it. And it makes us smiley and happy…..a good point?
    By the way, leg shaving for women was once unheard of in Germany….until the American “way of life” took over…..

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  7. James Sale

    Very, very good James, especially that last line where the absurd speech pattern of Yoda is just brilliantly taken off! Love it.

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