A Useless Death

{{short description|Book by Patti Smith}}

{{Infobox book

| name = A Useless Death

| image = A Useless Death - Patti Smith.jpg

| author = Patti Smith

| cover_artist = Patti Smith

| country = United States

| language = English

| genre = Poetry

| publisher = Gotham Book Mart

| pub_date = 1972

| media_type = Chapbook

| pages = 3

}}

"A Useless Death" is a poem by Patti Smith, published as a chapbook in 1972.{{cite web |url=http://www.oceanstar.com/patti/info/books.htm |title=Patti Smith – Bibliography |accessdate=2008-03-16| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080317154106/http://www.oceanstar.com/patti/info/books.htm| archivedate= 17 March 2008 | url-status= live}}