' A Smokers Pledge' Poem by Linda Winchell

' A Smokers Pledge'

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I promise to quit smoking soon
I'm down to a pack and a half.
And when I do, I pledge to me and you
I will never, I'm never ever going back!

I know that it is an addiction
and very expensive
and it really stinks!

But the feel I get
from each smoke with coffee
Is all I sometimes can feel or think.

I want to be healthy one day
not be out of breath while walking up a flight of stairs.
And not always hear you complain to me
but I know it's because you really care.

This is my smokers pledge to you
And I'm going to sign it when I'm through.
But not until I've had this cigarette
will I be sending a copy of this, 'Smoker's Pledge' off to you!

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Glenn Mark Amor 03 February 2009

God job... you nailed them!

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Gayle Anne Goff 19 June 2009

MISS LINDA ANOTHER ONE TO START THE MORNING WITH. '' A''GREAT''ONE READ IT TO MY HUSBAND HES SITTING HERE WITH HIS CUP OF COFFEE AND HIS CIGARETTE, AND AS ALWAYS I'M SITTING TYRING TO DRINK MY COFFEE BEWTEEN THE GAGING AND COUGHING. BUT ALL OF YOU KEEP ON ENJOYING THOSE KILLERS. JUST KIDDING LOVE YOUR POEMS! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! YOU MAKE PH A FUN PLACE TO BE WITH YOUR POEMS, .

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Sathyanarayana M V S 31 October 2008

Hey thanks! I've someone to share my feelings. This is a great, funnily true piece of art..As a smoker I acknowledge this feeling of addicts.

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Frank James Ryan Jr...fjr 09 November 2008

Straight from the pen of truth, of a white-stick addict...How i know...i was there...and i too was down to 1/2 a of 1 a day....and how i watched the clock, for that 10pm reward for 23 hours & 55 minutes of abstinance....Unfortunately, for me...i kept to that 1/2 drill so long...it eventually worked back into 1/2 pack per day....I have been nicotine-free for 12 years this coming January 8th.My conqueror? ...Open-Heart surgery at 38, for a congenital cardiac birthdefect (Heart Murmur) , which ironocally had nothing to do with my smoking, but because i was in the hospital for 2 weeks...i withdrew from the nicotene & never went back to smoking.You can do it, Linda...and when you do....you will feel sooooooo euphoric! Ooopppsss....Great Penning....very inventive write! F j R

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James Roberts 10 November 2008

Inengland they have stoped smoking in pubs so now I never get a chance and asa for alcohol who wants it when you can't have a ciggi.I lost count how many times I tried to stop before! A great poem recounting memories of struggles past happy coughing jim

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Atsid Nehtoitem 25 May 2013

I'd sooner die than give up smoking, I pledge to smoke until my ciggies bring me to my coffin.

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Mehta Hasmukh Amathalal 01 January 2010

want to be healthy one day not be out of breath while walking up a flight of stairs. And not always hear you complain to me but I know it's because you really care....................ya strong resolve and true love can achieve impossible and this is pledge one must wait to see it realize...lovely piece....10 read mine /survival//at bay...fine without u

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Shirley Hanley 22 December 2009

Hello Linda... I'm confused about your 'Smokers Pledge'... in your biography you say you do not smoke... is this poem speaking of someone else? In January of 2010 I will have been a non-smoker for 11 years... unfortunately I quit after the damage was done [I suffer COPD], but fortunately before it killed me. LOL My thoughts and prayers go out to all the smokers still smokin' away... that's a demon that doesn't want to let go easily and make no mistake about it... it is a killer, and if it doesn't kill you it will put a catch in your get-along!

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george george 30 November 2009

Haha! very clever piece! may you find the strength to honor your pledge so that you can remain with us to write more wonderful poems!

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Kesav Easwaran 24 October 2009

great piece Linda...and words at such an ease! i liked the sarcastic humour and truth inside this enjoyable write...thanks...10

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Linda Winchell

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Chicago Illinois
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