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She Drinks Smoke

Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:32 pm
by Mike Daniels
She Drinks Smoke

She drinks smoke;
her death depends on it
and she anticipates fate
on a cloud of contempt
for opinion.

She wears a wreath
of blue-grey diaspora
and a sneer, uncaring
of her disgrace,
her alienation.

He turns away,
turns relationships
to ash.

Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:23 pm
by Catherine Edmunds
People who smoke themselves to death... cannot see what they are doing to those around them. They think it's their affair, no concern of anyone else. But 'no man is an island'. They're wrong.

Painfully accurate writing. 'snear' should be 'sneer', but that's the only glitch in a very fine poem.

Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:27 pm
by Louis P. Burns aka Lugh
Good poem Mike...

Smoker here :oops: ...

Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:01 am
by Mike Daniels
thanks guys

I have the worst of both worlds, being an ex-smoker of long standing, that is a long standing smoker with a thirty+ a day habit and that was when I rolled my own. Nowadays, I preach to the unconverted as only the recently converted can do (well, to be honest, its not 'can do' its 'do do,' and we shouldn't, except it makes us feel better about ourselves - a kind of 'look-at-me-aren't-I-good' kind of thing.)

Sadly, I used to enjoy smoking. I also enjoy life, and given the choice, as basically I was, between the two, I chose life. Blame it all on Ewan McGregor and Irving Walsh then, for reducing all existence to absurdities.

Mike

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:28 am
by Louis P. Burns aka Lugh
I have to admit. I am having more trouble than I thought I would quitting. Any tips anyone may have, would be really welcome. Thanks...

I know exactly how Dave Allen felt...

Hyperlink in this post is to Google / YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cT-BQLX6nU

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:31 am
by Mike Daniels
I did it with the help of my GP who ran a quit smoking clinic - I went to see him twice a day for a few days, then daily, then twice a week...

That was ten years or more ago, though.

Still find I fancy the odd one, but the real habit thing went within months.

Its both easier and harder than you think - but when you have done it and look back on it, you'll see how easy it really was...

Mike

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:08 pm
by Louis P. Burns aka Lugh
danimik wrote:I did it with the help of my GP who ran a quit smoking clinic - I went to see him twice a day for a few days, then daily, then twice a week...

That was ten years or more ago, though.

Still find I fancy the odd one, but the real habit thing went within months.

Its both easier and harder than you think - but when you have done it and look back on it, you'll see how easy it really was...

Mike
Hi Mike :D ...

Good to hear from you mate. Thank you for this invaluable feedback. If I were to create a quit smoking thread here on Sensitize, would you submit this poem? I plan to do a diary of my first few experiences and possibly a poem or two. Hopefully other members will join in. Could even lead to a publication if I push it up the line to funders... No rush deciding Mike. At your leisure my friend...

Cheers :) ...

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:04 pm
by Mike Daniels
I'd probably write something else to go with it - though who knows. The muse, she be an awkward bedfellow at the moment, she leave me to find my own way home...

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:00 pm
by Louis P. Burns aka Lugh
danimik wrote:I'd probably write something else to go with it - though who knows. The muse, she be an awkward bedfellow at the moment, she leave me to find my own way home...
Aye...

Anything you can contribute would be splendid Mike and very much appreciated.

Thank you :D ...

Edit 23.39 - 30th January, 2007:

Mike. Or any other active member on here. Do you have poems or can you write poems that address the disgusting amounts of tax levied on tobacco?

The points in particular that I'm looking to raise are that:

If the government were truly committed to getting the nation healthy again. They should start by distancing themselves from tax profit and all profit from the promotion of such a lethal product.

They either care or they don't. There is no middle ground on an issue as serious as the nation's health.

Statistics may be useful. I will set about doing some research on this over the next few days.


Edit: 02.09.07 4.14am - Changing wording slightly and correcting grammar.

Is Quitting Tobacco A Journey?

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 5:05 am
by upstate
Is Quitting Tobacco A Journey?

Hi Mike. An interesting thread has 'got up' as a result of this poem mate. If you click the hyperlink at the top of this post, you'll be taken directly to it...

Post # 3 has a question for you...

Thanks :) ...

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:58 am
by Mike Daniels
done as requested - sorry to take so long but I'm breaking in a new laptop, which has taken me a while to setup - that plus a visit to the doctor's last thursday when I was advised that I'd had a silent heart attack at some time in the past which threw me. I had no idea at all...

I'll get round to adding something new fairly soon.

Mike

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:16 am
by Louis P. Burns aka Lugh
danimik wrote: done as requested - sorry to take so long but I'm breaking in a new laptop, which has taken me a while to setup - that plus a visit to the doctor's last thursday when I was advised that I'd had a silent heart attack at some time in the past which threw me. I had no idea at all...
Crikey Mike :shock: ...
danimik wrote: I'll get round to adding something new fairly soon.

Mike
Take all the time you need my friend. There's no rush...

Thank you so much for opening the thread up for me. I'll get cracking over the next few days, uploading other material on this theme.

Be gentle with your good self dude.

Your fellow pen and pal :) ...

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:32 pm
by Louis P. Burns aka Lugh