' A Smokers Pledge' Comments

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

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

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!

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!

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

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, .

God job... you nailed them!

you wouldnt smoke until you had a last puff...lol...i loved it! Nia

Fantastic it was so sincere then gave me a chuckle as you needed that last smoke before you signed, it was just so cute. thank you. I gave it an 8 and I will rarely give a 10. @}; -

Hope you made it! I used an old psychology trick, I told everyone I had ALREADY given up and no longer smoked. After a short while of telling everyone I didn't smoke, lo and behold, I didn't! That was Jan1st 1989. Still nicotine free.

Hello Maama.. These Lines are meant for me.. but unkept promises is always the plight of any man who cant fight seduction. These lines are salient..cheers Maama. The Sage Anthony Edmond John +2348020984990

as a smoker now i dont give any pledges..i dont realy want to quit....interesting read 10

Linda, as an ex -smoker of 20years, i can still remember those broken promises to those that needed to hear them. Today however I wish i had never started as the results of all those years I did smoke, effect me still today. A worthwhile write, I know you don't smoke yourself, because I read your biography. Bob

well written..totally can relate to that<3

Good poem. Good luck quitting.

What a unique subject. So profound. I have a mother who smokes 2 cartons or more a week. I HATE IT. I don't come from the smoker prospective but I do love the poem that it says you are willing to try not b/c of expense but because of health. But that you still add that it is expensive. If this is real in your life I truly wish you the best of luck. GREAT POEM! ! !

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

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

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.