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Pipes and Poems
It seems that some of history's greatest writers were also, coincidentally or not, pipe smokers as well. This got me to thinking. (I know, stick to what Im good at.) Why dont we have our own poetry here on the forum? I'd like to hear what some of you have hidden away in your brains. Or, maybe you could post your favorite poem about pipes. Just a thought...... 
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Re: Pipes and Poems
I'm no poet,
'n' y'all know it.
Smoke my pipe a lot,
'n' keep my big mouth shot!
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May/7/09, 8:12 pm
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Ted's a poet
and he didn't know it
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May/8/09, 3:54 pm
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Dag-nab-it Jim...yor worser then me!
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May/8/09, 4:35 pm
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There once was a girl from Nantucket... 
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Not my work (REALLY TED? Would never have guessed!!) but one I like:
Whene're I take my pipe and stuff it
And smoke to pass the time away,
My thoughts as I sit there and puff it,
Dwell on a picture sad and grey:
It teaches me that very like
Am I myself unto my pipe.
Like me, this pipe so fragrant burning
Is made of naught but earth and clay;
To earth I too shall be returning.
It falls and, ere I'd think to say,
It breaks in two before my eyes;
In store for me a like fate lies.
No stain the pipe's hue yet doth darken;
It remains white. Thus do I know
That when to death's call I must harken
My body too, all pale will grow
To black beneath the sod 'twill turn.
Or when the pipe is fairly glowing,
Behold then, instantaniously,
The smoke off into thin air going,
Till naught but ash is left to see.
Man's frame likewise away will burn
And unto dust his body turn.
How oft it happens when one's smoking:
The stopper's missing from the shelf,
And one goes with one's finger poking
Into the bowl and burns oneself.
If in the pipe such pain doth dwell,
How hot must be the pains of Hell.
Thus o'er my pipe, in contemplation
Of such things, I can constantly
Indulge in fruitful meditation
And so, puffing contentedly,
On land, on sea, at home, abroad,
I smoke my pipe and worship God.
- Johann Sebastian Bach
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That is an incredible work. I really like the way he draws the similarity to the pipe and the body of man. Very thought provoking.
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Wish I could wax so lyrical having just burned my finger in the pipe bowl!
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Two words for you Jim,
tam...........per. 
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