The Poetry of Pipe Smoking

[Phoenix98]

A Man and his Pipe

On the porch a man and his pipe,

Striking his match and lighting his Briar not once, not, twice, but thrice,

A charring light, a false light, a true light then poof....

He disappears in rhythmic puffs of fire, smoke and ash,

Nature at his feet and the bustling world in the back of his mind,

The modern people will spit and curse at him but the men of old will understand,

A wise man once said

A pipe is the fountain of contemplation, the source of pleasure,
the companion of the wise;
and the man who smokes, thinks like a philosopher, and acts like a Samaritan,

The ignorant will laugh, but the men of leaf and briar will understand,

For this is what entails a man and his pipe

O Brier

O Brier take me to the world betwixt Heaven and Earth,

Let thy bowl run deep with the embers golden glow,

Let thy tobacco blacken and grey, let my Golden Ash

Release thy wild smokey plumes up into the Autumn breeze,

from thy blackened Brier bowl

Let thy dark earthy spices and crackling pepper awaken my mind

Let thy subtle sweetness put me in serenity,

and let thy heavenly smoke calm my soul

O Brier let thy fiery core never extinguish, let thy smokey veil never vanish,

and let thy bowl never be void

Don't fight it you know it's true.

[NearlyNapping]

"A pipe is the fountain of contemplation"

I think any kind of smoking is like that. When I smoked cigarettes I solved many problems while smoking. I did that a lot in engineering. When I ran into a tough problem I'd walk outside, light up, and contemplate the problem. It was very common for the solution to come to me in minutes, after being at a deadlock for an hour. I had some of my best and most creatives ideas while smoking.

I am NOT advocating cigarette smoking. Just sayin'

[Phoenix98]

The pipe is different though from any other type of smoking, there is a reason it was and still is favored by philosophers, scientists, authors and gentlemen.

Though to be fair to your point cigarettes are pipe tobacco, burely tobacco to be specific, it's just the man made chemicals, additive and poisons that they put into it to that make it bad.

[NearlyNapping]

Yea, there are a ton of things in cig tobacco. But with pipes you are still breathing smoke. When I smoked cigs I always smoked outside. Even though I smoked I didn't want to breath second hand smoke. I could tell a huge difference between smoking inside and smoking outside.

By the way, my dad used to smoke a pipe. As a kid tobacco was a common present I'd get him for Christmas. I always liked the smell of it. My mom hated it though and he eventually quit.

[Phoenix98]

actually we pipe smokers don't inhale.

[NearlyNapping]

Yea but the smoke still goes in the air and you breath it. I remember it getting pretty smoky sometimes when my dad smoked. But that was ages ago and I don't remember it very well. So I might be remembering wrong.

When I smoked cigs, I thought the second hand smoke actually affected my lungs worse than the initial smoke. That's why there was such a big difference between smoking inside and outside. I also got a lot of yard work done when I went outside. So I got more exercise that way.

The reason my mom hated it was because she thought it stunk up the house and clothes. I liked the smell myself, but she hated it.

You're active and probably haven't smoked long. When I did construction I didn't notice the smoking at all. I was in fantastic shape. But when I quit construction and became inactive it was immediately noticeable in my lungs.

[Phoenix98]

Most people smoke outside so the pipe smoke generally blows away, and the pipe itself doesn't really create huge swathes of smoke.

yeah that's because cigarettes contain man made poisons, chemicals and addictive drug like chemicals, the paper itself will poison you. Pipe tobacco has none of that stuff.

Your father must not have smoked very good pipe tobacco then, because most of it smells great.

Yeah I'm active but I'm not new to smoking, I've been smoking for about 5 years, about 3-5 times a week.

Again that's because you smoke cigarettes.

I'll give you the same reply I gave another user on here.

[Phoenix98]

Actually it's almost impossible to get lung cancer for us, because we don't inhale and even if we did, pipe tobacco contains very little nicotine and no additives, chemicals or man made poisons of any kind. So the chances of it are slim.

On top of that medical science has found that pipe tobacco actually prevents certain kinds of cancer and that the pipe tobacco and pipe smoke helps alleviate illnesses such as Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease and Tourette’s Syndrome. And some research suggests that schizophrenia and some addictions can be helped by smoking.

To further add onto that it also helps to dull the pain a little bit for things like arthritis, and it forces you to slow to down and relax, it melts stress away like that *snaps finger*

And the surgeon general did a study and found that pipe smokers have a mortality rate slightly lower then that of none smokers and that pipe smokers are the only group of people that they found that live longer then non smokers.

[tatidrac]

I absolutely love this.

[Phoenix98]

Thanks ^^.

[john335]

I smoke cigars but I remember reading about as long as you don't inhale you should be fine. Just do one bowl a day and remember to brush your teeth and pick a tobacco with a nice sent so people are drawn in and not away.

[John_Doesnt]

I think Poe would approve of this.

[BronzedAdonis]

Can't wait for the symphony of lung cancer

[Phoenix98]

Actually it's almost impossible to get lung cancer for us, because we don't inhale and even if we did, pipe tobacco contains very little nicotine and no additives, chemicals or man made poisons of any kind. So the chances of it are slim.

On top of that medical science has found that pipe tobacco actually prevents certain kinds of cancer and that the pipe tobacco and pipe smoke helps alleviate illnesses such as Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease and Tourette’s Syndrome. And some research suggests that schizophrenia and some addictions can be helped by smoking.

To further add onto that it also helps to dull the pain a little bit for things like arthritis, and it forces you to slow to down and relax, it melts stress away like that *snaps finger*

And the surgeon general did a study and found that pipe smokers have a mortality rate slightly lower then that of none smokers and that pipe smokers are the only group of people that they found that live longer then non smokers.

[BronzedAdonis]

I'm in, next time you have a smoking sesh, let me know.

[Phoenix98]

will do.

[Titanic1912]

Love the poem!

[Phoenix98]

Glad to hear it ^^