Another Pipe Poem

This was written in the 18th or 19th Century, or is written in that manner. I've written a few contemporary poems

about pipe smoking, and would like to do a collection, if I ever clear a series of other projects I'm on, but I

suspect it would be impossible to publish such a thing. It would be limited to the minority of pipe smokers

who actually read poetry, which is a minute demographic of a small demographic. People don't have much

patience with poetry. It's been supplanted by music and song lyrics, and film, video and prose. Even as late

as the 1960's, poetry was an important channel for cultural understanding and progress. Now it tends toward

the academic and obscure. Funny, T.S. Eliot used to be taught as if he was incomprehensible, and now his

stream of consciousness montage approach is used in every TV ad you see. But no one knows they are watching

a bunch of ad copywriter T.S. Eliot imitators. People don't know their vision has been transformed by a ... poet!

Nice poem Anthony, I enjoyed it...thanks for posting.