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Poem 11 - Week August 16, 2021
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Promptly Poetry Challenge (2024-2025)  (E)
52 weeks + 52 prompts = 52 poems
#2222203 by Lilli Munster 🧿 ☕ 🎃


POEM 11 – week August 16, 2021
Compose a poem using all three of these words:
smoke, mirrors, deception

Line Count: 12 lines, minimum
Required Form: Poet's choice


This week I quit smoking
For all the wrong reasons
(I did not do it for myself)
When mirrors were in front of me
Noticing the deception
I took another puff
Of smoke
And failed me

This time looking deep inside
Remaining tranquil and in peace
Learning my lesson
I stopped again
And I will continue
Doing so
Till it sticks –
my demon done with



LC:16
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