General ⇒ Entries in a custom table are also going into the Table of Contents

[petersfreeman]

I'm using this code to define a list of poems:

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\documentclass[11pt,raggedbottom]{book}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\usepackage{verse}
% For the package verse
\newcommand{\attribution}[1]{%
    \nopagebreak{\raggedleft\footnotesize #1\par}}
\renewcommand{\listfigurename}{Photos}
% Define a new custom list called "mypoem"
\newlistof{mypoem}{poe}{List of Poems}
% Command to add poems to the "List of Poems"
\newcommand{\mypoem}[1]{%
    \refstepcounter{mypoem}%
    \addcontentsline{poe}{mypoem}{#1}%
    #1\par}
\begin{document}
    
    \tableofcontents
    
    % Generate the "List of Poems"
    \listofmypoem
    
    \chapter{Introduction}
    
    \lipsum[1]
    
    \mypoem{To the Lighthouse -- Virginia Woolf}
    
    \vspace{5ex}\poemtitle{To the Lighthouse}
    
    \begin{verse}[4em]
        And all the lives we ever lived\\
        And all the lives to be,\\
        Are full of trees and changing leaves\ldots{}\\!
        \attribution{Virginia Woolf}
 
 
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It does this successfully, but it also adds an entry into the "Table of Contents" which I don't want. How do I stop it from placing an entry into the "Table of Contents"?

"To the Lighthouse – Virginia Woolf" also appears above the poem which I don't want.

[petersfreeman]

I found the solution. I needed to change \poemtitle{To the Lighthouse} to a starred version: \poemtitle*{To the Lighthouse} to stop it putting entries into the table of contents.