A To-Do List

I can’t resist a To-Do list.
In fact, I’m an enthusiast
For pads and pencils must exist
So chores are taken care of.

Such itemizing does assist
Me in my day or I’d have missed
Important tasks which might consist
Of deadlines to beware of.

Though some objections may persist,
To me, they’re easily dismissed.
Without my list, my mind would twist
In ways I would despair of.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2022



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Date: 4/29/2022 5:57:00 AM
I love the dancy prancy catchiness of your end rhymes!
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Date: 4/28/2022 11:32:00 AM
I am a believer in "Use it or lose it", so I still rely upon my brain to remind me, but as I age, I do chide myself for not remembering! Aloha!
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Date: 4/27/2022 9:02:00 PM
It certainly takes out the stress of doing anything especially going on holiday, what to take, what to do before you go. I'd be lost without a list. Tom
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Date: 4/27/2022 7:28:00 PM
Nice little tail-rhyme, lists are very good, a sense of accomplishment crossing things off, although I don’t make them as much as I once did
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Date: 4/27/2022 3:37:00 PM
I'm a list maker also, Ilene. However, I don't always follow them. I like the different way you wrote this poem. Blessings, Kim M
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Date: 4/27/2022 2:13:00 PM
(chuckling) This is one terrific poem, Ilene. I used to do To Do Lists, but then when I retired and ill health struck, I didn't have anything To Do but take care of myself. This is a FAVE for me.
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