Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Forced Myself To Pinken My Day

Today was pink yellow and orange.
Started out red and purple
Concentrating on sore throat
Oh woe is me
I am unhappy
Why me?

Remained dour for hours
Until I forced myself to pinken 
By picking up a canvas
Lost in the colors for a few hours
Forgetting my sore throat

Orange on my finger now
Coaxes a smile as I 
Remember the yellows
And oranges that distracted me
In their prettiness

Color therapy, garden therapy,
Painting therapy, 
Grandchild therapy,
I am pretty easy 
Knowing how to 
Eliminate or camouflage 
A red and purple day.

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M. L. Kiser January 2, 2019 at 5:37 PM Oh I love this one; how wonderful to "pinken" up your day. I love the idea of it. Caren Krutsinger January 3, 2019 at 12:21 AM And you can do it, M.L. and from your poetry, I do believe that you do!

Rhona Mcferran December 31, 2018 at 11:51 AM Glad you were able to find a bright happy spot in your red-and-purple day! Lovely write! ;) Caren Krutsinger December 31, 2018 at 11:39 PM I keep looking for a better throat.

Suzanne Delaney December 31, 2018 at 11:42 AM Love your colors to change the mood of your day. Sorry you aren’t feeling well. I also gargle with salt when I get a sore throat. I think it lessens the severity of the cold. Please feel better soon. SuZ Caren Krutsinger December 31, 2018 at 11:39 PM I do think it will help eventually. Thanks. Happy New Year to you Suzanne!

Jennifer Proxenos December 31, 2018 at 7:45 AM Hope this very colorful poem helped your sore throat, in fact hope sore throat has gone. Gargle with a tot of whisky at 12.00 midnight but don't forget to swallow! Love and hugs Jennifer. Caren Krutsinger December 31, 2018 at 8:02 AM Gargling with salt water today, and then a clinic it is.

Kim Rodrigues December 31, 2018 at 5:47 AM As we all should! Love this! Happy thoughts, Caren! Feel better! Caren Krutsinger December 31, 2018 at 8:03 AM Thank you Kim. I know all sickness is a reflection of ourselves somehow, but I cannot figure out why I insist on this on and off again sore throat. My tonsils were taken out 55 years, one month and four days ago. Not that I remember that Thanksgiving when I could not eat.