Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

I Know how to Please Me

My daily goal is ten poems a day; I have met this for six years now.
Friends whine about this, that and the other; not me. I am busy.
I play my word games for four hours a day, and I cartoon.
My art studio is full of half-painted cartoons, which I do in fluorescent.

I have painted sixteen hundred paintings in nine years.
Your children ignore you? Do something FUN; this is your chance.
Some people cannot get away from their children. Do what YOU love.
It is up to you to make yourself happy, no one else can anyway.

I keep my phone off unless I want to call out. I can call people back.
My time is MY time. I worked until I was seventy-two-years-young.
Every day is for ME now, not for reporting to a place or pleasing others.
Luckily, I know me best of all, which means I am pleased every single day

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Darlene De Beaulieu September 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM Hello Caren, You write 10 poe3ms a day! Wow! I am lucky to get one done or two. I do not have a stack of poems from the past. I have to wait for ideas to come in order to create a poem. I read poetry. to get ideas. Hugs. /Darlene/