Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

I would never use a ghost writer

I would never intentionally use a ghost writer
and yet, I often do not recognize a poem I wrote yesterday
because there is a section of me that writes poetry fast and furiously
these poems pop out onto pages in spurts and sparks
I can barely type fast enough to capture them
are they coming from me?
from somewhere inside me
I always blame my muse Trixie
for she is bossy and persnickety and has to have her own way
this surely could not be me
I strive to write ten poems a day
Some days I write as many as thirty
One day I wrote forty-nine
I would never intentionally use a ghost writer
I don’t have to

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Darlene De Beaulieu November 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM Hello Caren, i do not use the ghost writer all the time. yet she comes in handy when I need her. she is helpful when I am stuck. Hugs. /Darlene/