Caren Krutsinger Poet Prose Poetry

Working Around Others Schedules

I work on the schedule until my hands are blue with ink.
Consulting with sixteen teachers so I can give a lesson to each.
Will this time work? Could we squeeze your lesson in after lunch?
Can we do a little lesson before you go to music? 
By two forty-five on Monday I had a little schedule for the week.
Three emails and two phone calls later, I changed six of the class times.
All changed after teachers had agreed to these times. 
I picked up the pen and began making adjustments.
A surprise all school assembly was announced the second I finished.
The pen snickered at me, but I had ceased to be amused.

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Andrea Dietrich January 10, 2020 at 8:13 PM oh I love how you did this and how the pen snickered at you. some days are just LIKE THAT. Caren Krutsinger January 11, 2020 at 1:35 AM It is not a weekly event, but many times it has happened.

Mahtab Bangalee January 9, 2020 at 11:26 PM The pen snickered at me, but I had ceased to be amused// tiresomeness grasp you!! Caren Krutsinger January 11, 2020 at 1:36 AM Yes, I do say it is happening more and more or I am getting irritated more quickly.

Ts Poetry January 9, 2020 at 8:43 PM A job that goes unnoticed...brava Caren Caren Krutsinger January 11, 2020 at 1:36 AM It used to be a revered position. Not so much any more I fear.

Dawne Zacharias January 9, 2020 at 8:27 PM Caren thank you for working with our teachers who are so close to our children, you are a gift to them sometimes unrecognized. Bravo!!!!!!! Caren Krutsinger January 11, 2020 at 1:36 AM I like working with them, it is a joy.