Caren Krutsinger Poet Rhyme

A Gum Shoe Is What I Want To Be

In my child’s mind a gumshoe sleuth detective 
that would be me.
Nancy Drew or Ms. Marple, invented by Agatha Christie.
Trixie Belden and Honey too, 
there were so many choices you see.
I spent many an hour reading these books,
training for the detective in me.

How many job choices along the way could there 
possibly be?
Lots of common blue collar jobs before I finally
got a degree.
If I am honest, I might have to tell you a total
of around thirty-three.
There was no book-reading in those days,
except the boring texts assigned to me.

I am a Gemini oozing with flexible thinking, it is
my main and only true-blue decree.
In my thinking, a gum shoe sleuth detective
is what being a guidance counselor has
made of me.

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Rhona Mcferran December 16, 2018 at 2:44 PM I loved ALL of those books, too! (I wanted to be a detective, too.) I still have my Agatha Christie books, but lost all my old hardcover Trixie Belden and Nancy Drew ones when I moved... :( Rhona Mcferran December 17, 2018 at 4:40 PM I think they probably did, but are being hoarded by collectors! Caren Krutsinger December 16, 2018 at 8:12 PM I do not see them in used book stores either so I wonder did they survive?

M. L. Kiser December 16, 2018 at 7:47 AM I still have a collection of my Nancy Drew, hardcovers; good memories I can't seem to let go. I read my friend's Trixie Belden's and she read my Nancy Drew's; Great, intriguing stories that kept me on the edge of my seat. Thanks for the great memories. Caren Krutsinger December 16, 2018 at 10:32 AM I loved those sets so much! I am sad that I ever let them go. I wish I still had them! Agatha Christie, "and then there were none" - oh, my, I had never read anything as scary as those when I was a child. I think I discovered her books when I was twelve.