Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

In Touch With Myself

UFOs, Telepathy, Automatic Writing, 
Astral Travel, Near Death Experiences,
These were the things I read when
I was a child.

When I was a teenager, I learned
That biographies and autobiographies
Are fascinating.  Then I got into mysteries.
They are the chocolate caramel to my 
Reader’s palate.

As a young mother, I gave up reading
Completely, because I was too busy
Watching Sesame Street and Electric
Company, because my children did
Not want to watch it “by myself”.

I do not think I read a book for
Fifteen years; maybe one, but
That’s a maybe.  Now my children
Are grown, and I am pleased
To say I can read anything I
Want.

I have a Kindle; you can store
Books on it. I have about two
Hundred books stored. I
Looked at them recently.
UFO’s, telepathy, and astral
Travel are right up there 
In the mix.  So are Near Death
Experiences.

It’s funny that my reading
Tastes have not changed all
That much in the past 
Fifty years.

I think we are who we are,
And when we find that out,
We know what we want to
Know, and do what we want
To do. Anyway, I’m certainly
Guilty of that.

I laugh as I reach for a
Biography, feeling more
In touch with my thirteen year old
Self than I have for a long time.

♡Like0

Share Poem

---

Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem. Negative comments will result your account being banned.

Please Login to post a comment

Andrea Dietrich May 26, 2018 at 2:59 AM i really like this. YOu are the iowan, right? I believe we are honest salt of the earth type people from the midwest. I like the topics you enjoyed reading as well, but also throw in Stephen King and stuff like that. Caren Krutsinger May 26, 2018 at 7:10 AM Yes I am from Chariton, Iowa, a town that has about 2700 people. We always say home of Hy-Vee, but it was actually Centerville, Iowa. We claimed Hy-Vee because we had the warehouse and the Vredenburg family which was the Vee part of the Hyde-Vredenburg thus Hy-Vee corporation.