Caren Krutsinger Poet Blank verse

The Feelings Are There and the Soul Knows

The truth is there but hidden from the concretes.
The metaphors resounding in the path of elephants
Drowned out by thinkers who do not connect the swirls
With the dendrites they could have grown had they chosen too.

The wit is there for the abstracts to glean and relish
For the writers and thinkers to enjoy lavishly as they read.
The humor is popping off the page for those who see.
The dreamers, the lovers, the seers, they laugh with relish.

The imagery is there in thousand dollar words,
In words we know not every day, and use only in poems.
The feelings are there, and are often felt by even the concretes.
The soul knows what the closed minds cannot.

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Craig Cornish February 1, 2019 at 2:46 PM I gotta get out more! Love how your mind works---if a picture is worth a thousand words--a well written poem (words) are worth ten thousand thoughts. I must blog about this--you've inspired me. Caren Krutsinger February 1, 2019 at 8:42 PM I am so glad because I am an elementary school counselor, and my entire day is about inspiring people to live their truth, and be the most joyful they have ever been.

Gershon Wolf January 31, 2019 at 10:30 PM This is amazing. I could read it again and again and again, and I will too! A FAVE for me. I believe that you have entered a new 'zone' of poesy, Caren. Here's what I think: Until recently, you wrote often of being uninhibited, but your poetry wasn't. At some point then, you cast all writing inhibitions completely to the wind, 'let it all hang out,' and the result is simply astonishingly good stuff. And I'll bet many of the poems, though not all, write themselves, so to speak. :) gw Caren Krutsinger February 1, 2019 at 5:54 AM They come jumping out in three directions at the same time. If I tried to hold them in, down, or under a thumb they would bat me about the head with their machetes and machine guns. Yes, I do believe you have "nailed" what I am going through now. I have unleashed the tiger, and she is more fierce and mighty than I could ever be.

Mahtab Bangalee January 31, 2019 at 10:22 PM feelings is hidden speech, no one can hear it, just imagine, but the unshaped SOUL can see, touch and hear it.../// lovely poem Caren Krutsinger February 1, 2019 at 5:55 AM My soul understands poetry that is way too deep for my mind. I will start reading a poem and my heart will leap in the air, knowing how great it is even though my mind has not yet caught up and sometimes does not catch up at all.