Best Opened Poems

(For Competition 'And then I opened THAT door', sponsor- John Lawless)


My relationship had broken down, when love ran out of gas
so down life's dark and lonely road I dragged my sorry ass.
Could have done with company on such a painful walk
my passenger I'd left behind,...

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“Opened” 

What happens inside the heart,
when the gate opens
inside the mind?

a new world summons;

it’s never too late 
to turn back, 
but – Love,

the dilemma,

which way 
now -
takes you 

Home?

(LadyLabyrinth / 2024)
A New Year, A New Life

New Years Day 
2024









"It takes all the running you can...

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Then I Opened That Door…

To The Question: “How was your Day?” came this response…

The other day I arrived at work and found my chair was gone.  Oh the Horrors!
No way to rest at my desk.  I looked and scurried all about for it.
Someone...

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You have no idea
How you opened my cover
You read me, understand me
You completely feel me
No one can have enough love
In all it's layers and forms
You inspire me everyday
Knowing how you know me
That all of me is yours to keep
I can be everything I want to...

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You lifted me from the shelf
Looked at my cover
Made a judgment on what was inside
Decided to spend some time

You explored my thoughts
Flipped through my pages
Bent my corners
Underlined my words
Dampened my paper with your tears
Pondered me
Laughed along my lines

I felt loved
Understood
Appreciated
I heard you sigh
Oh how I...

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The Tiny Seed Opened


Deep the ponderous silent beginning
Rumbled its struggle to
And break open once upon its lilting

And thought
It lifted high some resounding
Gathered itself by pulse climactic
Loosening
The swollen burst of its making

And deeper driven the slow light emancipating
Rising glory
The exulted splendour
Forth rushing spreads encompassing
In the eternal...

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And Then I Opened That Door


My thoughts stir memories of that oak door
just down the hall upstairs, the second floor.

I gently opened it and peeked inside—
my beating heart filled up with hope and pride.

I stepped inside so slowly and aware
what I beheld—a gift beyond compare—

emotions...

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Little
Miss Witch nose twitched.
Bewitched a mundane stitch;
Halloween clown from head to toe
trick, treat.

She walked
Down the dark street
With sweet sounds of laughter.
Skittles, candy corn, M&Ms
Bag full

One, two,
Three, sudden; Poof!
Black spike hat, gown, and boots
Holding a kitten as black cat
Looked out....

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The door of my heart opened
You instantly, stealthily owned me!
From now till my eyes, close, 
I can envision only, we.


This world is but temporary,
But I am lost in your wavy hair.
Please up the stairs do carry....
Me, your brown eyed woman, happily there.


I still walk in...

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I opened my Bible today.
The first thing I noticed was how yellow the pages seemed -
then the odor of it rose to my nostrils,
my head filled with images.

At first I thought how sad -
I should be ashamed of myself.
Has it been so long since I...

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We had heard stories relating to those years
Inquisitive young minds we were, guessing so bold
Told of images so alien that would scare our inner fears
As a young boy growing up, answers we were never told

Going through college, working hard reaching University
Aeronautical Science my quest, my...

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In my soul a window opened 
and I weave my smiles in crape.
But a wish, so cruelly broken 
fades away in the shadows of the past.
I’m so in love, but deprived of loving,
like nightingale without a voice, 
Why the fate so mercilessly has poisoned
the seed...

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The phone rang early in the morning waking me from a sound sleep,
The hospital called to say that Gramma had gone into a coma deep,
I’ll get dressed and come to the hospital right away to sit by her side
The nurse said don’t bother, she won’t...

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There’s no fighting the thick black wet, misty fog unwilling to be unfold
Winding path full of fearsome obstacles blocking and taking a stranglehold
Silhouettes of skeletal tree branches and roots reaching out to impose and take hold

Ever so slowly lifting my numb bare feet
With every footstep...

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Before reading this , please note it was for a contest , Not about my Son "
               The theme " A son that set fire to the home , confronting at...

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