Opening

Apr 27

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Santa Fe door photo SantaFedoor_zps81adc0ee.jpg
Sagging wooden doors, Santa Fe, New Mexico
 


opening the doors
only to close them again—
house of smothered dreams

 
Haiku © 2016 and photo © 2014 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
More Midweek Motif at Poets United: “Open/Openness”

Posted on April 27, 2016, in 5-7-5, Midweek Motif, New Mexico, Poets United, Santa Fe and tagged , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. 12 Comments.

  1. Sherry Marr | April 27, 2016 at 11:07 am

    “house of smothered dreams” is so incredibly powerful!!!!!!!

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  3. anmol(alias HA) | April 27, 2016 at 2:59 pm

    Ah! That’s hard-hitting.
    -HA

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  4. Rall | April 27, 2016 at 4:22 pm

    Stifling but effective.

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  5. Susan | April 27, 2016 at 4:49 pm

    Pow! I write characters like this, and hold in the Light the humans I know who cannot open the door.

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  6. oldegg | April 27, 2016 at 9:46 pm

    How we have used doors to create barriers for millenia. It is the ugly side of humanity.

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  7. Rosemary Nissen-Wade | April 28, 2016 at 12:26 am

    Sad but striking words.

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  8. Sumana Roy | April 28, 2016 at 1:11 am

    each and every word carrying much weight…

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  9. Amit Agarwal | April 28, 2016 at 1:20 am

    Oh this haiku is achingly beautiful! Loved it..!

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  10. Jae Rose | April 28, 2016 at 4:20 am

    Ouch – claustrophobia – but not in the doors – in the mind..that door is very pretty i hope it is flung open when the time is right

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  11. J Cosmo Newbery | April 28, 2016 at 4:52 am

    Topical for my day. Thank you.

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  12. Carrie Van Horn | April 29, 2016 at 12:29 pm

    A wonderful haiku….little words so full of truth. Stunning!

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