Haiku

Bernard Gieske, US

doubly locked hearts
mysteries of our love
never to part

Sunil Uniyal, IN

Free Verse

The palace-door has been shut by delusion;
The key that can open it is only love.

Thus, as you enter, awaken your Beloved;
O friend, don't let this opportunity move.

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Based on a poem of Kabir, the mystic-saint poet of medieval India.
 

Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN

Couples

Mismatch

If the door of an old iron chest
By a mismatch door replaced
With latches fitted opposite each other’s place
And two knobbed handles in very insufficient space-
It is doubtful if the chest be ever faithful
In responding to the master’s pull.
Anything genuine has its intrinsic value,
Of whatever the quality, it is true;
All items misfit, counter match, hybrid or just for show
Would give you trouble, today or tomorrow-
It is applicable to humans and things alike
Now or in future the idea must strike.

Bernard Gieske, US

Couplets

Knocking

Here I am knocking on this door
Really I don’t know yet what for

It isn’t all black and white to me
There’s still a bit of mystery

I need not slide each latch aside
I could quickly take a peek inside

Are my eyes deceiving me?
I may not even need a key

But then there is this oddity
Should I satisfy my curiosity

Here I am knocking on this door
Still wondering just what for

Willie R. Bongcaron, PH

Haiku

country villa…
the bolts, locks and knobs
of an old door

Neal Whitman, US

Free Verse

Shuttering

Shut in. Shut out.
Shut up. Shut down.
Dead as a dodo.
Dead as a door knob.
No trespassing.
No soliciting.
Close the door.
Don't let the lies in.
The truth is
I don't love you anymore
so I'm gonna' change the lock.

Diane Mayr, US

Tanka

rusted hinges...
a door always open
through april rains
the fusty apple tree
once again blooms

Keith A Simmonds, TT

Haiku

behind bolted bars...
broken hearts meditating
on a war-torn world

Diane Wassman, US

Haiku

so deep - so blue - my heart does wonder - at the sea

Roberta Beary, US

Haiku

cellar door—
all i don't want
to remember

Cezar F. Ciobīcă, RO

Haiku

time lapse
and collapse in a word—
sabi
 

Barbara A. Taylor, AU

Haiku

new wisdom
opening the doors
of perception

Charles Tarlton, US

Haiku

on an old door
dividing black and white
—not really locked

Poem This Picture Contest

Write a poem in any form for this Picture. Send our entry to PoemThisPicture@poetrywriting.org by Midnight, Monday, April 25, 2011.  The winning poem will be published in the next issue of Sketchbook. Click here to see a full sized image: March / April  30, 2011.