Love Wins (Thursday Doors)

a
hole
for worms
or rabbits–
memories whirlpool

time
con
fusing
past present
everything between

that
door–
what lies
behind it?
a long winding road

back
ward
forward–
yesterday
returning as now

I have to admit this bike stopped me in my tracks and made me think immediately of my younger daughter. Rainbows! Glitter! Unicorns! Smiley Faces! Barbie!

As you can see from the first photo, the building it was parked in front of had scaffolding, so it wasn’t easy to get good angles on some of the photos, but I think you can get the gist of its exuberance.

One of the things my (now 30 year old) daughter reminds me of frequently is my failure as a parent to buy her a Barbie Dreamhouse, which is obviously the permanent residence of this magic vehicle.

But I did let her paint one of her bedrooms lavender.

My sentiments exactly.

A Fib poem considering spirals and love for D. Avery’s W3 prompt.

And you can always find more doors, both dreamlike and real at Thursday Doors, hosted by Dan Antion.

Still have the Beatles on my mind…

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56 responses to “Love Wins (Thursday Doors)”

  1. Dan Antion's avatar
    Dan Antion says :

    That’s a great post and poem. We all failed as parents somewhere along the line. If that’s the worst failure you had, you did good.

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  2. neil reid's avatar
    neil reid says :

    I love, love this bicycle, this post and you for seeing it. PS. I adore that movie, that story, as one of the best ever told and shown. I always liked girls best. Thanks for showing us.

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  3. merrildsmith's avatar
    merrildsmith says :

    I would have had a hard time dragging my children away from that bike when they were young (maybe even now 🙂). They loved their “Barbs”–they’re still living in boxes in our attic. I like how you slipped the Beatles into your poem.

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  4. VJ's avatar
    VJ says :

    What a marvellious bike. Love the poem

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  5. Liz Gauffreau's avatar
    Liz Gauffreau says :

    That is one tricked out taxi!

    Liked by 1 person

  6. michnavs's avatar
    michnavs says :

    I adore your Fibonacci poem, and the photos are absolutely stunning!

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  7. Colleen Chesebro's avatar
    Colleen Chesebro says :

    LOVE wins every time in my book! This was delightful! Thanks so much, Kerfe. xx

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  8. janetweightreed10's avatar
    janetweightreed10 says :

    Fabulous….I love this:)X

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  9. Lisa or Li's avatar
    msjadeli says :

    A lot of love went into decorating that bike.

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  10. murisopsis's avatar
    murisopsis says :

    Kerfe this Fib and the photos work so well together! I especially love that last stanza as it does have the feeling of the spiral! 🤗

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  11. sunhesper's avatar
    sunhesper says :

    Wonderful, all the places this little taxi took you, and us. I especially love the combined unicorn AND cat ear head gear. Why choose when you can have everything? There’s always comfort of be found in knowing we’re not the only dreamers.

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  12. Graham Stephen's avatar
    Graham Stephen says :

    ✨🫧🦄🌈🦄🌈🦄🌈🦄🌈🦄🫧✨

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  13. robertawrites235681907's avatar
    robertawrites235681907 says :

    Hi Kerfe, a lovely poem to go with a super set of photographs. Your daughter’s comments made me laugh. I have a big collection of dolls and bears. My mom says I’ve purchased, as an adult, everything my parents couldn’t afford to buy me when I was a little girl.

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  14. Nicole Smith's avatar
    Nicole Smith says :

    I love this bike and your words. I am 43 and never fotgot that my Mom never got me the Barbie head you could do hairstyles and makeup on. I didn’t have a dream house, but her old record stand my Uncle built her was my Barbie “apartment building”.

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    • memadtwo's avatar
      memadtwo says :

      Thanks Nicole.
      That’s creative! My daughter had a regular dollhouse (that had been her older sister’s) but, as she noted, the Barbies could not stand up in it. And it was plain wood, no pink or lavender anywhere. A record stand would work well.

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  15. wordsandcoffee1's avatar
    wordsandcoffee1 says :

    Wow, that is quite the bike! Fun pictures and poem.

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  16. Ingrid's avatar
    Ingrid says :

    What a wonderful bike! I don’t have girls, so we don’t have all the pink, lavender and unicorns in our home. But I did have a Sindy house as a child – my favourite Christmas present 😅

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  17. Brenda's Thoughts's avatar
    Brenda's Thoughts says :

    What a good mom…letting your daughter paint her room lavender. Lovely dreamy doors. Love wins!!

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  18. Oddment's avatar
    Oddment says :

    Barbies aside, I loved the sense of cycle in your wording; it seemed to me there was that rhythm of the turning bicycle wheels within the poem. A lovely connection. I didn’t have a daughter, but I do have a granddaughter; she wasn’t much into Barbies, but she sure was — and is — into color! And unicorns! When I was sick a couple years ago, she brought me one of her stuffed unicorns; there was never more sincere or effective medicine! This post brings back memories for many of us. Thank you!

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  19. ben Alexander's avatar
    ben Alexander says :

    This is excellent, Kerfe (and what a bicycle!!)

    You often tell me that my poetry makes you think – this piece of yours definitely does that to me!

    ~David

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  20. D. Avery @shiftnshake's avatar
    D. Avery @shiftnshake says :

    Your confused time and allusions created the illusion of a spiral. I enjoyed the flow of this, and of course the extras, the photos, info and audio.

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  21. Jill Kuhn's avatar
    Jill Kuhn says :

    What a fun bike! So creative! I enjoyed playing with my Barbie’s until my older sister (by 2 years) informed me that we were too old. Lol! Her daughter ended up getting the old Barbie’s with all the handmade clothes… We had fun creating using our imaginations as kids and didn’t need all the store bought stuff that kids need today. I enjoyed your poem Kerfe 😃 and the trip down memory lane!

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    • memadtwo's avatar
      memadtwo says :

      Thanks Jill. I had a Barbie in a carrying case–I don’t remember how old I was when I stopped playing with it. But it’s true, I didn’t have that much stuff of any kind. My daughter wishes she had kept some of those toys now.

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  22. ben Alexander's avatar
    ben Alexander says :

    hi, Kerfe 👋🏻

    This week’s W3, hosted by the brilliant Robbie Cheadle, is now live!

    https://skepticskaddish.com/2024/06/12/w3-prompt-111-weave-written-weekly/

    Much love,
    David

    P.S. Sorry for the delayed post – today was a Jewish holiday so I got my scheduling confused.

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  23. Melissa Lemay's avatar
    Melissa Lemay says :

    I never bought my daughter a Barbie Dreamhouse.

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