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…
Tags: Barbie, bike, Fib poem, love, NYC, photography, poetry, spiral, Thursday doors, unicorn, W3
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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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Thanks Dan. I’m glad my daughters feel comfortable teasing me. I would never have teased my own mother.
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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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Thanks Neil. I felt that such a wonderful object needed to be shared, to spread it’s love into the world. Like the Barbie movie.
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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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Thanks Merril, and for noticing that! I’m sure had my daughter been there she would have been trying to figure out a way to make it her own. Whenever she sees a child in an outfit or with an object she would have loved, she always smiles and remarks on it.
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You’re welcome, Kerfe. 😊
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What a marvellious bike. Love the poem
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Thanks VJ. It makes me smile every time I think of it.
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I can see why. You’re welcome
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That is one tricked out taxi!
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Indeed it is! Thanks Liz.
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You’re welcome, Kerfe.
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I adore your Fibonacci poem, and the photos are absolutely stunning!
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Thanks Mich. It’s a fun form to work with.
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Yeah…me too had fun with it❤️
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LOVE wins every time in my book! This was delightful! Thanks so much, Kerfe. xx
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Thanks Colleen. It’s such a wonderful discovery in every way. The creator is indeed sending love out into the world.
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Fabulous….I love this:)X
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Thanks Janet. That bike shines a big light into the world I think.
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A lot of love went into decorating that bike.
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It did indeed.
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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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Thanks Muri. Memory often seems that way to me.
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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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Thanks Sun, exactly. Children know, but most adults “grow up”. It’s heartening to know the person who imagined it, and their magic bike, exist in this world.
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PS I used a quote from one of your poems recently in this post:
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Oh thank you for this — it slipped right past me!
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✨🫧🦄🌈🦄🌈🦄🌈🦄🌈🦄🫧✨
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Thanks!
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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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Thanks Robbie. That makes me smile. I remember more the things my parents wouldn’t let me do than the things I didn’t have. She does also complain I wouldn’t let her dye her hair purple, but she hasn’t followed through on that wish as an adult!
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Purple and all sorts of other coloured hair is big in the UK. Not so much in Europe from what I saw of it on my recent trip, but tattoos are very popular. I never had one. My dad would have been very upset and I never upset my parents deliberately.
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I think tattoos have peaked here. But these things come and go.
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Yes, they do. I’ve never been a fan.
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Nor have I.
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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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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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Wow, that is quite the bike! Fun pictures and poem.
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Thanks Sarah. It is!
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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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Thanks Ingrid. My older daughter was not into those things at all, but I think she enjoyed it vicariously with the younger one.
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What a good mom…letting your daughter paint her room lavender. Lovely dreamy doors. Love wins!!
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Thanks Brenda. It actually looked good! And love does win.
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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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Unicorns are known to be magic! Especially when provided by grandchildren. Thanks Maureen.
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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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Thanks David.
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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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Thanks D.
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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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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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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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Thanks David. I figured it was because I saw so many families out and dressed up on the street.
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🤗
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I never bought my daughter a Barbie Dreamhouse.
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