Wooden Doors (Thursday Doors)

a seed becomes a tree becomes
a vessel for holding the stars,
a sanctuary, shelter, home–
the keeper of history, lore–
a portal, mysterious door
that opens incandescent dreams–
enchanted celestial spheres–
kinship, unearthing roots and seams

Muri’s W3 prompt this week was to write a huitan on the theme of seeds. I wanted to use it in my doors post, so I decided to write about trees and feature wooden doors. These are from my archives where, as I have noted before, I have many photos of doors with no context.

I’m pretty sure they all reside within about 20 blocks up or down from where I live though. I’ll have to be on the lookout so I can photo the buildings they are attached to.

And one of my favorite songs.

And don’t forget to visit all the doors at Thursday Doors, hosted by Dan Antion.

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49 responses to “Wooden Doors (Thursday Doors)”

  1. Suzette Benjamin's avatar
    Suzette Benjamin says :

    I love your poem, and the beautiful doors are well photographed, Kerfe.
    Your poems is to me a great reminder that wooden doors are a part of the seeds that spark and protect life. Fabulous share. The pink wall and its door are my favorite.

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  2. Tanja's avatar
    Tanja says :

    great doors!

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  3. poetisatinta's avatar
    poetisatinta says :

    Kerfe, wonderful themes of growth, connection, and ancestral memory flow beautifully ❤️

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  4. Dave Astor's avatar
    Dave Astor says :

    Magnificent doors, Kerfe! And a terrific poem!

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  5. brazannemuse's avatar
    brazannemuse says :

    I love your poem, the content and flow is wonderful… (did you miss a line? Just in case you want to add it in) although I think it’s perfect as it is .. 💞

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  6. VJ's avatar
    VJ says :

    Lovely post.

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  7. Violet Lentz's avatar
    Violet Lentz says :

    I do love heavy carved wooden doors. There is just something about them!

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  8. merrildsmith's avatar
    merrildsmith says :

    I like the idea of seed to portal. Those doors are beautiful. The second one (123) really looks like a portal. It should be the entrance to a library.

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  9. Dan Antion's avatar
    Dan Antion says :

    “a seed becomes a tree becomes
    a sanctuary, shelter, home–
    the keeper of history”

    I love that, Kerfe. I never made the association with seeds. Starting from such a simple thing, we have so much beauty. Thanks for this sharing this.

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  10. Klausbernd's avatar
    Klausbernd says :

    We like the second door best.
    Our first idea was like Merrild’s that this should be a library door.
    The Fab Four of Cley
    🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

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  11. Ashley's avatar
    Ashley says :

    Fabulous doors and wonderful poem! 🤗😊 Do I see you in No.123? 🤔

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  12. ben Alexander's avatar
    ben Alexander says :

    Kerfe, your poem feels like a gentle meditation—quietly expansive and full of wonder. When you say that these are “from your archives” – do you mean that you’ve shared them for Thursday Doors before?

    ~David

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    • memadtwo's avatar
      memadtwo says :

      Thanks David. No, the photos are from the photos file of doors stored on my computer. When I was first doing Thursday doors I was just taking pictures of doors. It was only later that I started looking at the whole building and trying to find out its history.

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  13. Liz Gauffreau's avatar
    Liz Gauffreau says :

    Beautiful doors and stellar musical accompaniment!!

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  14. Teresa 何 Robeson's avatar
    Teresa 何 Robeson says :

    Beautiful doors…and I love that song, too! Takes me right back.

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  15. Hazel's avatar
    Hazel says :

    All of the doors look interesting. And your poem perfectly fits the photos.

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  16. murisopsis's avatar
    murisopsis says :

    Kerfe! The link of seed through transformation to door and then the opening to all possibilities is magical!!! Wonderful use of the prompt!!

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  17. writingwhatnots's avatar
    writingwhatnots says :

    Seeds opening so many doors to new life 💚

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  18. SelmaMartin's avatar
    SelmaMartin says :

    I love your introductory lines, K. “a seed becomes a tree becomes
    a vessel for holding the stars,”

    yes to trees.

    and the photos of wooden doors… yes, to all of them. Lovely. Thanks.

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  19. Oddment's avatar
    Oddment says :

    “Unearthing roots and seams” — I like that, especially thinking how the seed “unearths” itself. These are some lovely wooden doors, a fitting tribute to the trees.

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

    Very cool doors, and all close by. Lovely poem as well! 🙂

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  21. boundlessblessingsblog's avatar
    boundlessblessingsblog says :

    Fantastic doors as always Kerfe and a lovely poem as well. Too good.

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  22. Lisa or Li's avatar
    Lisa or Li says :

    I like the pattern on door 121. Also like the pink color of one of the buildings. Good poem about how it starts and how it continues.

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