Behind the Door
a poem in iambic tetrameter121 total reviews
Comment from barbara.wilkey
I can tell Potato is a true cat. Mine are in, on, or under everything and can squeeze into the tiniest spots. I enjoyed your poem. You seem to understand cats.
reply by the author on 05-Oct-2014
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I can tell Potato is a true cat. Mine are in, on, or under everything and can squeeze into the tiniest spots. I enjoyed your poem. You seem to understand cats.
Comment Written 04-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 05-Oct-2014
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Barbara, thank you so much :-) I've had cats all my life - the family had one when I was born, and then my kids and I had them for years. Now they both have two each. I believe cats need to be in pairs. :-) Brooke
Comment from nomi338
A very pertinent question indeed. Who really knows what the answers to previously unasked question might produce. Of course there are those questions we don't ask for fear that the answers might at the ver least, prove to be distasteful. LOL.
reply by the author on 05-Oct-2014
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A very pertinent question indeed. Who really knows what the answers to previously unasked question might produce. Of course there are those questions we don't ask for fear that the answers might at the ver least, prove to be distasteful. LOL.
Comment Written 04-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 05-Oct-2014
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nomi, thank you so much :-) Brooke
Comment from GWHARGIS
Here I go again. Your poems and the photos by your daughter, would make a wonderful book. I think both of you have a lot ot offer. You need to share it. I am fifty three years old and I get something out of this, imagine what a young open mind would get. Great poem about opportunities and the questions we all have. Great job.
reply by the author on 04-Oct-2014
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Here I go again. Your poems and the photos by your daughter, would make a wonderful book. I think both of you have a lot ot offer. You need to share it. I am fifty three years old and I get something out of this, imagine what a young open mind would get. Great poem about opportunities and the questions we all have. Great job.
Comment Written 04-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 04-Oct-2014
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Thank you, Gretchen, for your encouragement and review :-) Brooke
Comment from PatVallesMangan
The author clearly addresses the philosophical point of how we learn. It teaches how important it is to ask the questions and what happens if we don't. Also I love the way the idea of how the formulation of the questions, learning what to ask is an important art within itself! I have never worked with this form but it certainly inspires me to want to try it! The picture was just perfect!
reply by the author on 04-Oct-2014
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The author clearly addresses the philosophical point of how we learn. It teaches how important it is to ask the questions and what happens if we don't. Also I love the way the idea of how the formulation of the questions, learning what to ask is an important art within itself! I have never worked with this form but it certainly inspires me to want to try it! The picture was just perfect!
Comment Written 04-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 04-Oct-2014
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PatVallesMangan, thank you so much for your thoughtful response to this poem :-) Brooke
Comment from CHIGYSISKI
Lovely poem. The picture of Potato is awesome. My favorite lines were:
Behind the door I've never been
may be the questions never asked,
and learning what those questions are
might prove my most important task.
Well done!
reply by the author on 04-Oct-2014
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Lovely poem. The picture of Potato is awesome. My favorite lines were:
Behind the door I've never been
may be the questions never asked,
and learning what those questions are
might prove my most important task.
Well done!
Comment Written 04-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 04-Oct-2014
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Chigysiski, thank you so much :-) Brooke
Comment from N.K. Wagner
Re: your picture -- Now there's an answer begging for a question! This is brilliant, Brooke. You're right. How many times have the answers been right there if only we'd known which questions to ask. The curse of ignorance. :) Nancy
reply by the author on 04-Oct-2014
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Re: your picture -- Now there's an answer begging for a question! This is brilliant, Brooke. You're right. How many times have the answers been right there if only we'd known which questions to ask. The curse of ignorance. :) Nancy
Comment Written 04-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 04-Oct-2014
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Thank you, Nancy, for your thoughtful review :-) Brooke
Comment from dragonpoet
There are always things we are searching for behind doors we are afraid to open. If you release the fear, we may be able to find and important answer that may others more than it helps us.
Apt artwork. The cat is a perfect metaphor for being curious about the questions we need to ask.
Keep writing.
Joan
reply by the author on 04-Oct-2014
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There are always things we are searching for behind doors we are afraid to open. If you release the fear, we may be able to find and important answer that may others more than it helps us.
Apt artwork. The cat is a perfect metaphor for being curious about the questions we need to ask.
Keep writing.
Joan
Comment Written 04-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 04-Oct-2014
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Joan, thank you so much :-) Brooke
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No problem, Brooke.
Joan
Comment from mikemagine
Yes, knowing the right questions to ask. What's relevant, what's NOT? Sometimes people want to know too much, kind of like Hal, that computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey!
We can ask tons of questions, get answers, but also get very confused because we've crammed our minds with a LOT of nonsense due to NOT asking the very RIGHT questions. At the end of the day, WHAT really is important??? My goal is NOT to be a winning game show contestant! Okay, I could use the money, but...
Thanks!
Mike
reply by the author on 04-Oct-2014
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Yes, knowing the right questions to ask. What's relevant, what's NOT? Sometimes people want to know too much, kind of like Hal, that computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey!
We can ask tons of questions, get answers, but also get very confused because we've crammed our minds with a LOT of nonsense due to NOT asking the very RIGHT questions. At the end of the day, WHAT really is important??? My goal is NOT to be a winning game show contestant! Okay, I could use the money, but...
Thanks!
Mike
Comment Written 04-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 04-Oct-2014
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Thanks so much, Mike, for the smile and for the review :-) Brooke
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You got it, Brooke!
Mike
Comment from Tomes Johnston
This is yet another interesting poem that the author has created with this piece of work. We must open these doors and try to open our minds to the multitude of opportunities that are open to us.
reply by the author on 04-Oct-2014
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This is yet another interesting poem that the author has created with this piece of work. We must open these doors and try to open our minds to the multitude of opportunities that are open to us.
Comment Written 04-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 04-Oct-2014
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Thank you, Tomes, for your thoughtful review :-) Brooke
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My pleasure.
Comment from sibhus
There is a thought. what question awit just behind the door, questions that will changes our thoughts and change our minds. Some very thought provokeing questions in such wonderful rhyme. this has definitely set me thinking. good suff there, Brooke.
reply by the author on 04-Oct-2014
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There is a thought. what question awit just behind the door, questions that will changes our thoughts and change our minds. Some very thought provokeing questions in such wonderful rhyme. this has definitely set me thinking. good suff there, Brooke.
Comment Written 04-Oct-2014
reply by the author on 04-Oct-2014
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Thank you, sibhus, for your thoughtful reading of this poem :-) Brooke
