Monday, January 13, 2003

At The Door Comments

Rating: 3.5

All actors look for them-the defining moments
When what a character does is what he is.
The script may say, He goes to the door
And exits or She goes out the door stage left.
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Sylvia Frances Chan 01 April 2024

Most deserving Modern Poem Of the Day.5 Stars!

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Sylvia Frances Chan 01 April 2024

For in that fleeting moment, eternity resides, And life unfurls its petals, one door at a time.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 01 April 2024

At the door, I become more than flesh and bone. Will I step out into the unknown, Embrace the sunlight's warm caress, Or linger in the shadows, safe but stagnant? The door whispers secrets, its grain a map of destiny.and bone, I am courage, curiosity, and wonder.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 22 December 2023

TOP Marks an amazing poem which need and deserve our attention. Great poem about the stage-door

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Sylvia Frances Chan 22 December 2023

it was a big event for me, it was a real crossing of a threshold, a real change of consciousness. Nothing was ever the same again.' Very important part in his life

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Sylvia Frances Chan 22 December 2023

I cite a bit of his Bio: He cites his move from the Midwest as a defining moment: '[W]hen I came over the Cascades and down into the coastal rainforest for the first time in the fall of 1954,

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Terence Craddock 17 April 2023

I wrote the poem 'Doorknob Was Last Object On Earth Preventing Exit', inspired by the poem 'At The Door' by the poet David Wagoner and dedicated to the memory of the poetic achievement of David Wagoner.

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Terry Craddock 13 May 2015

Research Options Fields Apart well defined stimulus material is catalysis in raising questions... implying myriad possibilities when exiting chosen doors we close exit alternative routes... variant research choices fruitful lines further inquiries leading into other life fields... Copyright © Terence George Craddock Written in May 2015 on the 14.5.2015.9 aaa aaa aaa Inspired by a comment I made upon the poem 'At The Door' by David Wagoner, in November 2014 on the 10.11.2014. Dedicated to David Wagoner.

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Terry Craddock 13 May 2015

Good Poetry Need Not Rhyme I believe good poetry need not rhyme superior intensity may be obtained by omitting inferior overdone rhymes Copyright © Terence George Craddock

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Terry Craddock 12 September 2014

Decision Making Finale leave taking implies decision making finale from subtle to radical from trivial to incredible... with life implications set ranging throughout entire possible spectrums potent human experiences... doors swift slow opened closed defined... in consequence raising questions implying myriad possibilities when time entering exiting doors... Copyright © Terence George Craddock Inspired by the poem 'At The Door' by David Wagoner.

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Terry Craddock 11 September 2014

Well defined in raising questions implying myriad possibilities when exiting doors.

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Kay Staley 11 September 2014

If only this rhymed, then it would be good poetry! I like the paragraph that talks about pretending to see through the door and pretending that you dont need it. Speaks of independence and strength but yet gives all the options in the poem. The idea is good and relatable, but the beginning lacks substance to draw you in and the absence of rhyming puts it at a lower level than it deserves.

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Terence Craddock 17 April 2023

Interesting but I believe good poetry need not rhyme, superior intensity may be obtained omitting inferior overdone rhymes.

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Aftab Alam Khursheed 11 September 2014

Must open the door to enter in side tolerance

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Muzaffer Akin 11 September 2013

Congratulations, perfect.

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Liliana ~el 11 September 2013

Beautiful! Perfectly and accurately portraying (describing) the mental thought process, emotions, and defining decisions which need to be made in life! ! !

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Michael Shepherd 18 March 2005

So accurate a description of the magic moment of communication shared, revelation manifested...genius.

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