OpenDoor Magazine

A free monthly digital magazine for artists, authors, poets, and lovers of words. YOUR WORDS MATTER.

[OpenDoor Magazine @OpendoorPoetry]

BEAUTIFUL WINTER SCENE
Mark Hudson
United States

On the day after my birthday,
the sky was cold and gray.
Cold enough for winter clothes,
but we haven’t yet had much snow.

I looked outside my window,
and noticed people below.
A scene like Norman Rockwell…

[OpenDoor Magazine @OpendoorPoetry]

THE NIGHT I MET CHUCK MOULTON
Stephen Barile
Fresno, California, United States

“A grizzly bear with bad teeth who rode a motorcycle.”
  ~Jon Veinberg

Well after dark, the sky was brighter
Against the shadows in the woods.…

[OpenDoor Magazine @OpendoorPoetry]

GONE MISSING
Carl “Papa” Palmer
Washington, United States
https://t.co/tO6sZgR4Dz

[OpenDoor Magazine @OpendoorPoetry]

FROST
Neal Whitman
California, United States

tucked under a quilt
by firelight we take turns
reciting R. Frost

[OpenDoor Magazine @OpendoorPoetry]

WINTER DEER
Judy DeCroce
New York, United States
https://t.co/ti1JhpV5SK
https://t.co/b4xsfftJcx

[OpenDoor Magazine @OpendoorPoetry]

THE COMING OF WINTER
Christian Ward
London, United Kingdom

[OpenDoor Magazine @OpendoorPoetry]

SNOWSCAPE
Adrienne Stevenson
Ottawa, Canada
https://t.co/88ACW9hIjA
https://t.co/SLDTLHiZx6
https://t.co/YMQslplCSf

[OpenDoor Magazine @OpendoorPoetry]

FROST & FIRELIGHT
Maria Thérèse Williams
United Kingdom
https://t.co/uhuDZhWnoZ
https://t.co/f9ixCcL0ut
https://t.co/IicXmGcjy6

[OpenDoor Magazine @OpendoorPoetry]

#NewProfilePic

[OpenDoor Magazine @OpendoorPoetry]

THE BIGGER LIFE
BY ALISA CHILDRESS

Alone

I am walking home from school on a dreary, cloudy day. The air smells like rain. The overcast sky always makes me feel comforted. Protected. Not exactly happy…

For the full piece or other articles - visit https://t.co/fJkRNNdUS5

[OpenDoor Magazine @OpendoorPoetry]

PERSON FIRST
BY PATRICIA DUTT

Mary waits in the hallway, in a basement reminiscent of church basements everywhere, and it could be said that The Center is a church of sorts, an establishment where…

For the full piece or other articles - visit https://t.co/fJkRNNdUS5

[OpenDoor Magazine @OpendoorPoetry]

GETTING TO KNOW YOU
BY DON NOEL

“Rebecca, I’m glad you’ll spend the week with me here at Harmony Acres! I hope you won’t be bored stiff, surrounded by ancients.”

“You’re not so ancient, Gram...

For the full piece or other articles - visit https://t.co/fJkRNNdUS5

[OpenDoor Magazine @OpendoorPoetry]

LIFE WITH ANGIE
BY DC DIAMONDOPOLOUS

My sister Angie gives me outrageous material for my standup comedy. She’s a bona fide nut case, a paranoid schizophrenic, bipolar, manic depressive—you name it—Angie…

For the full piece or other articles - visit https://t.co/fJkRNNdUS5

[OpenDoor Magazine @OpendoorPoetry]

SCARY MARA
BY JULIE A. DICKSON

Why am I feeling this way? Mara Willard wondered as she smoothed the crumpled skirt she wore to school...

For the full piece or other articles - visit https://t.co/fJkRNNdUS5

If you enjoy the content: #like #comment #share

[OpenDoor Magazine @OpendoorPoetry]

BOOK FEATURE
LOST IN MIND: FOUND AT HEART - MELANIE HAAGMAN
https://t.co/jS0XDT1lpT

Lost in Mind; Found at Heart really did write itself. Every time I feel a strong emotion, whether it be a negative or a positive one,

https://t.co/FrgO85FKPo

[OpenDoor Magazine @OpendoorPoetry]

BOOK FEATURE
THE DEATH AND LIFE OF JOHN DOE - KASSIE J RUNYAN
https://t.co/PVXsaPaJQD

"The Death and Life of John Doe is a mesmerizing book that takes you on a cross-country journey and makes you question your own perception."
- Joni Rachell, Author

https://t.co/taI8M8YwPY

[OpenDoor Magazine @OpendoorPoetry]

BOOK FEATURE
THE GIFT OF POETRY - SARFRAZ AHMED

The ‘Romantic Poet’ is back with a bang!!

In this blistering display of poetic brilliance, he proves time and time again that poetry is not a dying art.

https://t.co/BNyKRJ90CC

[OpenDoor Magazine @OpendoorPoetry]

BOOK FEATURE
AFTER THE RAINBOW - ZANETA JOHNS

After the Rainbow: Golden Poems (Prolific Pulse Press LLC 2022) is a poignant and inspiring collection of seventy-eight new poems written during the past year and a half.

https://t.co/fU0tmcwYCF

[OpenDoor Magazine @OpendoorPoetry]

WATCH YOUR STEP
BY JON MORAY

Ryan was seventeen years old when he first learned his grandfather had spent, at that time, twenty years in a mental ward…

For the full piece or other articles - visit https://t.co/fJkRNNdUS5

If you enjoy the content: #like #comment #share