“Steps and Doors” by Beverly Menke
too many doors
unaccustomed to thresholds
he hesitates
too young to learn from the past
too smart to trust the future
Doors
Poesy plus Polemics
Words of Wonder, Worry and Whimsy
Search
-
Join 17,008 other subscribers
Blog Reads
- 392,160 Reader Visits
La Famiglia
-
Recent Posts
Most Popular Posts
Posts by Genre
Posts by Category
Aging America Architecture Art Astronomy Authors Autumn Biology Birds Books Change Conscience Culture Death Disability Disease Dreams Education Ethics Faith Family Fear Fire Flowers Forest Future Geography Geology God Government Health History Humor Imagination Italy Life Literature Love Marriage Mathematics Memory Mind Morality Music Mythology NaBloPoMo Nature New Hampshire Night Nostalgia Ocean Pain Philosophy Physics Poets Politics Psychology Publishing Relationships Religion Seasons Sleep Snow Sports Storm Summer Time Trees Truth Virtues War Weather Winter Writing YouthArchives
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
Meta
Blogs I Follow
- Lynne Sargent
- Tatterdemalion Faith
- nightunlatched.wordpress.com/
- godschair.wordpress.com/
- wishingbonespoetry.wordpress.com/
- poetrybyheart.me
- misplacedpeaces.wordpress.com/
- Words for the Year
- The Scribble Scrawler
- rivrvlogr
- kiwissoar
- Glor's World
- Thus I Wrote
- Scatteredmockingbirds
- OUR POETRY CORNER
- Katerina Michouli
- elliekamran
- caddofaithlessons.wordpress.com/
- dimscribblesdiary.wordpress.com/
- lillian the home poet
-
© Paul F. Lenzi and “Poesy plus Polemics” 2006-2018. All written content of this blog and website is protected under U.S. copyright. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this written material in whole or in any part without express and written permission from this blog’s author and owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Paul F. Lenzi as author and “Poesy plus Polemics” as source with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
Poesy plus Polemics 
too smart yet too foolish to take life changing decisions!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I appreciate your comment
LikeLike
Love it
LikeLiked by 2 people
much appreciated
LikeLike
Looove this one!
LikeLiked by 2 people
many thanks
LikeLiked by 1 person
Awesome.
LikeLiked by 2 people
thanks kindly
LikeLiked by 1 person
Wonderful picture. Do we ever stop trying new doors?
LikeLiked by 1 person
with more trepidation
LikeLiked by 1 person
Sagacious . . .
LikeLiked by 1 person
humbly tipping my grateful hat here….
LikeLiked by 1 person
For some reason I can’t put my finger on, my fave pick is Line 2.
LikeLiked by 1 person
reflections of a younger inexperienced man faced with so many choices
LikeLike
I imagine it could be overwhelming.
LikeLiked by 1 person