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Welcome to OpenLinkNight everyone. This is your opportunity to link 1 poem of your choice to share with our community.   For those who missed the Mr Linky deadline the past week or this Tuesday’s poetics, this is also your opportunity to share your poem. And here is our exciting announcement if you missed it:

Call for Poetry Submissions: Krisis: Poetry at the Crossroads

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In celebration of our 15th anniversary in 2026, dVerse Poets Pub invites poets from around the globe to contribute to our upcoming anthology, Krisis: Poetry at the Crossroads. Rooted in the Greek word krisis, meaning a pivotal decision point, we seek poems that explore moments of transformation, choice, and change.​

Submission Period: April 1, 2025 – June 30, 2025​

For more information, click here.

In poetry, few images are as potent and versatile as the door. Doors are not merely architectural features—they are symbols of transition, choice, secrecy, revelation, and transformation. Whether open, closed, or locked, doors in poems represent boundaries between what is and what could be, between safety and risk, between past and future. Here is a poem from from Miroslav Holub:

The Door

Go and open the door.
Maybe outside there’s
a tree, or a wood,
a garden,
or a magic city.

Go and open the door.
Maybe a dog’s rummaging.
Maybe you’ll see a face,
or an eye,
or the picture
of a picture.

Go and open the door.
If there’s a fog
it will clear.

Go and open the door.
Even if there’s only
the darkness ticking,
even if there’s only
the hollow wind,
even if
nothing
is there,
go and open the door.

At least
there’ll be
a draught.

For those looking for writing inspiration, here is the mini-optional prompt:  Write a poem about this surreal painting from Kay Sage, entitled, My Room Has Two Doors (1939).

If you are new to dVerse, here’s how to join in:

  • Write one poem and post it to your blog.
  • Enter your name and direct link to your poem into Mr. Linky.
  • You will also find some other amazing poems! Please read and comment.
  • Provide a link to dVerse so others can find us too.
  • Drop in to say hello in our discussion below.
  • Have fun!