N A T I O N A L C E N T R E F O R W R I T I N G
An illustration for Open Doors, a programme of submissions and commissions inviting writers to respond to the challenges of our times, launched by the National Centre for Writing and supported by Arts Council England.
‘To open a door, as Miroslav Holub reminds us, is to allow other worlds
in, as well as gardens, trees and woods. To imagine that something
else and some other place is possible.'
nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk
T H E D O O R – M I R O S L A V H O L U B
An illustration for Open Doors, a programme of submissions and commissions inviting writers to respond to the challenges of our times, launched by the National Centre for Writing and supported by Arts Council England.
‘To open a door, as Miroslav Holub reminds us, is to allow other worlds
in, as well as gardens, trees and woods. To imagine that something
else and some other place is possible.'
nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk
T H E D O O R – M I R O S L A V H O L U B
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.
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.
