This poem is part of the Poems for doctors project. You can find out more about the project here.
Season 3 : poem 1
Medical student Ed Griffiths reads The Door by Miroslav Holub.
Tools of the Trade
Miroslav Holub
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.
Rights: by permission of Bloodaxe Books
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