Read full poem →In the wind from a wide-mouthed grave,
As a gulf wide open to swallow
The light that the world held dear.
Dictionary Entry
Completely open
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“The front door was wide open.”
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Poetry examples for “wide open”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And play with ocean in a summer mood.
Hanging above the high, wide open door,
It brings to us in quiet, firelit room,
Read full poem →What gate thy stately words cannot unlock,
My flattering speeches soon wide open knock.
And I deserve more than thou canst in verity,
Read full poem →Geranium, lychnis, rose array’d
The windows, all wide open thrown;
And some one in the Study play’d
Read full poem →He ceased--she panted quick--and suddenly
Her blue affrayed eyes wide open shone:
Upon his knees he sank, pale as smooth-sculptured stone.
Read full poem →You can't hear whether she has left the door
Wide open and the wind's blown out the lamp
And the fire's died and the room's dark and cold?"