“The moon hangs alien, heavy, like a lock on a door; the door is tightly shut. ("The North")”

“Doors slipped shut with a faint locking click that was only heard clearly in the dreams of later years.”

“Why did *I* lock the door? Why did YOU lock the door? Someone locked the door...”

“She turned back to the door fishing her key out of her purse. Once the key was in the lock, the door flew open revealing darkness. All she had time for was a squeak before she was abruptly pulled in the house by her shirt. The door slammed shut and locked behind her with a clank of sliding metal.”

“The door of the novel, like the door of the poem, also shuts. But not so fast, nor with such manic, unanswerable finality.”

“In office buildings and retail premises in which entry is through double doors and one of those doors is locked for no reason, the door must bear a large sign saying: “This Door Is Locked for No Reason.”