With Zen simplicity and sparseness, Texas poet Julia Roberts expertly displays routine and familiarity with her brief poem “Pantry Door”. Though no humans are featured in Julia’s poem, these few lines are rife with humanity. In “Pantry Door”, domestic space becomes a altar of sorts, a place to linger, a place of stillness.
Pantry Door
The worn spot
on the
pantry door—
below the
doorknob—
hands linger.
Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts is a Texas-based poet whose work focuses on the quiet details of daily life—home, memory, and connection—through concise, image-driven poems. Her writing often centers on small, grounded moments that reveal emotional depth through observation and restraint. She is currently building a body of work for publication.
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