Poem-A-Day: Twenty Questions by Jim Moore

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Twenty Questions by Jim Moore Did I forget to look at the sky this morning when I first woke up? Did I miss the willow tree? The white gravel road that goes up from the cemetery, but to where? And the abandoned house on the hill,     did it get even a moment? Did I notice the small clouds so slowly moving away? And did I think of the right hand of God? What if it is a slow cloud descending on earth as rain? As snow? As shade? Don't you think I should move on to the mop? How it just sits there,     too often unused? And the stolen rose on its stem? Why would I write a poem without one? Wouldn't it be wrong not to mention joy? Sadness, its sleepy-eyed twin? If I'd caught the boat to Mykonos that time when I was nineteen would the moon have risen out of the sea and shone on my life so clearly I would have loved it just as it was? Is the boat still in the harbor, pointing in the direction of the open sea? Am I still nineteen? Going in or going out, can I let the tide make of me what it must? Did I already ask that?   Copyright © 2012 by Jim Moore. Used with permission of the author. Poetry by Moore Invisible Strings November 21, 2012 Jim Moore is the author of six collections of poetry including Invisible Strings (Graywolf Press, 2011). Currently, he teaches at Hamline University. Related Poems The Question answerd by William Blake The Book of Questions, III by Pablo Neruda Question by May Swenson Poem-A-Day started as a National Poetry Month program in 2006, delivering daily poems from newly-published poetry titles.   Due to popular demand, Poem-A-Day became a year-round program in 2010, featuring original, never-before-published poems by contemporary poets on weekdays, and classic poems on weekends.   Browse the Poem-A-Day archive for selections since 2010.  Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem In Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.

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