Why Do Questions Make Us Smile?
After Pablo Neruda
Should we keep a window open, even in winter?
Why were there so many stairs to his office?
Who escaped with the cream puffs?
Can we write without using metaphors?
Why do some people not like questions?
Can Medusa learn to write her name in sky letters?
If it rains, will the undersides of leaves get wet?
Who came up with the answer, “Because!”?
Does chartreuse ever wish she were blue?
If the stones weren’t in moonlight, how could they fly?
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Libby – You answered your title question with your wonderful couplet questions! They did make me smile. Great Friday poem!
What lovely playful surprises, line after line.
“Because”? if it rains some leaves’
undersides turn themselves up.
Wonderful poem.
Such a nice contrast of questions as if from a child compared with those from an adult — and both can be profound, or not.
Thank you, all! Glad you enjoyed.