“What is the answer?” [ I was silent ] “In that case, what is the question?”
— As told by Alice B. Toklas in What Is Remembered (1963) and reported as Gertrude Stein’s last words.
“What is the answer?” [ I was silent ] “In that case, what is the question?”
— As told by Alice B. Toklas in What Is Remembered (1963) and reported as Gertrude Stein’s last words.

The above poem is from Burl, one of my favorite haiku collections of all time, written by Mark Harris and published by Red Moon Press.
As are these:
exits
sunlight
leaf
(or
wing)
to be
reworded
five instars in
Mark was kind enough to play a round of Questions and Answers with me. The results are still resonating and expanding for me, months later. Some have already appeared on A Lit Jellyfish. Here are a few more:
Is fear necessary?
Lessons learned from despair
What is group hypnosis?
It’s like crossing a field of dry goldenrod stalks
Why are the ice caps melting?
A moth fluttering in a closed hand
Questions Michelle Tennison, Answers Mark Harris (2016)
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