Where do poems come from? br My young daughter said. br Do they come from a poem tree br That grows in your head? br Or is there a cloud br That rains in your mind? br And waters the verses br Of a nursery rhyme vine. br br Daddy, where do the poems come from? br I just want to know. br Are they like a big quilt br You imagine and sew. br Or do poems make a picture br Like a painting so fine? br Just please don’t stop saying br My poems at bedtime.