How do I know when a poem is finished?When you quietly close
the door to a room
the room is not finished.
It is resting. Temporarily.
Glad to be without
you for awhile.
Now it seeps back into itself,
unruffled and proud.
Outlines grow firmer.
When you return,
you might move the stack of books,
freshen the water in the vase.
I think you could keep doing this
forever. But the blue chair looks best
with the red pillow. So you might as well
leave it that way.
-Naomi Shihab Nye
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