I recited some poems
    from old English masters
At a recent funeral
And the christian minister
    asked me afterward
If I have found
    Much poetry
        In the bible

Being rather familiar with the text
I stood there
    Silently confused
        And didn't get to respond
            Before he walked away
                grab handing the flock

I did not understand
Had he not read the psalms?
The writings of Solomon?
Or David?
The song from Mary?
Had he not read the first chapter
    of Genesis?
Had he not thought of Paul
    quoting pagan poets?
Did he know of the
    Hebrew rhyme
        in the song of songs?
The original language letters
    of the longest psalm, 119
Had he never meditated
    day and night
       on Jesus' intro
            to the sermon on the mount?

Perhaps I misunderstood
    his question
Or, perhaps, he misunderstood
    the whole entire thing