Forming Question

Commenting on another blog, I realized that perhaps the idea of a "gift" can become part of a question about poetry. I shy away from the starry-eyed questions ("What was your inspiration for the poem?" or "How do you get inspired?") though that's not to say that those questions aren't valuable or even necessary. But a question involving poetry as a gift, or a poem as a gift, or that assumes gift as part of the question, or that assumes the writing process as a gift -- one of these might lead to a provocative answer from any poet/writer who might be asked.