Unfolding Bud
by Naoshi Koriyama (1926– )
One is amazed
By a water-lily bud
Unfolding
With each passing day,
Taking on a richer color
And new dimensions.
One is not amazed,
At first glance,
By a poem,
Which is tight-closed
As a tiny bud.
Yet one is surprised
To see the poem
Gradually unfolding,
Revealing its rich inner
self As one reads it
Again
And over again.
The poet want us to approach a poem like how we watch a flower bud open. Which mean we should be more patient. For example, they write, "Revealing its rich inner self As one reads it Again and over again". Which tells us if we are more patient we will see the flower bud reveal it inner self.
