No one wants to be last in any competition. Right? Only about 20% of people are concerned about being the winner or loser.
Haiku insists on concrete sense images, of which there are many in the priest’s poetry. It emphasizes the object itself rather than any metaphoric potential the image has, and it marks time with ...
A haiku is a traditional form for poetry from Japan. Often about nature, following a strict structure of syllables per line. One famous haiku is by Bashō. Here it is in Japanese: Why not have a try?