Question

What is being competed to the unfolding bud of a water Lily?

Answer 1

Answer:

Naoshi writes, “Yet one is amazed/To see the poem/Gradually unfolding/Revealing its rich inner self.” He doesn't want us to give up on a poem right away. It is like the flower bud. It won't reveal its true beauty until it opens. A poem will take many readings to reveal its beauty as well.