Question

why is one not amazed by a poem at a first glance

Answer 1

Naoshi Koriyama
1926-

Naoshi Koriyama studied English in Japan before coming to the United States to complete his college education. After returning to Japan in 1967, he taught American poetry at Toyo University in Tokyo.

Translator of Poetry, Koriyama's poems have appeared in high school textbooks in the United States, Canada, and Australia. He has also made English translations of Japanese poetry and folk songs from the Amamio Islands where he was born and raised. Among his works are We Wrote These Poems (translator) and Plum Tree in Japan and Other Poems.

Answer 2

Answer:

because poems are a bit tough to understand