Qoheleth Haiku 2:9

True Greatness

⁹So I became great and surpassed

all who were before me in Jerusalem;

also my wisdom remained with me.

One is a great man

How do you measure greatness

By power of love

Does wealth add greatness

To the value of a man

Or detract from it

Wisdom and greatness

May surely go hand in hand

What criteria

How does one surpass

Everyone else in greatness

How does one measure

Why must one defend

Pairing greatness and wisdom

If not foolishness

Value of person

Defines essential greatness

Not wealth and power