Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: Raymond Roseliep ( August 11 , 1917 -- December 6 , 1983 ) was a poet and contemporary master of the English haiku and Catholic priest .
Simplified: Raymond Roseliep ( August 11 , 1917 -- December 6 , 1983 ) was a poet . He wrote haiku .