Shiki apparently was also fond of Persimmons:
sanzen no haiku wo kemishi kaki futatsu
having examined
three thousand haiku poems –
two persimmons
© Shiki (1897)
kaki bakari narabeshi Suma no komise kara
displaying
only persimmons --
small store in Suma
© Shiki (1895)
After reading Georgia’s offering to this prompt, I was interested in reading her post. What a joy to read and see the photos she added of these fruit trees that grow in northern Italy as well as in Japan. Chèvrefeuille has certainly given us a challenging prompt.
At first I thought of not being capable of writing anything but Georgia’s lovely introduction describing Italy’s fruit trees and how these fruits do not conserve as well as our apples , I am piggybacking a bit on her story (hope that’s okay, Cara) and her photos that inspired me to write this:
Persimmons
over abundance of fruit
rot on lawns
over abundance of fruit
rot on lawns
rot on lawns
birds fill their bellies
Persimmons fruit
birds fill their bellies
Persimmons fruit
Persimmons fruit
gaudy orangey red
savour the sweetness
gaudy orangey red
savour the sweetness
© Tournesol 2014/08/02
