I never heard of Persimmons before until this prompt.
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
rot on lawns
birds fill their bellies
Persimmons fruit
Persimmons fruit
gaudy orangey red
savour the sweetness
© Tournesol 2014/08/02
