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12 poems of persimmon.
かき · in 12 of the 701 poems of Sōmokutō
- falling — the persimmon leaves; blooming — the tea flowers at their heightWalking Mountains, Walking Waters
- under a sky where the young persimmon leaves shine, i go on not dyingWalking Mountains, Walking Waters
- taking its time the persimmons too ripenWalking Mountains, Walking Waters
- sun reaches my bed persimmon leaves, plumes of susuki grassWalking Mountains, Walking Waters
- the persimmons red — a house grows livable when you live in it, and this its treeA Landscape of Weeds
- thinking of nothing the persimmon leaves fall and fallPersimmon Leaves
- cheerfully they are picking persimmonsPersimmon Leaves
- the fallen leaves shining wet persimmon leavesPersimmon Leaves
- down from the moon a flutter a persimmon leafPersimmon Leaves
- thinking of Sumita the persimmon leaves fall and fallPersimmon Leaves
- sun into the mountain, moon out of the mountain, persimmons heavy on the boughThe Crow
- air-raid warning — piled up and red the persimmonsThe Crow
There was always a persimmon tree beside the hermitage; a chapter of the collection is named for its leaves. “Down from the moon a flutter a persimmon leaf.”