Persimmon Poems - Poems about Persimmon

love long ago departed; like persimmon buds; now, just spring flowers ever parted in afterglow of young lust. Where pink flowers did carouse soft, ripe red fruit heavy hangs on cold winters empty boughs; and so induce hunger pangs, for sweet flesh...Read the rest...

Premiere of Persimmon Pureblood Pennsylvania’s premiere debutante prettier than a Parisian parasol persnickety and powdery poufy, perfumed, perfectly petite Persimmon practiced her pirouette pleats parading petals in a perfect circle...Read the rest...

Ode to a Persimmon Ahhh! Ripe, juicy, pulpy persimmon… plump berry, mini orange sun. Syrupy sweet delicious delight dangling golden in day’s bright light, on blue-green leafy branch up high, glossy under a summer sky. Fleshy ambrosial enchantress, nectar of Pomona, fruit goddess....Read the rest...

Out hunting in the woods, late in the fall I came upon a wild persimmon tree Strewn all around were reddish-yellow balls A treasure it had dropped, now mine for free With empty game bag down upon one knee Inspecting...Read the rest...

Simon says jump Simon says come Simon says run to me Simon says kiss me But Persimmon says no! Come here with me Pick me from this tree Then taste me ‘cuz I’m super crunchy Super yummy! July 2,2017 12.10 pm...Read the rest...

Hey! adults and kids a nourishing remedy!! ...Read the rest...

(A Slant-rhyme Sonnet) As autumn treads across our piebald patch, she drops her frost to shelter, soft as wool, but brilliant blossoms curl in moonlight watch and shrink beneath the snap of hoarfrost cool. Then every critter lodged inside...Read the rest...

The Persimmon Tree This time of year my feet often turn toward an old home down the way that now stands empty. In the back yard there is a weathered persimmon tree seemingly standing guard over the remnants of...Read the rest...