Kanemori is best known for his poem composed in the 'Tentoku Dairi Uta-awase,' in which he had a match with MIBU no Tadami. (The poem was chosen for Hyakunin Isshu (one hundred waka poems by one hundred poets): 'Though I try to hide it, my deep love shows in the blush on my face, and people ask me "Who are you thinking of?")
兼盛といえば、「天徳内裏歌合」における壬生忠見との対決（この時の歌が百人一首にも取られた「しのぶれど色にいでにけりわが恋は物や思ふと人のとふまで」である）が一番有名である。