He was also very active in poetry circles, composing a poem for the imperial collection of 1105, "Horikawa-in On-toki Hyakushu Waka" (Horikawa Hundred Poems); additionally, his poem was chosen for the Goshui wakashu, the fourth imperial anthology of waka poetry, which was edited while he was still alive.
歌壇でも活躍し、長治2年(1105年)頃奏覧の『堀河院御時百首和歌』に出詠し、生前編纂された第四勅撰後拾遺和歌集の作者にもなった。