Best Peppermint Poems

This is written in acknowledgement to the lovely sweet men and wonderful Poets on Poetry Soup who have supported and encouraged me since I first joined. PSST! I’m certain they all have a sweet-tooth.

Demetrius Trifiatis, Silent One, Paul Callus, Victor Buhagiar, Chris Green, Peter Duggan...

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“The New York Times” was this group’s original name.
Within two years, they were garnering fame.
Two women and three men sang in wonderful harmony
in clubs around Baltimore and Washington, DC.
Mama Cass Elliott was noted for their discovery.
She often joined them in a Mamas and Papas medley.
As...

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Peppermint drop moon 
plays hide and seek
with cotton candy clouds...

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carousing through the net & pausing to finger the thinning spots on his scalp 
remembering the moments when women in his earlier life would run their fingers through the flowing locks---
having watched his compadres become cue-balls or
slowly peppering away individuals on their way to
pure silver,
he...

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Dank club
Beasts' hub

Sleazy
Queasy

False smiles
Damp tiles

Lights dimmed
Eight-limbed

Client?
Pliant.

Tawdry
Bawdry

Creased notes
Fiend gloats

Cash gripped
Head dipped

Lewd song
Will strong

Gyrates
Primates!

All stare
Rent bare

Whistles
Bristles

Tunes cease
No peace

Rump pawed
Applaud

Defile
Fight bile

Soul stabbed
Clothes grabbed

Backstage
Does rage

Crushed dream
Tears stream

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* "Peppermint Panda" is a riff on a London-based 'Gentlemen's club'.


3 November 2017...

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Mint, peppermint, Cool Mint, badminton. . . . 
But that's not what I meant. 
You still don't know what I meant? 
Then I'll give you a hint. 
There's a famous guy named Clint. 
Yes, his family name is Eastwood. 
As an actor, he's sharp as...

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A York Mint Patty 
Spreads excitement to the mouth,
Joy to the tastebuds...

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Don't dare hang up the phone
Please don't touch that dial
I've got this idea a-brewing
If you'll kindly hear me out

I often have these hunger pains 
Throughout my busy day
And seldom find the time to stop
For a meal along the way

So I got my brain juices flowing
And...

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Peppermint Christmas angels were doing the cha cha cha.
“What else can you do?” Asked a pinecone name of McGraw.
We can do the petootsie dance, and we can tease our maw.
“What else can you do?” asked a prissy critical macaw.

“We can twirl and spin, and we...

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Peppermint Princess tries for attention daily
Wearing her candy cane Christmas colors so gaily,
It is only June the Calendar Enforcer in a prissy way.
Peppermint Princess does not care; she has come to play.

She dances around the Christmas Prince batting her eyes.
He has heard of her reputation,...

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He walks in and sees first the peppermints on my desk then me

“You sure do look pretty today.” He says while unwrapping the candy
I can tell by the way he's looking at me and not the mint that he would rather be unwrapping me
He pops...

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Aromatic alleviation that you need; 
the secret to having anything succeed? 
A blanket fort and peppermint pillow mote;

Sea of calm spiked with crimson passion;
If you get high on imagination? 
That’s the turnkey to get inside; 

I dare you to try and break the fire wall
if...

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Here Is A Hint About Peppermint

Lately what I have heard is a historical hint
About things they meant about peppermint;
Spiral weave,
Did receive;
From God His Son and this thought were sent.

Jim Horn...

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A hint of lush white peppermint,
Such fragrance simply so exquisite....

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Peppering the season
Praising God, the reason
Prayers for hearts and souls
Peace that always consoles
Preparing us for One
Prince of Peace, He will stun
Pure love has just begun

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