Short Minty Poems

minty 
green eyes
this
night
walks a
black cat
with nine
lives...

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gift packages sent 
canes broken instead of bent….
scent of peppermint...

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raspberry ripple sundae
strawberry layered
minty chocolate topping
coconut topping
1 chocolate flake
whipped cream
wow!...

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flavor of springtime
minty as June's wildflower
love's petal dispersed---
alone in the city park
I long for your smooth caress



Contest of Alfred Vassalo
Just One Tanka
29th Aug 2014...

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Running tears
Warmness turning into minty cold
Still wondering why
These drops are not yet dry
Maybe they know
The love they are shedding for
For whom I'll dream further more
For whom I will stay forever....

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lounging on the bench
tender gust envelopes me-
a scent minty as citrus

its wing releases
soft cuddle thinning away-
to blow last huffs of fall's  flair



Contest- Spin A Sedoka
Sponsor- Nette Onclaud
2 Nov 2020...

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The white elephant castle of my desire,
Looms large in the mist of my fading stars;
The paradise birds of my refuge flew haywire,
In all my sprung spire,
And the fresh minty aroma of blue dawn;
Dim the waking lullaby sun....

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The month of March is a sunshine 
pouring as effervescent vanilla
on through the floral pageantry
of tangerine ever glowing--
sun-kissed a golden yellow,
and dashes of the whispering rain
that spice a chilly earth
to waft springtime's minty aroma....

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Your smile ever so
Bright as the frozen glacier
In a cold snow-night

Breathe as fresh minty
Tastes of artic kiss embrace
Warm my love tender

Warmth by your beauty
Blanketed by your comfort
To ask is the touch

1/27/18
by James Edward Lee Sr....

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SNOW SMILE

You smile ever so
Bright as the frozen glacier
In a cold snow-night

Breathes as fresh minty
Tastes of Artic kiss embrace
Warm my love tender

Warmth by your beauty
Blanketed by your comfort
Toasted to the touch

1/26/18
by James Edward Lee Sr....

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Clean and minty
Plump pink or receding
Capped, implanted, or real
A whistle through gaps
Metal brackets and stretchy rubber bands
Drool on a white cotton pillow case in the dead of night
Twitchy lies and storied gossip, save, 
For a fly does not enter a closed mouth....

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green and blue are best
for ages put to the test
berry sky, jade leaves

knee deep sage grasses
waving like sapphire oceans
and wandering wind

matter-of-fact pretty
in saffron everyday hours
when sun goes all out

blooms in emeralds
beneath life's teal canopy
minty woods, pink mist...

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Sunset dips from a bay’s view

Its pulp so tangerine clear--

Releasing a minty froth.

As her crown bleeds on water

I watch a hazy profile--

A faded memory now

Tearing my chilling nightfall.



Created by Banjo Casto  Nov 12 2014
Silhouette A Heptagonet
nette onclaud's Contest...

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butterfly in blue
wafting skies we always knew
in orange-gold sun

redbirds sing farewell
a warm hour of green flowers
when still wind listens

to meadows and woods
minty lanes where beauty hides
round and round it flies

drawing stares it goes
about pink aster affairs
sunset showdown flair...

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Now sliding in peace the hues of day
Maybe this I fully  know
Above the groves, the lonely plains
Of deepened soot and down to where
The busy metro huffs below--
Again I feel the minty dawn
Swell inside my breath  till all 
Of chilly mist is softly drawn.


Contest 252: Brian Strand
Dec 21  2016...

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The minty wood smoke beckons me
As a thirst of love’s rhapsody
Burns fireplace

Where hours unfold a night’s craving
Like glittered strokes upon the wing
Of fireflies

And time’s fervor awash in glow
Heightens couple- play, to bestow
Sky’s fireworks.


Earth, Fire, Wind of nette onclaud
Zelene Desha 11.17.2014
Fire...

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Pink, with elegant, sun-loving petals, scented,
plush and lush, like hued nebulae, suspended.
Preoccupied with visitors, south wind and rain,
plum butterflies and more, ever coming again! 
Pretty prestige; minty green, garden's delight,
Pearly pink buds, under nomad clouds of white,
Peaceful in nature, like a silvery moon at night....

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I ordered a caramel latte
But changed my mind when I saw the minty frappe
Is it too late to….
No, the friendly barista told me.
She put the latte aside and began anew.
A soda jerk next to her handed another customer a rainbow drink.
A RAINBOW DRINK!
I want one of those, I told my barista.
She no longer looked so friendly.
“Too,” I added....

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Overwhelm me with your fat love.

Smothered by its calories.

A weight of love that breaks a scale.

A love  unbelievable,a loony tale.

Lifted by loving sparks,I seem to sail.

Feed me your loving chips,chocolates and honey dips.

Smothered all over your minty fresh lips. 

If any left overs i'll store in my heart.

A love never hungry or torn apart....

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If you decide to get a cobra
Better make it one who is black said Mrs. Minty.
We have a pet cobra that is white
She is prolific, her babies number twenty

I was horrified, for snakes are not my favorite things
I cannot imagine choosing to be with them.
And yet here was Mrs. Minty, whose praises many sing.
Who thinks a white cobra is her friend....

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Minty is this unwelcomed kiss, 
which 
never happened in the first place. 

But should have, 
at least my obession
told me so. 

And nearly half a lifetime 
later I digress
and stick inside this 
ridiculous nostalgia. 

Like concrete frozen 
inside this time bomb
of an igloo.

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more poetry at www.alexfalls.com...

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Luscious  is  August
With minty fragrance
Enlivening  vales;
As grasses renew
Their sizzled display.

Awakens now
The red of morns--
Outside my gate
Flowers  explode:

Arms  outstretched
I  begin
To race, dance--

Winds hail
‘SUMMER

COMES!’


Diminishing Hexaverse Contest
Sponsor: Emile Pinet   5/22/2020
Checked via howmanysyllables.com...

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If my taste starts to fade, stick around I'm in style
Evergreen, Peppermint, did I just see you smile?
Chew my wad, blow a bubble
Be minty fresh on the double
I am gum, chew on that for a while

I please and abide like your loyal chum
Then you spit me out like a skid row bum
But chew me at your pleasure
I'm a tried-and-true treasure
I am comfort, I am delight, I am gum!...

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The air is cold and dark as the night,
The world outside is covered in white.
Gathered inside with mugs of hot tea,
Admiring the beautiful christmas tree.
Snowflakes swirl in a gracious dance,
Deer in a forest leap and prance.
Sucking on minty candy canes,
Snowballs crashing against window panes,
Happily singing a Christmas tune,
Ornaments shining in the light of the moon....

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I've walked up blueish poles. 
Gazed upon beautiful ogres.
Sampled minty auroras. 
Vomited the bleeding, unforgiving cold.

I've waltzed a million lily ponds.
To seek a mirage called bliss.
Despite the perils that swirl
Beneath the horizon of all dreams. 

I've put my face to fire.
To kiss a blossoms' lips.
But in the end was given a muzzle of sweet needles.
-the haunt of scented ash....

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