This week let’s write a mistletoe poem. I found the first sentence of its Wikipedia entry very inspiring, “Mistletoe is the common name for obligate hemiparasitic plants in the order Santalales.” It’s a parasite and its taxonomic order starts with Santa! How can you not write a poem?
Give it a kiss then post it in the comments below.
About Bartholomew Barker
Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, where he has hosted monthly workshops for more than decade. His first poetry collection, Wednesday Night Regular, written in and about strip clubs, was published in 2013. His second, Milkshakes and Chilidogs, a chapbook of food inspired poetry was served in 2017. He was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2021, 2024 & 2025 as well as the Best of the Net Anthology in 2024. His work has appeared in The Lake, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Panoply, Tipton Poetry Journal, the Gyroscope Review and the Naugatuck River Review among others.
Living Poetry 
Ho-ho-ho
time for mistletoe
with Santa’s beginnings
it had to show
Ha-ha-ha
the fun is this
each time your under
you get a kiss
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | December 13, 2021, 7:18 AMLovely! Happy holidays!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | December 13, 2021, 8:43 PM🙂 You too.
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | December 20, 2021, 7:39 AMFun. Now where do I find some? 🙂
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Posted by JeanMarie | December 19, 2021, 2:02 AMI will send you a sprig! 😀
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | December 20, 2021, 7:37 AMPretty Poisons
Mistletoe, the cultural tic for a first romantic kiss
Gives the trots when ingested
Belladonna flushes the cheek, quickens the breath, raises the heartbeat
Like a first kiss
This year, Santa, I want my mistletoe kiss from someone like you
Warm and kind but not too tubby
The pretty boys with hard pecs and tight asses
Always disappoint in the end
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Posted by Second Act Blogger | December 17, 2021, 10:29 AMNice one. I especially like the analogy in the first stanza. Great work!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | December 17, 2021, 5:20 PMAs Bart said, great analogy.
Hmmmm…. I’ve been thinking about writing a poem about belladonna…..
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Posted by JeanMarie | December 19, 2021, 2:01 AMWe are sisters after all.
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Posted by Second Act Blogger | December 19, 2021, 9:02 AM