Polly Packer picked a pile of pickled peppers
outweighing the paltry peck that Peter chose.
Poor Peter Piper’s paused his pepper picking
and all he picks at present is his nose.
Jenny said: The prompt word, “pickle” reminded me of the famous old tongue-twister involving Peter Piper and his pickled peppers. The challenge was to find enough new words starting with “p” to retain a tongue-twister character.
Peter Peckle…
Peter Piper picked a peckle…
If Peter pickled peppers picked…
I’m in a pickle that Peter Piper picked
and I can’t un-pickle this peckled pipple.
And why would Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers
when pickled peppers are so repulsive?
Melanie said: My family were having some fun with tongue twisters just before this writing prompt came out. After the kids were feeling frustrated with all the mistakes they were making, they came to the conclusion that pickled peppers would be disgusting, and this justified not being able to recite Peter Piper.
Australian Children’s Poetry 