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DavidPlantinga

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DavidPlantinga
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Just an amateur poet who's on here to get feedback and maybe garner a small readership.

  March 2021     6 hours ago

Submitted Poems 47 total

Tenants

In welcome old Fido is barking
But cats are too haughty for marking
If tenants are home,
Or off on a roam.
A shut-in gets cranky and...

by David Plantinga

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added 3 days ago
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Houseboat

It’s lovely to live on a boat
So mobile a dwelling and remote,
But beaching in sand
To dock on dry land,
Is nicer than bobbing afloat....

by David Plantinga

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added 7 days ago
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Sticky

A matron of Memphis poured toffee
In water and orange juice and coffee.
Her drinks were so sweet
She thought them a treat,
But a sleeve, if rested, ripped off me....

by David Plantinga

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added 10 days ago
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Meowing

Impatient, a lion will roar
And kitty’s meowing at the door,
Because paws are fumbling;
At doorknobs it’s grumbling.
Once launching a robin can soar. ...

by David Plantinga

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added 16 days ago
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Sackcloth and Cowl

Have I wronged you, my former friends,
Or murdered a dear wife or child,
That bitter hatred goes so wild
Against the wretch it reprehends.
Your opened jaws are like a cowl
That fastens on my skull and gnaws.
You injure me more than cruel...

by David Plantinga

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added 1 year ago
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