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

  March 2021     4 days ago

Submitted Poems 52 total

Donut Harvest

A farmer from Farmington sowed
His hectares with freckle of toad.
When asked what would sprout
He hadn’t a doubt
Of harvesting doughnuts à la mode. ...

– by David Plantinga

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Suitors

A spinster from Flint once opined
In her day the suitors were kind.
Though sister was gone,
They didn’t stay long.
An overfull parlor can grind. ...

– by David Plantinga

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Soggy Vegetables

A vegetable sufficiently boiled
And buttered and salted and oiled
Can taste just like meat
Off a parakeet
Or platypus flambéed then broiled. ...

– by David Plantinga

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Flea Circus

A huckster from Huxby displayed
His circus of fleas to any who paid.
A bug on a trapeze
Can soar with such ease
And for wages takes marmalade....

– by David Plantinga

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added 22 days ago
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Felt and Fairways

Though cue-balls are glossy and smooth
The felt has been rough since my youth.
Some dimples assist
When fairways resist
But putting on tables is...

– by David Plantinga

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added 26 days ago
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