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

  March 2021     10 hours ago

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Polka Dots

Postmodernists like Rohrschach blots
But painters prefer polka dots,
But shaking paint just right
So dots stay round and tight
Is like tying needles in knots. ...

– by David Plantinga

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Brambles

A widow from Wimberly whistles
And fills all her pillows with thistles.
So nice on the cheek,
You’ll sleep for a week.
When dozing on brambles and bristles. ...

– by David Plantinga

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Popcorn and Porcupines

Perhaps it’s to exercise jaws
But a naughty porcupine gnaws
On handles of wood,
So salty and good,
But they’d prefer popcorn to saws. ...

– by David Plantinga

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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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