David Plantinga

David Plantinga 4d

While perusing pictures at the Louvre
A dragon felt dismayed and moved
At how often they portrayed
When Saint George cruelly slayed.
If claws could clutch brushes they’d reprove.

There’s only one painting of Saint George slaying a dragon in the Louvre so sterner readers can ding this limerick on veracity. I tried to find out how many dragons tour the museum in a given year but unfortunately they’d don’t keep records of this.

#painting #slander #dragons #art

David Plantinga Oct 16

Argonauts

Too nimble for sluggards to swat
Flies will gambol when it gets hot.
Don’t bother to flap.
You’re too slow to slap
That buzzing, tormenting argonaut.

#summer #heat #flies #limerick #humor

David Plantinga Sep 16

Buzzing Flies

The summer brings on buzzing flies.
Those whirrings around ears and eyes
Strum lullabies that make
A sleeper **** awake
And aggravate miserable Julies.

#summer #flies #heat #limerick #humor

David Plantinga Sep 4

Verbosity

All phrases that are pleonastic
And too redundant are bombastic.
Verbose prolixity
Makes plodding poetry,
A sluggish, limping limerick.

#verbosity #prolixity #limerick #humor

David Plantinga Aug 12

Incursion

In anti-intruder apprenticeships
The tiniest tiny canines yips
At any passing tread
Because it’s def con red.
A zombie will flee from shih tzu nips.

#dogs #barking #shih #tzu #limerick #humor

David Plantinga Aug 7

Breakfast Sweets

Since a bitter beverage goes best
With sweeter courses, adding zest,
So many breakfast dishes
Considered most delicious
Are sugary bases syrup dressed.

#breakfast #pancakes #syrup #limerick #humor

David Plantinga Jul 30

Thimbles

Though thimbles are rigid and heavy and tight
Getting gouged by pins is no delight.
A finger jabbed enough
Gets calloused, horned, and tough,
But why suffer needless pain from spite?

#pins #needles #sewing #thimbles #limerick #humor