David Plantinga

David Plantinga May 7

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.

#paint #limerick #polka #dots #humor

David Plantinga May 1

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.

#brambles #pillows #limerick #humor

David Plantinga Apr 29

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.

#popcorn #porcupines #salt #limerick #humor

David Plantinga Apr 22

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.

#agriculture #donuts #limerick #humor

David Plantinga Apr 17

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.

#courtship #parlors #awkward #limerick #humor

David Plantinga Apr 11

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.

#butter #salt #vegetables #limerick #rhyme

David Plantinga Apr 4

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.

#fleas #circuses #impresarios #limerick #humor