David Plantinga : Writing

Blumfeld

Blumfeld

A Poem by David Plantinga


I got the idea for this one from Kafka’s short story Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor. Those weird bouncing balls really freak me out, like someth..
To a Shropshire Lad Disheartened

To a Shropshire Lad Disheartened

A Poem by David Plantinga


Terence, this is stupid stuff: no beer here, just entropy. I put a trochee in the second foot of the first line of the fourth stanza for the harshnes..
Diogenes

Diogenes

A Poem by David Plantinga


If I recall correctly, Diogenes Laertes told this story about Diogenes the Cynic, minus the moral. Too many Diogenes’s!
Bottom Rim

Bottom Rim

A Poem by David Plantinga


another poem in ballad stanza