David Plantinga : Writing

Kalends

Kalends

A Poem by David Plantinga


Job curses the day he was born.
Cassandra

Cassandra

A Poem by David Plantinga


And a song for poor Cassandra too. I never faulted Clytemnestra for killing that s**t Agamemnon but why did she have to kill Cassandra too? She was ..
Agamemnon

Agamemnon

A Poem by David Plantinga


Agamemnon gets his own poem. This came out of the previous one but it was getting kinda long for Instagram. Beside the Mycenaeans didn’t have..
Auguries

Auguries

A Poem by David Plantinga


The idea for this poem came from Montaigne’s essay on prognostication. Agammemon will slip in later.
The Scaup

The Scaup

A Poem by David Plantinga


From a creation myth in the Kalevala
Wit and Wisdom

Wit and Wisdom

A Poem by David Plantinga


The Wit is nimble, and can skip The longest distances with ease. It flits on an extended trip, One day, and back from overseas. T..
An Ode to Lies

An Ode to Lies

A Poem by David Plantinga


Loquacious people love to spill Plump secrets they’re too vain to keep. To tell tremendous news can reap Friends whom novelty ..
Effigies

Effigies

A Poem by David Plantinga


All perception is basically memory. We guess at the future by an imperfect knowledge of the past.
Niobe

Niobe

A Poem by David Plantinga


The strongest passions, joy and sorrow Contract the feelings like a vice, A solid block no word can slice, As lead today, and lead tomo..
Thyrsus

Thyrsus

A Poem by David Plantinga


From Euripides' The Bacchae