Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Once a Sinner, Always ...

The Bible says that men once were

The hope of God for perfection.

Then women came along for sure,

And so the who we were was done.

Did not take long, women and men

Disappointed God's hope in them,

Committed in front of God - sin.

Quite irked, God was quick to condemn

This experiment as not much worth.

And so God of a judgement mind

Let the sinners remain on Earth,

But on borrowed time for humankind.

Who men and women once were must,

Because of sin, die and turn dust.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Goddess of Gold

Freya, the Norse goddess of gold,

Hoarded as much gold as she could.

Beseeched by mortals, all were told

By Freya it would not be good

For gold to be in mortal hands.

Gold should be possessed just by her.

Freya grabbed gold from seas and lands.

Frustrated, her husband, Odur,

And the rest of her family

Left Freya to be all alone

With just her gold for company,

Truth the goddess came to bemoan.

Freya lost all love, the true worth.

She wept gold tears upon the Earth.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 In Residence

The Milan Royals we're sometimes called,

The red kite raptor birds we be.

And so a nest we have installed

High up in Milan, Italy,

Atop a "tree house" building that

Some humans built, covered in trees.

It is a perfect habitat

For mate and me to shoot the breeze.

We "rent" a tree on penthouse floor,

And watch the humans watching us,

As back and forth from nest we soar.

Building allows kids - that's a plus.

So next time in Milan, look up,

And we might be looking down, yup.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 By Myself

I've always loved myself a lot,

And so expect all to love me.

But not too much love have I got

From others who just seem to be

Expecting my love in return.

For me, love is a give and take.

The others giving love should yearn,

And not have all of that heartache

When I do not reciprocate,

Taking their love should be enough.

They don't seem to appreciate

My feelings on this shared love stuff.

By myself, I stopped the search of

Somebody more than me to love.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Game Called

A lovely maiden, I came

To a village high on a hill.

It was a time and place for game,

To hone upon my gaming skill.

At first the villagers met me

With friendliness, but soon did change.

There was a wise priest who did be

Suspicious that something was strange.

I was locked in a room of stone,

While the villagers went to pray.

The truth of me was not yet known,

And I decided not to stay.

The devil, I did cast a spell.

My demons came for me from hell.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Meka Peeka - LP Zoo

Pygmy slow loris, Meka, is

Playing a game of peek-a-boo,

And knows that in her hiding biz, 

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo,

She's got advantage of dim light

That glows in reddish tint so that,

Since she's a lady of the night,

She's comfy in her habitat.

So Meka makes her choice to hide

In a round tube, just fits her size,

And she waits patiently inside,

Looking out with her great big eyes.

To find Meka, a human must

Wait a while for eyes to adjust.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Forgive Forever?

Jesus did choose to sacrifice

To be savior of humankind.

On crucifix he paid the price.

He prayed that Father be of mind

To let the Holy Spirit stay

Upon the Earth and to forgive

All humankind for sinful way.

Jesus did die  so we might live

To carry on the human race,

The sacred sacrament to heed

So as to receive divine grace,

And praise this second chance indeed.

It's been two thousand years since then,

And humankind still lives in sin.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Jesus Connection

I try to live my life the way

That I believe Jesus did teach.

When there's conflict I need to pray,

And not be too hasty to preach

To others how I think they should

Live their lives in the way I live.

I need to keep in mind that good

Is being able to forgive

Others for not living up to

Whatever standards I expect.

I should not judge what others do.

I should just try best to connect.

Maybe I'll open a closed mind

If I empathize and be kind.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Positioning - LP Zoo

The Jamaican iguanas do

Post themselves in positions that,

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo,

They can view their whole habitat.

Woody and Lizzie know time is

For their keeper to bring a snack

For the pair to do snacking biz.

Their four eyes do look forth and back,

Each one ready to hiss heads up

When keeper's coming is in sight.

The two will then head that way, yup,

To snack upon a snack delight.

Keeper watch duty 'twixt and 'tween,

A Lizzie and Woody routine.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Jealous Wife

A long time back in Tennessee

My big sister worked in a bank.

A red haired beauty she did be.

And many a male sure did thank

When they got in her teller line.

Some would get in her line a lot

To get a close look and to pine

Of fantasies, cuz she was hot.

And no doubt, Sis did like to flirt.

One guy named Carl a lot showed up.

Apparently his wife was hurt,

And later sang about it, yup.

Back then Dolly was just a teen,

Sang of my sister in "Jolene."

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Artful Disappearer

1971, a man

Hijacked a plane and then he got

Two hundred grand in ransom plan.

He disappeared and still is sought.

He parachuted from the plane

With the money and disappeared

Into some wilderness domain.

In artful moves he persevered,

And into Canada he went,

And started up a whole new life,

Decades of prosperity spent

Happily with children and wife.

Till he died, a great life we had.

"D.B. Cooper", he was my Dad.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Not "Egg"sactly a Nursery Rhyme

Humpty Dumpty sat in his chair

And ordered  a hooker online.

When the hooker did arrive there,

She saw Humpty was no goldmine.

"Egg" cited, Humpty said he'd charge

Her service on his credit card.

After all, he was grade A large.

His card declined did hit him hard.

He jumped into the hooker's arms,

Thinking somehow he could "egg"spect

To shell by with his sexy charms..

He and the hooker did connect.

The hooker hit with left hook, yup,

And Humpty Dumpty got cracked up.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Job Distraction

I am up in the studio.

The painter's got me sitting in

A chair looking out a window.

Of course I want to scratch my chin.

This is the first time that I've sat

For this painter who is well known,

So shouldn't do anything that

Puts him into an upset zone.

At least I'm able to look out

The window so not be too bored.

Gonna be a long day no doubt.

Oh, oh, trouble's coming, oh Lord!

I see outside my brother is

Doing some "make me giggle' biz.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Most Famous Pixie

When Peter Pan tale first be told,

Tinker Bell, a fairy did be.

Then came Disney, lo and behold,

A pixie she was suddenly.

There is confusion 'twixt and 'tween

A pixie or a fairy one.

Some say that fairies are quite mean,

While a pixie's more into fun.

Some do opine that Walt did choose

To turn Tink to a pixie so

To better match the childlike views

He wanted his work to bestow.

Pixie or fairy - Tinkerbell?

So far she's chosen not to tell.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Anti Pollutionists Fired Up

The Cuyahoga River, I

Through the city of Cleveland flow.

Industry pollution was why

A fire hazard in Ohio

I became over years of times.

Chemicals did get dumped in me,

Such dumping not a legal crime.

In 1969 did be

An oil slick in my waters that

Got sparked by a passing railcar, 

And burned the railroad bridge down flat.

This brought in "greenies" from afar.

The humans got the message, yup,

And since I have been well cleaned up.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Owlton John

Piano player, Owlton John,

I found a music teacher that

Is teaching me to get it on

In my shared songbird habitat.

Though I cannot sing worth a hoot,

I've got a keen ear to play keys,

Enabling me to execute

All genres on the ivories.

Some classical, some blues, some pop,

Some country and some rock and roll,

Some gospel, some jazz, some hip hop,

I play with all my heart and soul.

My music teacher says of me

How very talon - ted I be.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Carrot Cake

The best carrot cake ever made,

My Grandma had the magic touch.

Each cake was a loving crusade

Made from scratch, Grandma went to such

Efforts with her arthritic hands

To make with tender loving care

And patience perfection demands,

Always a masterpiece to share.

From her garden fresh carrots came,

Grated and added to the mix

As star, giving the cake its name.

The batter, oft times I got licks.

The most delicious food intake -

That first bite of my wedding cake.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Old Faithful

Old Faithful is a geyser that

Got its name from eruptions high

In its Yellowstone habitat

Hundreds of feet into the sky,

In a predictable time frame,

Currently ev'ry one to two

Hours, giving its claim to fame.

Each eruption tends to last through

One to five minutes spewing out

Thousands of gallons of real hot

Boiling water up and about.

Lots of gusto this geyser's got.

How faithful will this geyser stay?

Just have to have faith day to day.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Growing Up With ...

My child is growing up so fast.

In many ways she's just like me,

Reminding me of my times past.

A little stinker I could be.

But my parents helped me along,

Taught me the choice to do a right

When I was caught doing a wrong.

I've tried to give my child insight

That ev'ry day, choices be made.

And when we err as humans do,

Older and wiser can give aid.

Growing up's hard, but up I grew.

I hope that when I'm dead and gone,

I'll be in my child and live on.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Persian Carpet Flower

The Persian carpet flower is

The informal  name this plant got,

Because my flower looks, gee whiz,

Like a fancy carpet a lot.

Mostly in Africa is where

My kind in the wild can be found.

We like lots of sun and dry air,

And grow best in the desert ground.

I've got no leaves but armed with spines.

Bisexual my flowers be

Showing off in ornate design.

Worldwide gardens do display me.

Humans don't like my carrion smell,

But bugs do, and pollinate me well.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 August Low to High

I cotton to humming a tune

To rid myself of feeling blue.

I got blown up like a balloon,

But then a pop as life can do.

A bottle of Cabernet red

Is my only comrade I find

To share a toast to the road ahead,

Leaving cosmos clutter behind.

From the dark bleak of now I see

Ahead, sun shining on the trees.

Better future does beckon me

To dance to life's simplicities.

Where I'm going, I don't know where.

I guess I'll know when I get there.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Penguin Tree Art

A Mama penguin with her chick

Is what an artist chose to make

As a fine topiary pick

To sculpt two trees for artful sake.

The two trees growing side by side,

One short, one taller - perfect to

Reshape to tribute penguin pride,

Though likely no penguins will view.

The artist does a capture of

Mama feeding her chick a fish,

Expression of maternal love

That each and ev'ry child would wish.

Fitting penguin topiary,

The Green Penguin Scots Pine does be.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Paradise Lost

I found myself in paradise,

Hanging out with angels above.

For me it was too high a price

To have to always be in love.

To understand love did require

That there be hate also as choice.

For love I had little desire,

And so I came to heed hate's voice,

Telling me that with hate I could 

Have any and all I did yearn,

Which was all bad and nothing good,

And so I was the first to burn.

God said, as from heaven I fell,

"Lucifer, you can go to hell."

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Second Opinion

Doc told me that my pain was due

To drinking too much alcohol,

Even though when drunk I seem to

Not be feeling this pain at all.

Then I told Doc that I had heard

That sunlight could restore my youth.

Whereupon Doc gave me the word,

No, I was too long in the truth.

I pondered Doc's words long and hard.

I needed to test to conclude,

Went out in my sunlit back yard,

Standing all old and drunk and nude.

If you see me, leave me alone.

I'm doing research on my own.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Truth Told

I was at a job interview

For a job I really did want.

I felt quite nervous through and through,

But tried hard to act nonchalant.

My interviewer seemed to be

Someone who was not very bright.

The last question he asked of me,

"What's your greatest weakness that might"

"Make this job harder to perform?"

"I always tell the truth," I said.

The interviewer did inform

This trait should put me in good stead.

And so the truth I had to share,

"What you think, I really don't care,"

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Russian Roulette

The game of Russian roulette,

Most often played by players male

Who are into some macho biz

Of taking a chance on the scale

Of five out of six chambers in

A revolver, empty of shot,

Giving the cylinder a spin,

Odds good the loaded chamber's not

The one a pulled trigger will fire,

To that macho player's relief.

But fateful firing does transpire

To the shot macho player's grief.

However the game is resolved,

Alcohol is often involved.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Grasshopper Pie

Grasshopper pie, a fav of mine,

And Mom does make it really good.

More and more of the world does dine

On bugs, and in all likelihood

Insects like grasshoppers will be

An opted for edible source

For folks in popularity,

Seasoned to suit each taste of course.

When making a grasshopper pie,

Mom depends on me to help her.

She lets me know this goal and I

Am out the door to help for sure.

Grasshopper pie I like a lot,

Made from grasshoppers that I caught.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Reincarnated

All my life I wondered about

What would happen when I did die.

Reincarnation, though a doubt,

Be the favorite choice that I

Hoped would be available to

Give me another living round.

I died and this hope did come true,

And nature chose me to rebound

As choice of animal or plant,

But not a human this round be.

It is in nature's way to grant

A new experience for me.

My spirit got put on fast track,

Plant or animal, I'll be back.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Clock Talk

I am a clock upon a pole

That's sitting on a city street.

I no longer have much a role,

With all those smart phones that compete.

But I still have my time and place.

Lots of folks still look up at me,

And see my Roman numeraled face,

While waiting for their dogs to pee.

There is a restaurant nearby

With outside tables, so I hear

Some juicy gossip on the fly.

I'm sure I saw Elvis appear.

I hear that some clocks get to chime,

But all I do is tell the time.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Youth Outreach - LP Zoo

As a young snow monkey, I do

Like to welcome young humans that,

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo,

Come to visit my habitat.

Yes, these young humans tend to yell

And run by the windows a lot.

They're just excited, I can tell,

So want to connect, tot to tot,

Cuz sometimes I feel sorry for

These humans that have to face

Growing up challenges galore.

I'm glad to share some time and space.

The message that I want to send

To young humans - I am your friend.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Staircase To ...

A grand spiral staircase up for sale,

Up to heaven the seller said.

Good thing to own, came that detail

Down the road when I would be dead.

I looked up through the spiraling high

As I could see, it seemed to go

Upward forever, and so I

Was about ready to say no.

That's when the seller in tone odd,

In booming voice said, "Thou shalt not"

"Deny this deal," sounded like God.

I picked out credit card and bought.

I found out, but will never tell,

I bought a staircase up to hell.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Wall Opening

I look around the world and note

That ev'rywhere there be a wall.

Sometimes there even be a moat.

So I'm not that dif'rent from all,

When around me a wall I've built

Not letting anybody in,

To maybe see my shame and guilt,

To maybe know I sometimes sin.

So desperate, I choose to pray

About my sin and guilt and shame,

To get hope for a better way.

And in my wall, a window came.

First window in my wall, then more,

When in my wall I make a door.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Colors Preferred

Some flowers, purple, blue and red,

Saw two butterflies coming near,

Then flew down to the flower bed,

Putting the flowers in good cheer,

Cuz pollination would occur.

One butterfly did pick to land

On the purple flowers for sure.

A trip to red the other planned.

Happy purple and red blooms be.

But the blue flowers were left out,

And looked on quite unhappily.

The blues were feeling blues no doubt.

So sorry flowers that be blue,

Not a preferred butterfly hue.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 The Peasant Dance

The king and queen did rule the land

Of mostly the poor peasantry.

The rulers could not understand

Why all of these poor people be

Living lives as though they were rich,

With lots of happiness around,

While the king and queen lived lives which

Constant misery did abound.

The more the king and queen did tax

To assure their royal lifestyle,

The more the peasants viewed these facts

Of life as a reason to smile.

The king and queen did scowl askance.

Why oh why did the peasants dance?

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Vantage Point - LP Zoo

Pilipili, lion cub, who

Is checking out what's down below,

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo,

Hanging out on a rock to show

That the young prince is aware well

Of all that's going on around

The habitat where he does dwell,

Whether in air or on the ground.

At five months old, he's used to all

The humans who come visit him.

Sometimes he'll roar a howdy call

Depending on his mood or whim.

Behind, Mom keeps a watchful eye,

No fall off from her little guy.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Ark II

For centuries the Wombles had

Tried to help the environment.

But humans polluted so bad,

Back into their burrows they went,

The Wombles giving up their hope

That humankind would change their ways.

Wombles reached the end of their rope,

Predicting doom one of these days.

Sure enough, Mother Nature came

To tell the Wombles to prepare,

A global weather change the aim.

The rains would pour down through the air.

Great Aunt Thessaly, matriarch,

Told the Wombles to build an ark.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Magic

I lived with Grandma for a while

When I was almost four years old.

She gave me a gift with a smile.

Magic, the monkey, I took hold.

The two of us went ev'rywhere,

A buddy for me, most welcome,

So many memories to share.

Grandma had knitted Magic from

Bits and pieces of that and this,

From rags and buttons, Magic made.

Grandma'd give each of us a kiss

And a cookie after we'd played.

Both at the church when Grandma died,

Magic and I sat side by side.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Allergies - LP Zoo

Jabari, lion king, does do

A sneeze while lyin' on a rock

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo.

Lions sneeze. May come as a shock!

But yes, just like some humans can

Have allergies to certain plants.

Lions also in their lifespan

Have their allergic circumstance.

Weeds next to where Jabari is,

May have been the reason he got

Involved in act of a sneeze biz,

As pollen up his nose was caught.

Tiz season even lions sneeze

With pollen floating in the breeze.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Zeus

The Greek god, Zeus, god of the skies

Used his thunder and lightning bolts

To defeat foes and to arise

To power, putting down revolts

By other gods and humans who

Were constantly trying to take

Away his power, but he threw

His bolts for a long while to make

His Mt. Olympus throne secure.

But time upon Zeus took its toll,

And his power did ebb for sure.

He no longer played the star role.

What happened to Zeus is unknown.

Of course lightning bolts are still thrown.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Zoom Bloom

A dragonfly's a carnivore.

So I'm a bug that likes to eat

Other bugs, and so I fly o'er

Studied flowers looking for meat.

Flowers know I don't pollinate.

They seem to be okay with that.

I can rid pests that irritate

The flowers in their habitat.

As a bug hunter I rate high,

Having quite strong and agile flight.

I spy the bugs while on the fly,

Thanks to exceptional eyesight.

Flowers present my circumstance

To catch the bugs who have no chance.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Grow Tall

The ones around me are so tall.

I wonder if I ever will

Be like them because I'm so small.

But what I hear from them does fill

Me with the hope that one day I

Will grow as tall as they have have grown,

And be with them up in the sky.

They teach me as one of their own

To become rooted strong and well.

They assure that on me does shine

The vital sun to help me dwell

Within this family of mine.

The taller ones encourage me.

I too will be a tall pine tree.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Careless Adults

A baby at the beach I am,

And blowing bubbles from my pipe,

While sitting comfy in my pram.

All in all, I've no cause to gripe.

An umbrella is shading me,

So I'm not getting too much sun.

It is a peaceful place to be.

I guess I'll call it having fun.

Bringing me here was a paid task,

By adults who my parents pay.

Where are these adults, one might ask?

They left me and went their own way.

Adults took off without excuse.

Cops gonna call this child abuse.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Mazu

The Chinese goddess of the sea,

Mazu , born in flash of red light.

Protectress o'er the waters be

Of her worshippers by her might.

When she was prayed to, she'd appear

From the water in a red dress.

Prayers would welcome her in cheer,

Would fall to knees for their goddess.

Many a ship did bear her shrine

As a warning upon the bow,

That foes would face Mazu divine,

And become nothing in the now.

Mazu is still worshipped upon

The island nation of Taiwan.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Blankety Blank

So many times I have sat down

To write profoundly on blank page.

I sit a while, then start to frown.

The words I want don't disengage.

So this time I went to the store

And bought a Thesaurus on sale,

Should have the words I want and more.

I sat back down to write detail.

But when I opened up the book,

All the pages in it were blank.

Over and over I did look.

My hopeful attitude just sank.

I have no words to describe how

So very angry I am now.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Good Day for Li'l Red - LP Zoo

Li'l Red, Shetland pony, who

Likes to trot around my yard at

The Farm in the Lincoln Park Zoo,

For decades been my habitat.

I am twenty one years old now,

And feel I'm just reaching my prime,

Look forward to each new day, wow,

Life's about having a good time.

I give my keepers credit for

Giving me a lot of great care.

Each day I meet guests here galore,

Always a pony grin to share.

So come down to the Farm to be

A part of the great day for me.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Bellatrix

Bellatrix Lestrange does emerge

In Harry Potter tales and is

A wily villainess to surge

In doing anti Harry biz.

First and so far only female

To get Death Eater status to

Aid and abet her lover male,

Lord Voldermort, to evil do.

In "Death Hallows" Bellatrix

Is said to be killed by a curse.

But undead is one of the tricks

Used in future book sale commerce.

So as bad girls do have a knack,

Odds are Bellatrix will be back.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Three Sisters

Three sisters headed out of home.

It was a bright and sunny day.

Three sisters had the urge to roam

To the meadow not far away.

And through the grasses they did dance,

Their dresses whirling in the air,

Applauded by the flowered plants

That were amongst the grasses there.

Three sisters waved their arms on high,

In tribute to the shining sun

That glowed upon them from the sky,

Three sisters having so much fun.

But then three sisters all frowned, yup,

Little brother was showing up.

Sense Sonnet - pumper

 Kathy's Boyfriend - LP Zoo

And what does her chimp boyfriend do?

He gives chimp Kathy, his girlfriend,

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo,

A fresh flower, hoping to send

Feelings of adoration that

He has for Kathy, as she takes

The bloom and gives a sniffing at,

Such a nice scent the flower makes.

Kathy knows that her boyfriend is

Always seeking to impress her.

He is good at romantic biz,

And Kathy is impressed for sure.

Out of the corner of her eye,

Kathy watches her hopeful guy.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Caught on Camera

In a cafe the couple meet

At a far table, he and she,

Attempt to be very discrete,

Hoping for complete privacy.

As far as any world concern,

It is just a business thing.

Whatever passions in them burn

Must be kept in controlled hiding.

But comes moment in time and place,

Carelessness comes within their bliss.

Around each other arms embrace.

A picture's taken of their kiss.

With this picture taken, no doubt,

Odds are their spouses will find out.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Half Alien?

Who fathered me I've never known.

And on that subject Mom was mum.

So curiosity has grown.

Where does half of me come from?

When the Star War movies came out,

Feelings did surface that I had,

And I would fantasize about

Darth Vader maybe was my Dad.

Lots in common I have with him.

To the dark side I gravitate,

Treat people badly on a whim,

Often I do alienate.

So I wonder if I do be

Half a human, half an E.T.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Light Duty

We are two workers on night shift,

Help to make a healthy roadway,

Wondering if the fog will lift.

Fog causes some drivers to stray.

We hope to shed some light upon

The road so that the drivers will

Be able to safely drive on,

Cuz accidents can harm and kill.

About a hundred yards apart,

We light this stretch of road in goal.

If only each driver drives smart,

Won't hit either of us light pole.

We have an on going bet 'bout

Which one of us will first burn out.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Dad's Girls - LP Zoo

This colobus monkey does do

Dad duty with my family

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo.

So far the only guy's been me.

Missus and I over the years

Have had a bunch of daughters that

We raised with loving care, all dears.

Many have left the habitat

To have families of their own.

Right now we have two daughters still

With us until they're fully grown.

Have more daughters? I 'spose we will.

As a Dad, I'm a laid back chap,

Leave the girls alone - take a nap.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Pool Laps - LP Zoo

Charles, a grey seal, I like to do

Some laps around the swimming pool

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo.

I watch humans watch me - so cool!

Cuz there are windows made of glass.

Humans look in and I look out.

I'll flipper a wave as I pass,

Give the humans a boost, no doubt.

I see the water's light blue now.

For a while the water was green.

But humans did their stuff somehow,

And now is all back to serene.

An in demand guy I do be,

Jersey, my girl friend's calling me.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Muskrat Love

Two muskrats, they did fall in love.

Susie and Sam did tie the knot.

Many a human song sung of

This muskrat pair that got a lot

Of music through many a year.

At the White House, Great Britain's Queen

Even did have the chance to hear

Of this muskrat love 'twixt and 'tween.

Susie and Sam as muskrats do

Went on to have lots of kids that

Were well raised by this dancing two,

Lots of love in their habitat.

Sam and Susie Muskrat still dance

Any time the two get the chance.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Mission Possible

The U.S.A. decided to

Send a team to the moon so that

Current powers that be could do,

With permanent base habitat,

A claim of moon for U.S.A.

So we landed successfully,

And set up for a lengthy stay.

Three other astronauts and me,

We've been here now a month or so.

And then did come this fateful day.

Flashes of light on Earth did show.

The four of us began to pray.

Houston, we have a problem, yup,

We're watching you and Earth blow up.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Llanwddyn

Llanwddyn, Wales, first village be

In early 1880's sank,

As a reservoir completely

Submerged the village under tank,

Cuz English city, Liverpool

Needed more fresh water and so

The English Parliament did rule

Llanwddyn village had to go

To a new village which was built

Below the dam some miles away.

Liverpool city felt no guilt.

Llanwddyn village had no say.

Llanwddyn old, Llanwddyn new,

Townspeople moved - what else to do!

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 A Dirty Job

I watch my three year old outside.

He told me he wanted to find

Buried treasure he knew did hide

In the back yard, and set his mind

That he was gonna dig until

That buried treasure he undug.

I figured it a harmless thrill,

Maybe he'd come across a bug.

I watched him go after his goal,

Both hands digging, the dirt did fly.

Quickly did come a good sized hole.

In headfirst went my little guy.

I'm off to digging digger up.

I'm sure a bath is coming, yup.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Owl High

Tripped out on magic mushrooms, I

See a psychedelic owl that

Brings a dimension to my high

Of so cool mental habitat.

I've heard tales told that an owl is

Just about the best to appear

When one is engaged in drug biz.

It means I'm in the highest sphere

Of being guided to all wise

If I try hard to concentrate,

And I focus on the owl's eyes,

The ecstasy can be so great.

Slowly my owl does come to frown,

As slowly my high does come down.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 The Third Road

Three roads diverged in my lifehood.

The left looked bad, the right looked bad.

To me the middle road looked good.

What a journey on it I've had,

Watching those on roads left and right

Blow lots of hot air forth and back,

Do it constantly day and night,

There is no peace in their attack.

But on the middle road I stay,

Leave lefties and righties alone.

Maybe I will find truth some day.

I'll have to find truth on my own.

For truth, a middle roader, I

Just let the left and right roads lie.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Old Us

Slowly towards old me comes old dog

With sparkling eyes and wagging tail.

Each morn we have this dialog.

Most often old dog does prevail.

Time for a walk old dog does bark,

As old me tries to pull socks on.

Old dog wants to go to the park.

Old me struggles with clothes to don.

And old me gets ready at last.

Old dog leads old me through the door,

Just as we've walked countless times past,

And hope to walk many times more.

Old dog does love to take old me

On our walk, old agelessly.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Clothes Call

When Eve picked the forbidden fruit,

Up to that point no clothes she had,

Always was in her birthday suit.

But that did change when she did bad.

God ordered that Eve, now in shame,

Must right away cover herself.

Eve thought the selections were lame,

Bunches of leaves from rack and shelf.

But over time Eve did begin

To find designer clothes to wear.

She loved the shopping life in sin,

And developed a fashion flair.

So when Eve wanted wardrobe new,

She'd pick an apple, maybe two.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Violence Be

Throughout all time of humankind

Violence has been the prime way

To settle conflicts of the mind.

For help on this to God we pray.

We all believe we each are right

And that God is on our side,

As we battle in test of might,

God taking those of us who died.

Those of us still living fight on.

On violence we humans dwell.

The only fact we know each dawn,

Violence will keep us in hell.

"Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth,"

Violence is a human truth.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Art for the Taking

I am an art thief now retired,

A long profitable career.

At a young age I was inspired,

Make masterpieces disappear.

I found I had that magic touch,

No matter what security

Had all the museums and such,

I planned the theft, then made it be.

I do know of one case in point,

A famous masterpiece I stole.

Museum's pride got out of joint,

But coverup is now the goal.

Each morning I wake up and see

Mona Lisa smiling at me.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 The Snowman

I am the snowman made by you.

You rolled me up in balls of snow,

Piled on each other and I grew.

My eyes and nose and mouth did show.

You borrowed your Dad's scarf and hat,

Put 'round my neck and on my head.

Where on me arms would have been at,

You stuck in some tree limbs instead.

Day after day you were with me,

And we became the best of  friends.

Such happy times did come to be.

But comes the time cold weather ends.

All snow does melt in nature's way,

But in your heart is where I'll stay.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 The Ghost Gum Trees

Albert Namatjira did love

To paint the ghost gum trees that grow

In Australia, the symbols of

The outback bush and spirit flow

From Aboriginal times old

When these first peoples held these trees

As miracle gifts to unfold

Blessings of healing purities.

His paintings showed these trees to be

Enduring and resilient

In future and in history,

In artful grace, magnificent.

The ghost gum trees with bark so white

Standing guard over sacred site.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Perplexing Stuff

A perplexing phenomenon,

Belly button lint - why does it

Show up as I age on and on?

I have lots, others not a bit.

One theory is that tummy hair

On some folks acts like barbed hooks that

Pull clothing fibers that we wear

Into the naval habitat.

And this "lint" does accumulate

Until its host, someone like me,

Does notice and does contemplate

Removing this perplexity.

An ice breaker I did invent,

"Do you have belly button lint?"

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Tongue Curious - LP Zoo

I'm Pilipili and I do

Be curious about my tongue

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo.

Mom says mine's small cuz I'm still young.

But she says a lion's tongue is

A very important tool for

Doing successful eating biz,

Helping accomplish needed chore

Of scraping off feathers and fur,

And getting right down to the meat.

Tough as thick sandpaper for sure,

My tongue prepares my food to eat.

Mom says my tongue will grow, no doubt,

I'll see it when I stick it out.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Diet Reality

Meat has always been eaten by

Humankind, so the question be

Not to keep asking why oh why,

But how to do it humanely.

Instead of killing the wild game,

We can breed animals just to

Fulfill human consumption aim.

Such animals have short lives, true,

But it should be requirement that

Such animals have care that will

Keep them well in their habitat,

Until time to humanely kill.

At least agree to not mistreat

The animals that we do eat.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 He Asked For It

"Troublingest" woman he called me,

But then begged me to come back home.

Away from him I had to be,

As far away as I could roam.

But I knew he was not the kind

To forever leave me alone.

So that's why I made up my mind

To rid me of him on my own.

A glass of water he asked for,

Instead I filled up a canteen,

Then all over him I did pour

And then lit up the gasoline.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,

He's on his way to hell I trust.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Young Trapper To Be

This hummingbird is aware that

Humans can be a greedy kind.

I see them in my habitat

Oft with ill motive on their mind.

And so when I did fly upon

A young and lovely human maid,

I sensed the old phenomenon,

A catch and cage plan she had laid.

She hoped a flower would lure me

To come close enough so she might

Make a capture, but not to be,

And I flew off into the night.

It's sad a human of young age

Seeks to keep beauty in a cage.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Bat Nap - LP Zoo

I am a fruit bat and I do,

Up to 20 hours per day,

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo,

Sleep and in an upside down way,

Hanging from the ceiling so that

When I wake I'm ready to fly

Wherever in my habitat,

That might happen to catch my eye..

While I'm hanging out, I do wrap

Around me like a cape, my wings,

Allowing all the more cozy nap,

While I am off in my dreamings.

So if you catch me napping, yup,

Sooner or later I'll wake up.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 White Rabbit's Regret

Never did this White Rabbit think

That on that day while running late

I'd be the cause of such a stink

In an encounter just by fate.

I knew when I first saw her that

She was gonna be bad news for

Me in my fiction habitat,

And she caused me trouble galore.

I was written to look a fool,

While she did get the starring role.

I should have been more careful who'll

Follow me down my rabbit hole.

Nosy Alice, I should have banned

From entering my Wonderland.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Slater Turns 5 - LP Zoo

Harbor seal, Slater, just turned five,

And he is one harbor seal who

Likes to party hearty - no jive.

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo,

The keepers baked him a fish cake,

Stuck it out on a rock so that

Slater would see it and would make

A seal line to where cake was at.

Not being a guy who's meekish,

Slater grabs the cake and flips out,

Gobblin' down a bunch of the fish,

Leaving some for others, no doubt.

Happy 5th Birthday, Slater seal,

Time for celebrating big deal.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Last of the Palm Trees

The few palm trees are looking at

The latest building humans built

Upon the prime beach habitat.

For humankind there seems no guilt

In ever victimizing trees

To assure enough building room.

Humans do whatever they please,

And could care less of trees they doom.

The few palm trees that still remain

Remember past when palm trees were 

Abundant, but now just feel pain

That future is so insecure.

In sadness, the palm trees all know

New building will come, they will go.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Maybe Tomorrow

When I got home I read your note,

And can't believe you're leaving me.

I read between the lines you wrote.

I'm not as good as I should be.

In fact you seem to think I'm bad

For thinking the two of us could

Put the past behind us, so sad,

You think our future's no good.

Your note is soaked in all my tears.

But way down deep I've got belief

That a change of your mind appears.

Today you left me to sorrow.

Maybe you'll return tomorrow.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Hear the Whimperings

The rain forests around the Earth

Are victimized by humankind,

Destroying trees for profit worth.

Few humans really seem to mind.

If and when one human would walk

Through a rain forest, one could hear

The trees attempt to sadly talk

Of pleas to reach the human ear

That once the rain forest is gone,

A collapsing of nature will

Slowly but surely descend on

Earth to turn terminally ill.

The rain forest's whimpering cry

Is less and less heard as more die.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Bigger, the Greedier

By laws, a corporation is

A slick set up financial tool

For humans to do money biz,

And with a reset Golden Rule -

Those Rule be those who have the Gold.

Bigger the corporation be,

More ways and means it can take hold

To function more profitably.

The biggest corporations own

Most of the assets deemed of worth,

Flexing power muscles well known

To governments around the Earth.

Big corporations do indeed

Rule Golden thanks to human greed.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Fallen Angel

Out of heaven I have been cast.

No longer am I welcome there.

God's favorite I was in past,

But rumors were spread through the air

That I thought I was better than

God, which I guess is really true.

God did goof when God made man,

A really silly thing to do.

So anyway God did decide

That as a threat to God for sure,

I was given a one way ride.

God, I don't what's up with her.

So now I'm stuck on Earth, oh well,

I will make my mark. What the hell!

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Let's Bogey

I've been around for centuries.

Parents do talk of me a lot

To make kids do as parents please.

So a scary rep I have got.

A misbehaving child is told

To better behave or else I

Will come, and that child I'll grab hold,

And take away bad gal or guy.

I might hide under the bed or

Maybe in the closet I'll be.

The naughty kid's scared all the more

Of not being sure where is me.

I can be a he or a she,

A bogeyperson I do be.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Price Reduction

Living with myself cost too much.

Addictions turned the price  too high.

From reality I lost touch,

But came time I could not deny

My life was filled with too much pain,

And emptied of all else once good.

Nothing of worth did still remain.

The price I had paid never would

Allow myself to forgive me.

So a decision I did make.

I did turn my price tag to free,

And I did jump into the lake.

As I did breathe in waters deep,

Living with myself did turn cheap.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Losing One's Marbles

The game of marbles started with

Cave people who would ball up clay,

And hone game skills, which be no myth,

Balls are still found in modern day.

Prized objects these "marbles" became,

Attempting to collect the most,

By having great thumb/finger aim.

Winners had good reason to boast.

But for ev'ry winner there be,

One or more losers with ill rub.

When marbles were lost completely,

The loser oft would take to club.

"Losing one's marbles" be a phrase

Tracked back to the cave people days.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Madison Grant

Madison Grant in time and place.

1900's in the U.S.,

A proponent for the white race

To get more, other races less.

"The Passing of the Great Race" he

Proposed that eugenics be used

For white superiority,

No matter human rights abused.

Grant was an influential man.

Many powerful were his friend.

Adolf Hitler became a fan.

White supremacist to the end.

The "Madison Grants" are here still,

Their hateful cleansing to fulfill.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Brumbies

Wild bush horses, Brumbies, we be,

Calling the Australian Alps home,

Living out our lives carefree,

The many bands of us do roam,

Avoiding as much as we can,

The dangers lurking all around,

Brought about by the hand of man.

So far we have held our ground.

For centuries we've lived this way,

Banding together one and all,

Looking forward to each new day,

Following our nature's call.

With each sunrise, with each sunset,

We gallop on with no regret.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 St.  Elmo's Fire

St. Elmo's fire, a weather thing,

First noticed by sailors afloat,

Warning of a strike of lightning,

When a mast lit up on a boat.

Turns out charged ions caused the glow.

When lightning flashed but did not hit,

The sailors were relieved and so

Gave St. Elmo credit for it.

Since then many a tale's been told

How a St. Elmo's fire took hold

And lit a spark inside and out.

St. Elmo's fire burning in me.

A bad case of heartburn it be.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Choice in the U.S.A.

I was born in the U.S.A.

In the U.S.A. I will die.

I've had a good life 'long the way,

Compared to most, I don't know why.

I have to say for what it's worth,

My country tis of thee I bless

For getting put on planet Earth.

My country could be better, yes.

But We the People can somehow

Make decisions in the long run

Will solve problems We live in now.

Freedom and justice can be done.

In the U.S.A. We can do.

Out founding words can come true.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Skinwalker Chief

A Navajo war chief, I lead

My tribe to battle the white man.

Caught and sentenced to death, instead

In prison I prayed for a plan.

Into a skinwalker I turned,

An evil witch who did escape

Back to my people and they learned

I now was both man and wolf shape.

The white man forced my tribe to leave

The homeland to wasteland to dwell.

I had to watch my people grieve.

My tribe did scorn my evil spell.

My promises were not fulfilled.

My tribe turned on me, I was killed.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Storm Dancer

In Barcelona, age of six

She danced flamenco with a flair.

With speed and intensity mix,

She moved with wonder through the air.

A wild impetuosity,

Her pirouettes so brave and bold,

Contorting dramatically,

Letting all abandon unfold.

The gypsy fire in her bloodline,

Floorboards vibrated 'neath her heels,

Fan used in flirtatious design,

Queen of this art perform appeals.

Carmen Amaya in soul and form

Took all flamenco dancing by storm.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Seeing is Believing

In the forest I do explore.

I see a tree next to a lake.

I have not climbed this tree before.

Trip up the tree trunk I do make.

Out onto a low limb I go,

And go out to the very end.

The water is not far below.

A little bit the limb does bend.

So close to the water I be,

And the calm water shows my eyes

A quite clear reflection of me.

I admit it is a surprise.

Realization does unfurl,

And now I know I am a squirrel.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Token Taken

The battleship, the iron, the shoe,

The cannon, the thimble, the hat,

First Monopoly token crew

To hop around the board so that

The human players would compete.

Token pick spats did never cease,

To try to claim the winner's seat,

Oft giving credit to their piece.

A lot of tokens get retired.

For nostalgia there is no lack,

And owner Hasbro's now desired

To bring one of the retired back.

So you can use your online voice

To pick the token of your choice.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 The Little Bird

The little bird did emerge from

The egg into a brand new world,

And in the nest might soon become

A traveler with wings unfurled.

The little bird by instinct knows

That soon it will be on its own.

The time will soon come when it goes

Flying out into the unknown.

So each day the little bird worked

For the readiness to fly on.

But then came the day, a hawk jerked

It out, the little bird was gone.

The little bird while it's alive

Is on borrowed time to survive.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Crash Into Me

There I was standing on the beach,

Feeling very lonely and blue.

'Cross the water I did beseech

That somehow I'd encounter you.

And then I saw you suddenly

On the horizon rising up,

And coming forward just for me.

It was a joyous moment, yup,

As I did watch you stay on course.

It only took a moment and

You crashed into me with such force,

Knocking me  down upon the sand.

When you left, I felt such regret,

Because all you left me was wet.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Tense Moment

Oh, oh, a human's coming near.

This makes us sunflowers a lot

Nervous in our garden here,

Because of treatment that we've got

In the past when humans come by.

Some stop and look and sniff and then

For some reason, we're not sure why,

But it happens over again,

Humans plucked one or more of us.

This human, she has just grabbed me.

So far just sniffing, I don't fuss,

Just hold my breath waiting to see.

Hopefully this human will take

A look, a sniff, but not a break.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Ball of Curiosity

We Earthlings have evolved enough

To venture into outer space,

With the technological stuff

To announce we're the human race.

We've always wondered what's out there,

And as we got "smarter" in mind

We pinched the universe to share

Its secrets with us humankind.

It's uncertain whether or not

We will get our money's worth.

Our nosiness may have wrought

Who knows what upon planet Earth.

Reaching into the universe,

Be it a blessing or a curse!

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Tator Tot - LP Zoo

A lion cub does claw and chew,

And so matter where I'm at

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo

I'm ready - this little big cat

To check out all the stuff around

For chewing and clawing appeal.

One keeper given thing I've found,

That for me is a preferred deal

Is a sweet potato, it's called.

At first with it I like to play.

It's fun to roll because it's balled.

Then I claw and chew it away.

With teeth and claws this spud is smashed.

I like my sweet potatoes mashed.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 To Pray Today

Tomorrow is a day I fear,

Yesterday, a day I resent.

These are my feelings today, here,

A lot of wasted time is spent.

Yes, I have regrets of my past,

And my future does worry me.

Regrets and worries get amassed,

I'm burdened overwhelmingly.

As I am in the present tense,

I need to take some now time out.

I know this is just common sense,

To find the faith, to lose the doubt.

So it is now that I do pray

That I do live my best today.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Wish Granted

The young lady living in strife

Walked out into a garden to

Put some perspective in her life

As to a change she wished to do.

A bunch of butterflies flew near,

So beautiful in hue and form.

They filled the lady with good cheer.

Her aching heart began to warm.

The butterflies did seem to sense

This young lady was feeling sad.

Butterfly magic did commence,

Using the powers that they had.

Life of a butterfly she yearns,

Into a butterfly she turns.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Scarier to Come

Politics in the U.S.A.,

To tell the truth, depends on lies.

It's just the right's and the left's way

To get elected - no surprise!

Who's ever in now will be out.

Who's ever out now will be in.

And all because of lies no doubt.

All that's important is to win.

Meanwhile, We the People do be

Studied intensely by guess who!

Power that's no democracy.

Same old lies but from liars new.

What scares me most in times of these,

Having to learn to speak Chinese.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Too Bad LeRoy Brown

Sung song of bad, bad LeRoy Brown,

A big dude 'bout six foot four

On south side of Chicago town.

If he got trouble, he'd give more.

When last we heard, LeRoy had got

In a fight over Doris who

He took a liking to a lot.

The fight left LeRoy black and blue.

So to take his mind off all that

LeRoy went to get a car part

At the 'hood junkyard habitat,

Put aside affairs of the heart.

LeRoy went to the junkyard, yup,

King Kong, junkyard dog, chewed him up.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Family History

The Frankenstein monster lived on,

And was not killed as tales be told.

A normal life he set upon.

He and wife lived to be quite old.

They had two offspring, girl and boy,

Who were told truth of whence they came.

But "borrowed" lives they did enjoy,

Being good as humans, their aim,

And so they be for centuries,

Each generation living with

Knowledge of their ancestories,

Those monster stories not a myth.

Monster descendants, kith and kin,

Have lived quietly in Berlin.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Tristian and Iseult

Tristian and Iseult be a pair

Of lovers in old Britain time.

Turned into a torrid affair,

And both judged guilty of high crime.

Through rest of lives they're kept apart

As wars be waged because of them.

But as in matters of the heart,

The two unite in the mayhem.

Dying Tristian with his last breath

Tells Iseult he'll forever love

Her, and she buries him with death.

Iseult plants a rose bush above.

Tristian and Iseult, tale be told

Through all time and never gets old.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Joey

Time for this joey to peek out,

And see what there is worth to see.

Mama's been teaching me about

Kangaroo life ahead for me.

Something told me when I was born

To crawl a ways on Mama's fur

Into the pouch safe haven worn,

And close to the milk spouts for sure.

Australia's land of kangaroos,

And when I'm out more on my own,

Hopping will be the way I cruise.

I'll stay pouched in until more grown.

Till then I will play peek-a-boo,

And maybe I will peek at you.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Book a Trip

Emily Dickenson did write

That best travel be by a book,

To go all over in delight,

The trips to take and the trips took.

Whether be rich, whether be poor,

All human heart and soul and mind

May travel through the pages more,

So many wonders there to find.

And the journeys especially

That the travelers should not miss

Be found in books of poetry,

To sail, to ride, to fly in bliss.

Now most books be found parked in zone

Of varied apps on a smart phone.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Intrusion

I was in a dark spell and mood.

My world was filled with cloudy gloom.

It was a time and place to brood

That I did face impending doom.

I felt something upon my wrist.

A butterfly had landed there,

As if to say I did exist

To see the light somehow, somewhere.

But then the butterfly did leave,

And I was back to feeling sad.

I was depressed, so I would grieve.

But then suddenly I got mad.

That butterfly did return, and

I swatted it dead with my hand.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 All Fur It - LP Zoo

We camels' fur goes hot and cold

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo.

In summer, fur is tannish gold

And lets cool off breezes breeze through.

In winter, fur is thickish brown

To help keep warm in frigid wind

That blows over Chicago town.

So fur hue and thickness depend

As the seasons do come and go.

We're ready for the weather bumps.

In spring we shed, in fall we grow

All over bods including humps.

So whatever the season time

Our furs' got reason and rhyme.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 "Myth"understood

Poseidon, god of sea, did cause

My mother to have me in birth,

Part human and part bull I was

A fearsome creature on the Earth.

Head and tail of a bull I had,

The rest of my body, a man.

My fiery eyes made me look mad.

My ferocity grew in span.

I used my hands and horns to kill

The normal looking humans who

I then devoured to fulfill

The hatred of my life that grew.

Monstrous Minotaur I did be.

No one ever really knew me.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Young Love Trauma

For a teenager, trauma is

Often a word that's misconstrued,

Especially with heart throb biz

As hormone changes be pursued.

The teenage heart does often go

On daily trips hoping to find

That truest love to ever know

At that point in the teenage mind.

And all the realer if there be

Love songs sung by a teenage band

That supports love reality,

Only teenagers understand.

Teenagers go through love trauma,

And oft do so with such drama.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Najin and Fatu

Mother Najin, daughter Fatu,

Last of northern white rhinos that

Still remain alive, just these two

In their protected habitat.

For centuries, poachers have killed

These rhinos only for their horn,

And lucrative contracts fulfilled.

But no new offspring can be born

To either mother or daughter.

They must be guarded all the time

To prevent a greedy slaughter.

Poachers just wait to do this crime.

It's hoped these last two live in peace,

But threats against them will not cease.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Feathered Single Mom

A fiery throated hummingbird,

All rainbow colors are on me.

And being female I'm assured

I'm as gorgeous as a male be.

I mate with male, then after that

I'm a single mom on my own,

In Costa Rica habitat

In the cloud forest mountain zone.

I build my nest, lay my eggs, hatch,

Make sure my young are well cared for,

Feed them chewed up bugs that I catch,

And they're always hungry for more.

When bugs are hunted as my prey,

I can catch two thousand a day.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Sasquatch Watch

The North American Northwest

Is where the creature, Sasquatch, is

Said to be, and I've done my best

To try to mind the Bigfoot biz.

Many a day, many a night

I've camped out in many a place,

Hoping that I will get a sight

Of this ape like one, face to face.

But so far I have come up with

Nothing to show for my long task.

Do I pursue a fact or myth?

It's still the question I must ask.

To be poetically put,

To be or not to be Bigfoot!

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Exchange a Few Words

I walked in the desert one night.

Then suddenly from in the sky

There descended a ball of light.

It was very scary, but I

Just stayed and watched this giant sphere.

Of course I'd heard of U.F.O.'s,

Never thought I'd see one appear.

A  nervousness in me arose.

Maybe abducted I would be.

Seemed like I wouldn't have a choice.

Would pokes and prods be done on me?

But then I heard a booming voice.

"Take me to your leader," it said.

I replied, "I've been told God's dead."

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Minding Mine

A lot of times my mind does roam.

Others tell me that I am lost.

But I keep thinking I am home.

It's these others who's wires are crossed.

I am concerned with self no doubt.

For me it's self this and self that.

My thoughts come in, wisdom goes out,

A self sufficient habitat.

If others don't like what I say,

If others don't like what I do,

It's others in envy display,

Cuz in my mind I'm truly true!

A labyrinth in my mind be,

And it's a mazing just to me!

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Cool Zamu - LP Zoo

I am red river hog, Zamu.

It is the summertime and place

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo.

I'm ready for hot days I face.

Sometimes I'll roll in mud so that

My body temp will stay more cool,

While in my outside habitat.

Also drink water from my pool.

But if I just want cooling breeze,

I've got two long and tufted ear

That I can flap like fans with ease.

There is some whoosh but I still hear.

So if it's hot when you see me,

My ears most likely flapping be.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Under Pressure

Queen Liz the First went to Shakespeare,

Said she wanted a love sonnet

For latest flirt she held most dear.

Shakespeare said he'd get right on it.

The Queen said that she would remain

For the few minutes it should take.

Will started feeling pinch of pain

From nervousness o'er pressure sake.

The Queen was known for do her bid

Or consequences could be dire.

Will pondered hard but nothing did

Come quickly to mind to inspire.

And more concerned the Bard did be,

Whether to pee or not to pee.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Her Afterplay

A sex starved jumping spider guy,

I go in search to find a mate.

A lovely, passive female I

Set eyes on to copulate

With, so do my best courtship dance,

And make my buzzing drum roll sound.

She seems like she'll give me a chance.

So on her bigger bod I bound.

Quite receptive she is for sure.

The two of us do our thing.

When over, I get off of her,

The deed done of procreating.

My mate turns all her eyes on me.

An after sex snack I'm to be.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Wild Mustangs

The thousands of wild mustangs for

Centuries have had full rein to

Increase in herd size more and more,

And live independent lives, true.

At times the U.S. Government

Rounds up some wild mustangs to be

Held, and in safe adoptions sent

To new ownership humanely.

Sometimes the government does use,

To trick mustangs, a Judas horse,

Trained to lead mustangs in a ruse

To capture in a corralled course.

The wild mustang herds call West home,

The Rocky Mountains where they roam.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 For Love of Life

The old world order's been destroyed.

A few of humankind now be.

Survival sense is now deployed.

Of that there's commonality.

What's left of heart and soul and mind

Must learn from lessons of the past.

If be future for humankind,

No hate of any kind must last.

The love of all and any life

Must be the prime directive that

Guides through any joy and strife

Encountered in Earth's habitat.

The new world order with just few

Can grow better with love as glue.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 I Wonder

I've often wondered whether God

Does visit worship structures built,

For in God's name to praise and laud,

And fancy over shame and guilt.

The huge cathedrals, wood and stone,

With ornaments of jewels and gold,

Artistic stained glass windows shown,

Material stuff bought and sold.

Preachings be preached and songs be sung

By worshippers in Sunday best.

But I wonder if God's among

These showoffs on God's day of rest.

Outside under nature's design

Is where I pray to the Divine.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Fireball

While driving home from my job, I

Was anxious to see family.

I saw a spark up in the sky.

It had been a long day for me.

Tuesday night, so the kids and wife

Would have ordered pizza tonight.

They were the best of my good life.

I saw the sky all seem more bright,

Much, much bigger than that first spark,

Maybe a real large meteor

Falling fast in a burning arc.

My nervousness got more and more.

I watched the fireball falling down.

There's nothing left of my hometown.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 He, Me and the Apple Tree

I let him choose the place to meet.

He chose beneath an apple tree.

Lovely apple blossoms to greet

Us underneath, just he and me.

Again he sputtered sorries out.

I'd heard same sputterings before.

His lines were well practiced no doubt,

And even added a few more.

I said nothing during this while,

And even he knew that of course,

As I looked at him with a smile,

I had decided on divorce.

There was nothing left more to say.

I turned my back and walked away.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Muse Did Choose

Talhaern Tad Awen, I did be

A Welsh poet who did create

Poems in the 6th century.

To powerful was tied my fate.

My patron, chieftain Heidyn paid

Me a hundred kine ev'ry week

For flow'ry poetry that made

Him the greatest fighter, unique.

When Heidyn was killed, so was I.

In afterlife, muse I became.

I made it my mission to try

To help some poet achieve fame.

Centuries seeking long and hard,

I became the muse for The Bard.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Metamorphosis

It all happened so suddenly.

You gave me life but now were gone.

Under the water you left me,

Only my instincts to go on.

At first it all did seem so strange,

Wondering what would happen next.

Then my body began to change,

Leaving me hopeful but perplexed.

But in a short while I knew that,

My readiness felt deep inside,

Time for a change of habitat,

So I moved with the moving tide.

Water to land in travelogue,

Once a tadpole and now a frog.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Kettle Woe

I am a kettle made to be

Holding water to be boiled for

The humans so to have their tea,

And they do drink that tea galore.

Upon an old coal stove I sit,

Enduring lots of wear and tear

All those times my bottom be lit.

Of course the old stove does not care.

Shiny silver hued I once was,

But now with heat and smoke and stuff.

I'm looking the worse for wear cuz

I'm burning in hell, life is tough.

Day after day the coals attack,

This kettle's turning sooty black.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Cave Drippings

In many caves there do be found

Formations growing down or up.

Whether upward or downward bound,

We humans assign a word, yup.

From cave ceiling, stalactites grow.

From cave ground, stalagmites arise.

Whether or not each one does know -

Probably not, humans surmise.

Formations be of stony stuff,

Caused by cave drippings over time.

It all is natural enough,

Science in reason, art in rhyme.

Be stalactite or stalagmite

Depends on up or down start site.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Mr. "Keep Useful" - LP Zoo

I'm Mr. redbilled hornbill who

Is out on a food pick up chore,

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo,

In helping out my Missus more.

She's gone inside of a tree hole

With just a small opening that

Is ways and means to pass food goal

In her maternal habitat.

Hopefully will hatch eggs she's laid,

And we will be a Mom and Dad,

As a new family be made.

I'm feeling lonesome, but I'm glad.

So I be getting food, I be.

The Missus is waiting on me.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 You Betcha - LP Zoo

Ponies, Smithers and Mr. Burns

At the Farm in Lincoln Park Zoo

Are browsing browse while taking turns,

Watching the keeper watch them too.

The keeper did make a bet that

The ponies could not guess the weight

Of a log in their habitat.

Both ponies then did contemplate,

And then each alternatively did,

With their hooves stamp the number five

For pounds as their joint guessed on bid.

And that's what the scale read - no jive!

The keeper did lose the bet, yup.

So c'mon keeper, pony up.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Mr. and Mrs. Peregrine Falcon

Peregrine falcons, we do be

Mister and Missus, mated pair.

We've got a nest of family

Way up on high for whom we care.

We're fastest animal of all,

Two hundred miles per hour is

Reported speed of a dive fall,

When we're in midst  of hunting biz.

We two have chosen the Midwest,

An urban area we found,

Built our skyscraper nest,

Below, human folks all around.

Look upward, you may see us swoop,

As we fly o'er Chicago Loop.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

Lions' Mane Topic - LP Zoo

Dad, Jabari, has mane toned two,

Both darker brown and lighter gold

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo.

Pilipili, cub four months old,

Does look at his Dad's regal mane,

And Dad does assure his son that

Pilipili in time will gain,

To show off in the habitat,

The head hair and look more like Dad.

Whether will be two toned or not

Will come with growth yet to be had.

In a few months comes this jackpot.

The cub does look more like Mom now,

But soon will look like Dad, and how!

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Odds One in Zillions

They say that heaven's no where near,

That God's been told we've lost all worth.

They say that only hell is here.

The devil rules the whole of Earth.

But maybe if we truly pray,

And angels hear from outer space,

Then maybe God will come this way,

Back to rejudge this time and place.

But God has got so much to do

Across all the vast universe.

Will God really have reason to

Come back to where bad's gone to worse?

If 10 zillion light years away,

Is heaven too far off to pray?

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Time After Time

Time after time I do awake,

And thoughts of you come to my mind.

It varies on how long I take

To remember something I find

Worth remembering about you.

Sometimes the seconds tick away,

And into minutes, seconds grew.

I glance at the lit clock display.

If and when it hits an hour,

I really get mad at myself,

Letting you have all that power

In that damn clock upon the shelf.

I think of you time after time.

There is no reason then no rhyme.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 My Feelings Turtlely

I find that I'm all by myself,

A turtle swimming around in

An aquarium on a shelf.

Outside humans, women and men,

You would think they'd understand that

All alone I'm a lonely guy.

Just coral in this habitat,

Pretty animals but not my

Type for asking out on a date.

A female turtle would be swell,

And maybe turn into a mate,

With family of little shell.

I hope the humans out there send

To the pet shop for my girl friend.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 He Wood - LP Zoo

Pilipili is a cub who

Is lion in a pile of wood

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo,

To check out whether something's good,

Especially to chew on, might

Be found somewhere in that pile of

Wood  that sure would be a delight

That Pilipili would just love,

If only that wood would somewhere

Perk the young cub to open up

And put some teeth on the wood there.

That would pump Pilipili, yup.

Pilipili, a hunt he's got -

Whether wood he or wood he knot?

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Sweet Sandwich

From Earl of Sandwich came my name,

'Twixt and 'tween bread be stuck some meat.

The concept caught on and gained fame,

A popular item to eat.

So folks began to entertain

Varied of foods stuck in between

Two pieces of some sort of grain.

1900's I came on scene.

In North America I was

To start, sold for a penny to

Promote me as a sweet treat cuz

As ice cream/cookie I was new.

An ice cream sandwich I still be.

Worldwide the folks love to eat me.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Fruit of the Doom?

In the Garden of Eden, Eve

Picked forbidden fruit from a tree,

Causing she and Adam to grieve,

Since evicted were she and he.

So Eve did pick what kind of fruit?

Some say a grape, some say a fig,

Some say a mushroom the pursuit.

Others say 'twas a wheat sprig.

A banana has made the list,

And a pomegranate also.

The theories ever will persist.

There is no way to really know.

No no fruit plucked by Eve, I say

Apple be her pluck of that day.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Soccer Ball's Farewell

A soccer ball, I've been around

For many years now in grade school.

Whether in air or on the ground,

I've been a useful teaching tool

To teach you kids to be good sports,

As in the game of life you play,

Meeting challenges of all sorts,

Doing your best, come end of day.

I feel that I have played a part

In being there for each of you,

Playing with me with all your heart.

I'm old now, so retire I do.

I've gotten a lot of kicks, yup,

Watching all of you kids grow up.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Love On

In my early life I learned of

Discouragement in being young

Of how to feel when I found love.

I oft would hide heart and hold tongue.

But as my time and place went by,

I found encouragement to send

My love to others and to try

To hold that love until its end.

Because no love will ever last,

So cherish love that now is here.

Time will be that love will be past,

But future love may soon appear.

Some love has come, some love has gone.

But I'm encouraged to love on.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 On Their Own - LP Zoo

The black crowned night heron birds do

Fly north to Chicago so that

They'll summer at Lincoln Park Zoo

O'er wolves in friendly habitat.

While here in nests their eggs be laid

And hatched and young be given care.

When young reach self sufficient grade,

The parents fly back south, and there

Await time later in fall when

The young fly south instinctively

To meet up with the folks again,

A reunion of family.

And come next spring same birds will yearn

Same summertime and will return.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Why Not!

Mama Cat and her kittens two

Are sitting in their cat tree house,

In time and place more tale than true,

Cuz come to call both fox and mouse,

Which of course in real world be

Not friendly come together that,

Of animals such as these three,

Would happen in same habitat.

But in the world of make believe,

Fox, cat and mouse can be a friend,

And for the young human achieve

A magical message to send.

The make believe we hear young, yup,

May be some comfort when grown up.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Awaiting News

Like most folks, I guess I did live

My life in kind of a mixed bag.

Sometimes I'd take, sometimes I'd give,

Bad or good stuff, found ways to brag

To put myself in the best light,

Which is a human nature game.

I'd go to church, thinking that might

Make some points in heavenly aim.

And then this life had its ending.

I wondered what was next for me.

The church was right about this thing.

In purgatory I now be.

I'm awaiting now from abroad.

I'm awaiting judgement from God.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Break in Play

A tennis racket, ball and net

Have a chance to relax a bit.

There is a break from set to set,

A brief respite from getting hit.

The three do chat about the play

That has been going on so far.

"Been back and forth," the net does say,

"The change of lead has been bizarre."

"Yes, I agree," replies the ball.

The racket also does agree,

"The winner will be a close call."

The break's now over for the three.

Best wishes 'twixt and 'tween each one,

As play resumes at Wimbledon.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 A Tap Too Many

I remember that as a kid,

On the mantle was a glass vase

With pretty artwork, as I did

Take it down and with pen did trace

The artwork on a paper, and

When pen tapped vase there was a sound

Of music tone that sounded grand.

So I tapped the vase all around,

And caused a lively tune to play.

Caught up with my musical knack,

I kind of got carried away,

And suddenly the vase did crack.

This vase was favorite of Mom.

She saw the crack and was not calm.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Child's Play

I am a golf ball in Dad's bag.

Son, little Tommy, comes along.

I'm in his hand, but I don't nag,

But feel that something will go wrong.

Cuz Tommy also does pull out

A club and puts me on the floor,

And then I hear a real loud shout.

He smacks me hard as he yells, "Fore!"

I bounce around the room a lot,

Hitting all sorts of stuff, then pass

Through the big window the room's got.

There are the sounds of breaking glass.

Out in the yard in a bad lie,

I can hear little Tommy cry.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 You Find Love Find You

What's written in the stars depends

On how and why the stars are read.

You each start life and then life ends.

Do you know love before you're dead?

You don't need read the stars above

To learn what's important in life,

To learn that life should be all love,

No matter if in joy or strife.

None of you ever truly learn

To live all love all of the time.

Each of you with hate has a turn,

No matter no reason nor rhyme.

Do you find love, does love find you?

It matters just that love you do.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 A Man's Needs

Research studies show that a man

May love a woman for a while,

But normally not a lifespan,

That is not man's instinctive style.

So if a woman seeks true love

From a man, she does need to be

Aware of all the studies of

A man's doubt in monogamy.

The Browning's stayed together till

Elizabeth left Robert dear,

In a young death, both in love still,

More than her hoped for half a year.

Truest monogamy's found at

Being a beaver, wolf or bat.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Blue Elephant

While on safari I did see

A blue elephant on a stroll.

And I wondered how could this be,

In what did the elephant roll?

Maybe in some mud it did dunk,

And the mud was filled with blue dye,

Coating elephant tail to trunk.

But who would dye the mud and why?

The elephant did seem okay,

Not making any blue to do,

And just proceeded on its way.

So I just went on my way too.

The why of this blue elephant

I guess is just irrelevant.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 In Africa

In Africa, the legend be

In shadow of mountain above,

Upon the plain does wander me,

A beast in search of beauty's love.

I am a creature of the night,

Hoping that maybe I'll find you,

A miracle in the moonlight.

A transformation then I'll do

Into the loving human that

Can share with you a life filled with

Joy in African habitat,

To turn real good from evil myth.

In Africa, my best, my worst.

In Africa, I'm blessed, I'm cursed.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Arrival

There's an old weathered wooden gate

That I do dream of while asleep.

It's open and I contemplate

The woods beyond, lovely and deep.

The pathway through has been well worn,

A sign that many others chose

To walk from night into the morn,

As through the trees the sunlight glows.

Welcoming opportunity,

I should pass through before I wake.

Just standing still, I should not be.

Why put it off for goodness sake!

It is Heaven's Gate I'd come to,

And the Gate does beckon me through.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Oral Sex

I love to do oral sex, I do.

It is a gratifying deed,

'Specially when I'm feeling blue.

Oral sex seems to fulfill a need.

Of course with friends and family,

Oral sex is a subject that's not

Ever something brought up by me.

There are some boundaries I've got.

But now that I am singly old,

Long gone from the scene is my ex.

Urges still come and make me bold,

And so I turn to some safe sex.

It is a bad habit of mine,

Having oral sex on the hot line.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 A.P. Contests

I've been in A.P. not too long,

Just passed a year two months ago.

The contests keep me striving strong,

Keeps me in shape for more outflow

Of sonnets in same structured rhyme.

Before A.P., new ideas were

Harder to seek, now all the time

The contests give incentives  sure.

I do not use prewrites becuz

Been there, done that, my sonnet told.

I seek the what can be, not was,

Even if prewrite turned to gold.

Each A.P. contest I do find

Is a challenge put to my mind.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Case of the Comb

My six year old daughter came home

Crying her teacher scolded her

For taking little Billy's comb,

A misunderstanding for sure.

I called the teacher on the phone,

And gave her a piece of my mind.

The teacher did not like my tone.

Granted, some of my words weren't kind.

We all know little Billy be

That teacher's pet who made stuff up,

A fibber in the first degree.

The teacher sure had been fooled, yup!

I was washing my daughter's dress,

And in a pocket did find - guess!

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Circus Victims

Humans take far too much delight

In watching animals perform,

That often do exist in plight,

Maltreated by trainers as norm.

No animal, be wild or tame,

Should have to be subjected to

Human exploiting with the aim

Of making more profits accrue.

These animals do have no voice

In how they will be treated by

Humans, they are given no choice,

But do their tricks until they die.

If live bodies need to be used,

Let willing humans be abused.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Takes Only One Devil

The devil oft asks me to dance.

I never say no, I confess.

I melt while the devil enchants.

The devil makes me melt, oh yes!

Into the devil's arms I go,

That special feeling that I love.

And we dance down to hell below,

As heaven's angels watch above.

I know the angels want me to

Tell the devil to stay in hell,

And let the angels help me do

Stop dancing and do living well.

Even ten thousand angels can't 

Save me from the devil's enchant.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Choose Life's Embrace

As children, we begin to learn

The good and bad of humankind.

We sample each as each take turn

To strive to teach the human mind.

Sometimes the good does win the day.

Sometimes the bad does win the night.

And then as though a game both play,

The night's not wrong, the day's not right.

It is a game of chance, each birth

Whether to grow in love or hate,

Live empty or live filled with worth,

We each can choose good or bad fate.

Still be learning the human race

How to better all life's embrace.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 We Weeing We

The invasion did come from space,

But not from outer kind we'd mused,

And thought one day we'd have to face.

And so we all were quite confused

When inner space, microscopic,

Was from where the invaders came

And became the worldwide topic,

Would life on Earth remain the same?

We guessed it was some new disease,

Maybe some virus we did think.

Then we noticed in sure degrees,

We were all beginning to shrink.

We did not understand it all,

But that we all were getting small.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Bunnyworld

An eye for young beauty he had.

A lot males he did inspire.

He left a lot of young girls sad,

Using them to build his empire.

A well dressed Bunny in bow tie

Was his image in the newsstands.

But this picture did not belie

The sharp talons found on his hands.

For decades he did rule the scene,

Countless young girls under his spell,

Each an exploited sex machine,

Too oft in Bunny grotto hell.

King of the Bunnies in his day,

Hugh Hefner clawed each as his prey.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Color Me Pink

I am a pink pig and muse why

Not colored like the onyx steer,

Or like that pesky cobalt fly,

Or eggshell as the sheep appear.

And what about the crimson hen,

Or pumpkin pumpkins in the field.

The farmer's got butterscotch skin.

His wife is hued all orange unpeeled.

The summer elms are emerald green,

And then there are ivory ducks

'Neath maple maples in fall scene,

With all the chocolate wood chuck.

But I am glad I match, I think,

With nearby roses, also pink.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 For the Forbidden

She was the daughter of a Pope,

But was not into the God stuff.

Follow the ten commandments, nope!

Power, she could not get enough.

Worshipped and idolized  power.

Swore like a sailor ev'ry day.

Told lots of lies by the hour.

Tormented Dad when he turned grey.

Cheated on hubbies left and right,

And murdered at least one of them.

Stole any coveted delight.

No forbidden in her mayhem.

Ten broken commandments, her aim,

Lucrezia Borgia, her name.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Men at War

All throughout human history

The boys grew into men just for

Assuring that the armies be

Available to wage more war.

Wherever on Earth man would dwell,

A war was always there to fight

To the death in a living hell,

Causing the devil such delight.

The men at constant war did let

The devil shove in heaven's face

Proof that heaven could not forget

Earth was the devil's time and place.

The war of men is never won,

And Satan, she has just begun.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Doctor Who

Doctor Who, a travelin' man

Through time landed in London town,

In 1963 to span

Some decades to tamp evil down.

Shrouded in lots of mystery,

He developed a vast fan base,

"Whovians" followed him as he

Bounced all around from time and place,

Helping lots of good folks in need,

Rescuing them from baddie crime,

Just in the nick of time indeed,

And not change history in time.

Perhaps time travel some can do,

And if that is the case, then Who?

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 First Iron Girl

In China in post World War II

You led the Iron Girls in the aim

Of giving women their shared due

In "as good as any man" claim.

Friend of the Chairman you did be.

Rose quickly up the power rank,

A national celebrity,

Women more equal, you to thank.

The '80's, bad news did portend.

The Cultural Revolution

Had pretty much come to an end,

And you and the Iron Girls were done.

Masculine acting women were

No longer China cheered for sure.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Dis"pear"ingly

A pear tree stands upon a hill.

It see it's filled with ripened fruit.

I have a hunger so I will

Visit this tree in taste pursuit.

I think it strange, no bug or bird

Is anywhere around the tree.

Oh well, I know I am assured

The luscious pears are all for me.

I find a fat pear on a branch,

And eagerly I pick that one.

Tree limb grabs my limb and I blanch.

Breaking free, I begin to run.

I glance back at that mad pear tree.

Branches are coming after me.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Fall Out of Love

I remember spring time so well.

We each did blossom the same day

And in this garden we did dwell.

Together we made fine display.

I thought we were the perfect pair.

Our petals and leaves would touch,

As summer breezes we did share.

I came to love you oh so much.

But then the time of autumn came,

And away from me you did tilt,

The bond between us not the same.

Our petals and love did wilt.

A perennial you do be,

But only annual is me.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Jamaican Iguana Rebound - LP Zoo

Jamaican iguana, I do

Play the role of ambassador

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo,

To help my kind in the wild more.

For a long time my kind were thought

Extinct on the Jamaica isle.

A few of us were found and got

A second chance at wild lifestyle.

I was Zoo hatched in time and place,

And here to make humans aware

Of our conservation case,

Coming back to Jamaica there.

And if successful, mate and me

Will hatch our own family.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Sun of a July Word Bank

It was a scorcher of a day,

Hot as a tortilla on fire.

A windmill did just melt away

Into a tapioca mire,

Causing a landslide to thunder

Through a grove of giant oak trees,

Sending acorns all asunder,

To pyramid in a trapeze,

Dragging an armadillo and 

An iguana in rolls and flips

Of reptile scale and mammal band.

And then came a solar eclipse.

And all did settle down after.

Reptile and mammal shared laughter.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Insatiable Saturn

Saturn, the Roman god of time

Was told he would be overthrown

By offspring, thus did the grave crime

Of eating children of his own.

But one son, Jupiter, was hid

By his mother and grew up to

Fulfill the prophecy, he did,

And father, Saturn, overthrew.

Since Saturn was "sated" with years,

Abusing time o'er his domain,

Jupiter, to allay vast fears,

Put Saturn among stars in chain.

Saturn's children did return, yup,

He was forced to vomit them up.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Family Portrait - LP Zoo

A family portrait to do,

Cub Pilipili, four months old,

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo.

So each one's bizness put on hold,

As Pilipili, Dad and Mom

And the cub's two Aunties do pose

Together on a rock, all calm.

Say "cheese" and all the heads arose.

Pilipili's the only one

Staring at the camera that

Quickly snaps getting the pic done,

A moment in the habitat.

A lovely picture's snapped to be

Of all the pride so pridefully.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Have Hope

Wherever on Earth humans be

There be the challenges of strife,

Nature testing humanity

As to their worthiness for life.

Sometimes some humans fail the test.

Sometimes some humans do succeed.

Some do their worst, some do their best.

Some empty and some fill their need.

Some humans have more, some have less.

Nature gives all unevening,

Kings and pawns in life's game of chess.

But all humans can have one thing.

Whenever humans have to cope,

That is when humans have to hope.