Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Nostalgia

I had some speaker equipment

That was heavy and so I got

A good buddy with the intent

Of helping make its move I sought.

And my friend agreed to the task,

Went to a speaker, put arms 'round,

But then saw something and did ask,

"Will this thing make any sound,"

"If I unplug it?" Suddenly,

His question took me back to when

That very same did wonder me.

Time and place I was back again.

Nostalgic moment in my life,

Last words that I said to my wife.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Change for the Worse

The polls opened after midnight

To vote, so this good Democrat

Shortcutted through woods in delight

To be the very first one at

The voting place, so that I would

Do duty to help the left win.

That outcome would be very good.

For my party I was all in.

But under light of the full moon,

A werewolf bit me on my throat.

I managed in time opportune

To be able to cast my vote.

I did change from a left wing man

Into dreaded Republycan.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Death

I am a woman, old and gray,

And now I'm terminally ill.

Here in a hospice I will stay

Until death comes, and soon it will.

I'm more curious than afraid

Of how death will turn out to be.

Ninety years ago I got made.

Maybe I'll be made a new me,

Pop up in a new time and place.

I gaze out in a gasping breath,

Whatever next, now soon I'll face.

And sure enough, I gaze at death.

A handsome young man standing there.

So where he takes me, I don't care.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Alicia on Love

"Fallin" was written and sung by

Alicia Keys, signature song,

Two thousand one hit Billboard high,

Took in three Granny awards strong.

Keys told Billboard this song she wrote

For someone ten or twelve years old,

A young Michael Jackson of note.

Such young sing deep songs to unfold.

So Alicia did feel the need

To give some guidance to young of

Something of songs they might indeed

Be singing all about their love.

Alicia sang this song about

The love of "Fallin" in and out.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 First Sin?

The smoking of cigarettes is

Not mentioned specifically

In the Bible's bad habit biz.

Anti smokers have a theory

That God deemed smoking cigs a sin,

When commanding Adam and Eve

Not to ever mess around in

The Tree of Knowledge "fruit" and leave

Such knowledge of evil alone.

The Tree bearing what kind of "fruit"

Has never been exactly known,

Just God deemed a no no pursuit.

The "fruit" that Eve had sinned to get?

She could have picked a cigarette!

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Jim the Caring

Sometimes I'd watch him watching me

As I was swinging on a rope,

O'er the river from the elm tree.

Each time we met I knew he'd hope

That I would be the girl for him.

I knew he was a special guy,

And I enjoyed being with Jim.

He watched me on that last time I

Swung on the rope in April cold,

And when I fell my head struck ice.

I knew I never would grow old.

I could see Jim and that felt nice.

I knew Jim thought that I was brave,

And put wildflowers on my grave.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Dolly's Coat

Dolly Parton does sing about

A coat her Momma made for her.

Though made with rags, this coat no doubt

Was made with Momma's love for sure.

This "Coat of Many Colors" be

Worn by young Dolly in belief

That a special person was she.

Those who tried give her pain and grief,

In her heart she forgave all those

Who'd never wear a coat so fine,

Would only wear their store bought clothes

Not made with any love design.

Thank you Dolly for singing of

The finest coat to wear is love.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Go Fishing Together

An old widow does live nearby,

And when the weather does permit,

We do go fishing, she and I.

Waiting for her here now I sit.

Looks like another lovely day,

Real calm and peaceful be the lake.

I'm guessing my friend's on her way,

The next going fishing to take.

For fishing she's got quite a knack,

Lots of practice, now she's alone.

She always throws her caught fish back,

So she doesn't have to debone.

Sunrise, and soon we two will float,

My old friend in her fishing boat.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Halloween Trick

Old Widow Jones lived down the street.

She treated all us kids real well,

Always smiling and ever sweet.

The small house in which she did dwell

Needed repainting, but we knew

She lived on a fixed income that

Expensive stuff she could not do,

Like painting her home habitat.

Came Halloween and we stopped by.

Fresh baked cookies we got from her.

We came back later, we knew why,

A dif'rent kind of trick for sure.

Old Widow Jones was our saint.

We gave her house new coats of paint.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Geode

Geode, hollow spherical rock,

A word meaning earthlike in Greek.

Crystals can form with nature's clock

Inside, colorfully unique.

So when such rock does break apart,

Its dull outside does open to

An inside of quite lovely art

Of crystals in both form and hue.

There came a time one rock did split.

Maybe one day we will know why.

Two pieces shimmered all sunlit,

Both orbiting up in the sky.

When the dust cleared we did see soon

A lovely geode be the moon.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Chain of Events

I heard the trick or treaters ring,

And hurried barefoot to the door.

Suddenly, my world was spinning,

As I slipped on the dusty floor.

While going down I did grab at

The dinner table cloth and jerked.

A lit candle fell over flat.

On my back I was feeling irked.

The situation turned quite dire.

I sensed flames and smoke all around.

Trick or treaters were screaming, "Fire."

Then louder came the sirens' sound.

Was not a Happy Halloween,

With firemen on my home front scene.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Staying Together

I caught her cheating, my "good" wife.

Around her throat my hands did clench.

In my back she did plunge a knife.

I fell and died on my dead wench.

Both of our souls did arise,

And left our dead bodies there.

It really came as no surprise

About the future we would share.

We both knew that we both did wrong,

But were kind of happy that

Together we would go along

To be in sinners' habitat.

The two of us back together be

In hell, I'll be in good company.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 The Fence

'Round the residence I first came

As made of wood so as to keep out

Livestock from gardens was the aim,

But then needed strengthened no doubt.

So the wood was replaced by stone.

Slowly iron and steel bars were set.

I messaged a no trespass zone,

My purpose to repel a threat.

Then guards, both human and dog sort

Constantly patrolled around me.

I was high tech sensored to thwart

Any over, under, through be.

Meant to deter any nonsense,

I'm the "keep'em out" White House fence.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Scares the Crows

A murder of crows flies above

A patch of pumpkins down below.

The crows do caw a mocking of

The appearance of a scarecrow,

Who in the moonlight looms to scare

The crows into flying away.

But fat and juicy pumpkins there

Incentivize the crows to stay.

But then the crows do notice that

There's something dif'rent 'bout this scene

Of just a pumpkin habitat.

Jeepers, creepers, it's Halloween.

And for the crows a scary sight,

Pumpkins grin and glow in the night.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Witching Hour

It is the witching hour when

We witches have full power of

Turning any soul into sin,

Fill with hate and empty of love.

Satan gives us this time to use

For sacrifice to Satan's will.

Damnation for the soul we choose,

To hell from the body we kill.

We only have one hour so

We witches know we must not fail,

Or Satan would give us much woe.

And so we witches will prevail.

We witches have a task to do.

We are on our way to you.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 The Hoopoe Bird

The hoopoe bird of legend be

The wise trusted messenger that

King Solomon sent, namely me,

To Queen of Sheba's habitat

To give the King's letter to her,

Inviting her to visit him.

I kept a bird's eye view for sure.

A no show by her would be grim.

But the Queen of Sheba came through,

And visited King Solomon.

The King was grateful to me true,

Gave me fat worms for job well done.

My fame and prestige were assured.

I am Israel's national bird.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Wake Awake

I had a dream that I did fall

From a ladder and hit my head.

Passersby, my body did haul

Back home, thinking that I was dead.

My wife told them to set me on

The kitchen table, and then told

Them to leave, and then they were gone.

My wife went to the oven cold

And lit it up, then said to me,

"I know that you would want a wake,"

"With a fancy meat dish to be."

"I need to borrow some meat to bake."

I did wake up just as my wife

Approached me with a carving knife.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Telepathy Empathy

Hunting in winter and at night,

I do detect a house nearby,

And see a window with a light.

A human sitting I do spy.

I sense this human's in deep thought,

An empty page with pen in hand,

Lots of frustration, human's got,

A feeling that I understand.

So I decide that I will share

A poem that has come to me.

I think the poem through the air.

The human perks up suddenly.

I sympathize with writer's blocks.

They happen often to this fox.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Armageddon

When from heaven the Devil fell,

An angel fallen from God's grace,

He set up residence in hell

Which was the Earth in time and place.

Though God has tried through centuries

To make the Devil go away,

The Devil's done as Devil please,

And humankind has let him stay.

An ultimatum God did give

That humankind to God must turn,

Or none of humankind would live,

That all of humankind would burn.

Invincible, the Devil stood,

Knowing evil would defeat good.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Upset Woman

Julia Roberts played the role

Of Tinkerbell in the film, "Hook."

Broken engagement took a toll

On Roberts, but she never took

A break to give some time to heal,

But jumped right in the all star cast,

Hoped for Spielburg blockbuster deal.

Good set relations did not last.

A lot of cast and crew did find

Roberts to be hard to work with.

Dumped Kiefer seemed stuck on her mind.

Tension gripped the Peter Pan myth.

"Hook" cast and crew did tattle tell,

Julia was called Tinker"hell."

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Demon Tree

It became known as demon tree,

As it loomed large on holy ground,

Causing the Church perplexity,

Branching ugly in sight and sound.

Two renowned exorcist priests came

To try to save this hellish wood,

To play with skill the ancient game,

Played 'twixt and 'tween evil and good.

The priests beneath the tree did pray,

Doing their best to exorcise.

Their efforts went on night and day.

The outcome came as a surprise.

All of the hell in the tree ceased.

Demons left and entered each priest.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 The Nightmare

I take a sleeping pill so that

I will find some peace hopefully

Within my dreamland habitat.

I have lots of anxiety.

My waking hours I do try

To be to others of good use.

But lately sleeping, I find I

Am dreaming of pleasured abuse,

Carnal encounters that do vex,

A come together, one on one,

Engaging in immoral sex,

A nasty habit for a nun.

A nightmare looms above my bed,

Dark demon with a horse's head.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Location, Location, Location

Early riser is puppy dog,

Who's hungry and does head for Mom

To bark some breakfast monologue.

This startles Mom but she stays calm.

Mom knows what's on puppy dog's mind.

For now she is his milk machine.

Puppy dog sits on his behind

And paws Mom's face for more cuisine.

Mom knows that it's time to get up,

Give puppy dog what he does yearn.

Where the milk's at, her little pup

Needs milk pump site better to learn.

As puppy dog sucks at Mom's nose,

Mom thinks, "There's no milk at this hose!"

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Black Mountain

Mount Lovcen, the Black Mountain that

Montenegro, the nation, be

Currently my site habitat.

This nation is named after me.

I'm called Black Mountain because of

The forests on me, dark and dense.

Many plants and animals love

To live within my residence.

I watch the nations come and go,

Boundaries set by humankind,

So much of mortal ebb and flow,

But all the changes I don't mind.

Black Mountain, I stand forevermore,

Watching all around through peace and war.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Beleaves?

Mom has suggested that I rake

The fallen leaves in the backyard.

In return she promised to make

Me some apple cider, not hard,

All steamy hot that surely will,

With allspice and cinnamon warm

My insides from outside brisk and chill.

Reward for choice for me's the charm.

So out to the backyard I go,

Motivated with rake in hand.

Bunches and bunches of leaves show,

Something I do not understand.

All of these leaves does baffle me.

How'd they here with one pine tree?

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Be Busy Better

Often excuse that comes to mind.

"I am too busy" - easy lie

That is effectively designed.

Normally others don't ask why.

But truth be told which I don't tell,

Much of my busy be deceit.

I really don't be busy well,

And end stuck up in self defeat.

I know there is a better way

To turn bad busy into good.

If I do meditate and pray,

My mind's a better neighborhood.

I need to choose the busy that

Betters my mental habitat.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Plan B

Grandma had sent me out to pick

Some blackberries to make a pie,

Asked that I try to do it quick,

To be baked by dinner was why.

I went into the pasture where

Lots of blackberry bushes grew,

Along with lots of daisies there.

Grandma did love daisies, I knew.

Most of the berries did not go

In the bucket but into me.

Soon I knew it was time to go.

Happy, Grandma would sure not be.

All of the blackberries I ate,

Picked some daisies to ease my fate.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Fluttered Flattered

This robin flying through the air

And spies a sculpture down below.

A green bush has been sculpted there

In the form of a bird to show

All of the bird in a dark green,

Except the front breast of the bird,

Which does shine in a lighter sheen.

A robin tribute has occurred.

Often I find humans be odd,

But once in a while do amaze 

With their efforts that I applaud.

I stop to take a closer gaze.

Perched on this plant and I do jest,

"No real robin's got a green breast."

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Re Do

I made it to heaven last time,

And got my angel wings as proof.

But too much pride became my crime.

Other angels called me aloof.

With wings clipped off I got sent back

To Earth for a do over try,

Sent to return to the right track.

Down deep I knew the reason why

I was given another chance,

Knowing that heaven one day would

Offer the angel circumstance,

If I kept striving for the good.

Back to heaven in time and place,

Wingless, I step up the staircase.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Of Service

I'm assigned to harem detail,

All concubines picked by the King.

Aside from him, I'm only male.

It's a good job to do my thing.

Being the King's brother in law

Is how I landed this plum job,

Lots of goodies to "ooh" and "aah,"

And I do "ooh" and "aah" a gob.

I tell my wife, King's sister, that

The King ordered me in this role

To serve his harem habitat,

Protect his assets as my goal.

The concubines trust me a lot.

They think I'm a eunuch, I'm not.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Testing, Testing

The teacher's pet, I know I'm not.

Made up stories of her I tell.

Gave her an apple filled with snot.

She calls me the pupil from hell.

Talks to my parents, they get mad

At her for messing with their kid.

And I continue to do bad,

Latest - superglued her eyelid.

Wow, then you should have heard her curse.

This part I got on my smart phone.

The principal then made it worse,

Sent her to purgatory zone.

A teacher I do plan to be,

Ready to handle kids like me.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Ghost of William Terriss

Famous actor, William Terriss,

In 1897 be

Brutally stabbed to death and this

Was indeed a great tragedy.

Covent Garden tube station down

Underground was then later built,

And a legend of London town

Over the years in tales has spilt

That the ghost of this actor walks

Through the station from time to time.

He hurries by and never talks.

Why he's there - no reason or rhyme.

Faraway grave has his remains.

Maybe his ghost likes to ride trains.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Old Dang Mind

Should an old spouse be forgot, I

Can tell you it's not a good thing.

It tends to cause the spouse to cry.

Nothing's worse than a spouse crying.

I say I am sorry of course.

But for the spouse it's not enough.

The spouse drops the "D" word, divorce,

And calls me nasty names and stuff.

My spouse is older than I am,

So says old age is no excuse,

And says I just don't give a damn.

I'm guilty of spousal abuse.

Should old age forgets be forgot?

I hope so, cuz I do a lot.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Cracker Jack

My all time favorite love song

Is Dolly Parton's Cracker Jack.

Kid found a puppy dog along

A riverbank and both went back

Home to where the twosome grew up,

Inseparable night and day,

Love 'twixt and 'tween this kid and pup,

The best of friends in ev'ry way.

The kid grew up as years went by,

And Cracker Jack the pup aged too.

Came the time Cracker Jack did die,

But their love stayed as the kid grew.

A kid and puppy dog, best of

Any song to sing about love.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

Rhubarb

I live in a nice garden that

Is tended by some humans who

Live nearby in their habitat.

They seem curious what I do

While I am busiest at night.

They set out cams to video

My movements, but that is all right,

Long as I'm free to come and go.

When I want privacy from all,

With no bothering as a goal,

I roll into a spiny ball.

Some private time, then I unroll.

I hear, so guess my name does be

Rhubarb, the hedgehog - fine with me! 

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Ice Hockey Attire

Over time, ice hockey began

To have player  wear items that

Could protect the bod of each man

In the hard contact habitat.

In eighteen seventy four be

Introduction of first jockstrap

To give added security

For the functioning of each chap.

In nineteen seventy four there

Was requirement each player must

Have an approval helmet to wear.

A lot of angry players cussed.

One hundred years before men knew

The brain might be quite useful too.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 She Put Cabot Cove on the Map

Murder She Wrote came to T.V.

With Angela Lansbury cast

To solve each Sunday night weekly

A murder, so over years, vast

Numbers of murders did occur

In the small town, Cabot Cove, Maine,

That Mrs. "F" did solve for sure

In this busy killing domain.

Angela as Jessica wrote

Best selling crime books 'twixt and 'tween

Taking the slot time to devote

Catching who dunnit on the screen.

Angela Lansbury became

J.B. Fletcher, a household name.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Time to Say Goodbye

That trip around the world we planned.

Well, on that trip I now am on,

Half the world I've already spanned.

I've faced the fact that you are gone.

At first I thought I never could

Live on without you by my side.

But those bad feelings have turned good,

My horizons bright, far and wide.

Right now I'm on a ship in cruise

Across the Adriatic sea.

I want to share with you some news,

Someone else now travels with me.

I have fallen in love anew.

It's time to say goodbye to you.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Sin on My Mind

Since Adam and Eve, God has been

Well aware that we humans be

Prone to committing too much sin.

I know that God's aware of me,

And that my sinning has so far

Been of relatively small kind,

Not as awful some sinners are.

Most evil is just in my mind.

But I know that thinking sin is

Wrong, and I'm not to myself true.

I'm not immune to sinning biz,

So less sin thoughts I need to do.

I work on sinning self restraint.

God knows I'll never be a saint.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Weathering

I woke up to a cloudy morn.

There was a lot of fog about.

This combo made me feel forlorn,

Hoped the weather improved no doubt.

Then I recalled 'twas Saturday,

Day off from work, and out came sun.

Best buddy's voice mail I did play,

Went on and on, a windy one.

Went to the gym to exercise.

Fell off a bike and felt the pain.

Again the clouds did fill the skies.

On my way home, tears fell like rain.

Daily weather reports I find

Are ever changing in my mind.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Trick or Treat Tale

It was the first year Mom and Dad

Had told their kids that they could go

Trick or treating, and very glad

Were the three daughters, this be so.

But what costume would each one wear?

The kids talked of this 'twixt and 'tween,

And lots of thoughts each kid did share

How to dress up for Halloween.

At last decisions were made, and

Mom helped her girls to make each one.

Costumes came out better than planned.

Dressed up, the girls were set for fun.

Cowgirl, ballerina and witch,

Hard to tell which squirrel was which.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Need to Feed

I smell the scent of human fresh.

For zombies tiz a pleasant stench.

I am hungry and need some flesh.

But all I find's a wooden bench,

Where some human recently sat,

And maybe will be coming back.

I wait for a while hoping that

Soon I'll be able to attack.

While waiting, the bench top I lick,

Smacking my lips expectantly.

The salty taste goes all too quick.

C'mon humans, come back to me.

Eating some flesh, the thought feels good,

Hope for some human - knock on wood.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 You Need Me!

When I came into your life, I

Just knew that you were gonna be

A challenge that I had to try.

How lucky of you to have me!

For me you were a lump of clay

That was begging for artful hand

Like mine to mold you in a way

To be the piece of work I planned.

Just leaving another voice mail.

I can't imagine where you've gone.

I've searched for you to no avail.

This concerns me, what's going on!

After all that I've done for you,

I've got a lot more still to do.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Helping Hand

Since on Earth has been humankind,

The Earth has faced more and more threat

Due to hand deed from human mind.

Humans have not done the worst yet.

But nuclear war does now loom.

Mad leaders' hands and minds now be

Poised to put Earth in total doom

That will result from World War III.

Always have been watchers of Earth,

Watching Earth move through time and space,

A science project deemed of worth

To save, if and when doomsday case.

Future of the Earth habitat?

E.T.s will have a hand in that.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Death

I am a woman, old and gray.

And now I'm terminally ill.

Here in a hospice I will stay

Until death comes, and soon death will.

I'm more curious than afraid

Of how death will turn out to be.

Ninety years ago I got made.

Maybe I'll be made a new me,

Pop up in a new time and place.

I gaze out in a gasping breath.

Whatever's next, now soon I'll face.

And sure enough, I gaze at death.

A handsome, young man standing there,

So where he takes me, I don't care.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

Carnelian Hope

A carnelian stone I be,

From pale to reddish orange my hue.

I am in the quartz family.

And I can be a hope for you,

Fertility to stimulate,

An aid for courage to provide.

Possessing me may change your fate,

Outer power for you inside,

To give yourself a better chance

To live in healthy, useful way,

Abilities I can enhance

To guide you well each night and day.

Keep me close to you always so

Your creative juices will flow.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 New Creation

Just like the Phoenix from the fire,

A new creation I can rise,

Let lessons learned from past inspire,

I am a soul that never dies.

My last creation, I grew old,

And spurned the choice to live God's will.

Selfishness turned me hard and cold.

But now God's grace reminds me still

That I can change the way I live

For the better till this life's end,

That it is God's will to forgive

If selfish ways I now do mend.

A new creation now I be.

I can become a better me.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

Rani of Jhansi

Rani of Jhansi refused to

Let her India be kept down,

And did what she did have to do,

Put armor over queenly gown,

And fought the British day and night,

Rebelling against tyranny.

With sword in hand she led the fight

So that independence might be.

In 1858 she lead

Her army against British foe.

Just age 30 she was shot dead,

Ashes buried, freedom to sow.

Rani of Jhansi fought to make

India free for future sake.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Find Faith to Heal

My body and spirit and mind

Need care by me each day and night.

If I neglect then I can find

That some attacking disease might

Get inside of me and take hold,

Causing me lots of pain and strife.

If I let such as this unfold,

Then I do not live a good life.

I need to meditate and pray,

To ask God for serenity,

And to live through each night and day,

Knowing God is always with me.

When disease decides to attack,

I have faith that God has my back.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Compelling

An old dead tree is hollowed out.

Holes in the trunk do show a face

With eyes and nose and mouth no doubt.

I feel being watched in this place.

There are no sounds of bug or bird

Anywhere on or 'round this tree.

All in all, scary is the word,

As though the tree does grin at me.

I take a picture on my phone,

Something to show later for fun.

Then suddenly I hear a moan.

Instinct tells me that I should run.

I watch the tree mouth open wide.

I am compelled to step inside.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Golden Idol

When God created planet Earth,

And placed on Earth the humankind,

Faith in God held the highest worth

In human heart and soul and mind.

But more the humans multiplied,

The more their faith in God was less.

Selfish pursuit became the guide,

And humans knew God did not bless.

But humans really do not care

As schemes of making money is

The rejoicing most humans share,

With lots of hate harvesting biz.

Spiritual joy cannot restore,

As long as money's worshipped more.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Joy for Life

When I was younger I did try

To end my life by suicide.

I thought it better if I die,

Better for loved ones if I died.

My overdosed body was found

And taken to an E.R. where

I was saved though my head did pound.

A nurse named Joy gave me great care.

She knew that I was still in hell,

And so she told me about her

Attempt to end it all as well.

Her honesty touched me for sure.

My life is better and not worse,

Thanks to a "been there, done that" nurse.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Four Youth

From 1st through 12th grade we kids were

A four pack through all thick and thin.

Most of our antics for sure

Assured some trouble we'd get in.

For us it always was a game.

Which one of us would come up with

The next way to fortune and fame,

Turn to heroes for real, not myth.

Those were the years of growing up,

And grabbing all the gusto of

Whatever was next mission, yup,

The word went unsaid, but was love.

Young four of us did share so much.

Old four of us fell out of touch.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Old Cliche or Not

I know it is not your fault that

You up and dropped dead from old age.

But it kind of does leave this cat

Wondering about my next stage

Of being stuck here in this house.

You always kept my food locked up.

And I have never seen a mouse

Here running around and so, yup,

Gotta make plans on what to do.

I've gotta find some food no doubt.

I keep looking over at you,

Just lying there, tongue hanging out.

I know that it's an old cliche,

But gonna get your tongue today.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Makeover

The human family that got

This pumpkin for a carve to do,

Let their youngest loose who did not

Use the knife thinking a plan through.

The kid just stabbed me here and there,

Then took off getting kind of bored.

So Mom, who had some artsy flair,

Carved detailed eyes top of this gourd,

Then carved my mouth with clever tweak,

Way down and over on far side,

Portraying me with tongue in cheek.

Quite artfully Mom's knife did glide.

All in all I'm fine with my pose.

Mom left my stem to be my nose.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 We Will

Always darkest before the dawn,

There are many who believe that.

For a long time dark has gone on

To plague our Earth habitat.

But now science technology

Allows all to communicate.

And the more knowledge that there be,

Love will be victor over hate.

Oh yes, the lies will still be told,

But truth will seek out heart and mind,

And one by one, each young, each old

Will live for good for humankind.

When there's will, there's way for world peace.

Good for us all will never cease.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 In a Daze

While in my store I guess I fell.

I'm now in a hospital bed,

And in a daze cuz docs do tell

That very soon I will be dead.

How long I've been here, I don't know.

It seems like an eternity.

I can accept it's time to go.

Hearts do give out, so why not me?

My wife does say that she is here,

My only son and daughter too.

That means my whole family dear

Have nothing better else to do.

I yell, "What are you all here for?"

"Who is looking after the store?"

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Unlie

The whole truth, nothing but the truth,

Politicians should have to tell.

Then voters in the voting booth

Would be more up on voting well.

But being a politician

Means lying is part of the game.

Telling the truth cannot be done,

So there should be a law with aim

To force each politician to

Have a truth chip inserted so

Lying would cause pain to ensue.

Tell truth need be the way to go.

Insert a chip to make comply

All politicians to unlie.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Max and Freddie

Once upon a time there did be

Max the mouse and Freddie the frog,

Who wanted to make history

With a round the world travelogue.

So Freddie the frog up did bloat,

And Max the mouse got on his back,

Then up into the air did float.

Catching jet streams, they caught the knack.

O'er oceans and o'er continents

The dynamic duo did go

Around the Earth circumference,

Set a world record, doncha know!

Max and Freddie roared with laughter,

And lived hap'ly ever after.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Orange Sherbet Color

The color of orange sherbet be

Best seen in orange sherbet I guess,

A frozen dessert liked by me,

Which includes the color orange, yes.

Sugar and cream are added to

Orange fruit and then the trio churned,

Which does result in an orange hue.

How orange the orange that might be yearned,

Depends on the ratio of

Oranges to the sugar and cream.

A really bright orange I do love,

So more oranges make true this dream.

Orange sherbet color tone to show -

Orange you glad that I let you know?

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Mask Man Date

My girlfriend said, "Put on your mask,"

"If you care 'bout saving your life."

For me maskings' an irksome task,

But I complied to avoid strife.

Then off to the concert we went,

Where wearing masks is required due

To being such a packed event.

Next to me sat a lady who

Did not pay attention to me,

But I was nervous till the end,

I'd be noticed by this lady,

Kept my head turned to my girlfriend.

For sure the mask did save my life,

Was not recognized by my wife.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 The Coming

My travel schedule brings me here

From time to time so that I can

Evaluate this living sphere

As evolving over time's span.

I try to take precautions that

I do not get too much involved

In any time and place I'm at.

I should not guide what is evolved.

But there has come legend and myth

About my role through history.

I just try to stay focused with

What happens is not up to me.

Traveler here in time and space,

Earth is still a primitive place.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Ambrosia

It was a time I'd never seen.

My land was hard and dry from drought.

There was no growing of crops green.

Farm bankruptcy did loom no doubt.

I had no need for money, and

The banker did agree with me.

No rain to buy to save my land.

All would be well when rain would be.

I did pray and did curse a lot,

As each next day just came and went,

Bringing forth each night dry and hot.

But then I felt drops, heaven sent.

Money saved not the land I love.

Ambrosia rained from skies above.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Pyramids

Back in the days of Egypt old,

We pyramids were built so that

The Pharaohs and their royal fold

Would mummy in grand habitat.

Slave labor made us come to be,

Building us up each stone by stone.

And with each death of royalty

We became more a treasure zone.

But age of modern times did bring

Grave robbers to clean us all out.

Each of us got an emptying.

The glory days were gone no doubt.

We pyramids, all mummies gone,

Now here for tourists to climb on.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Artful Revenge

Young and talented painter, she

Was raped by older men who knew

They'd be spared by powers that be,

Also all men, though charge be true,

In Court her body was laid bare,

So that men might examine her.

Truth, the men really did not care.

Her charge meant she must bear torture.

And of course her rapists were spared,

Slap of the wrists and never slapped,

Scorn against the young girl who dared

Cause the old men to be entrapped.

Rest of her life she painted men,

Vessels of evil and of sin.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Returning Home

I did change my schedule so that

I could return to the home where

I spent my youth in habitat

With family without a care.

My family are now all gone,

And I am old and soon will be

Reaching time also to move on.

But something deep inside of me

Brought me back in an early night

To watch you all moving inside,

Enjoying dining in delight.

I feel some guilt that I have spied.

It is the home that I once knew,

And now it is the home for you.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 White Rose

The white rose was the fav'rite of

Aphrodite of long ago,

The ancient Greek goddess of love.

Displays of white roses would show

In her temples in ancient Greece,

Brought by male lovers of all age,

In hope their love would never cease,

If Aphrodite would engage

On his behalf to convince her

That he loved her with all his heart,

Hope that white roses might assure

That he and she would never part.

His gift of white roses does be

His belief a goddess is she.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 October 11

When I moved in I noticed that

Near my window there be a tree.

And with one limb close enough at,

Allowing me this spring to see

A bunch of you come budding out,

Bringing forth such a fresh new scene.

A pleasure watching you no doubt,

As all of you enlarged in green.

And through the summer, day by day,

I watched you all each hold your own,

As with the breezes you'd all sway.

From green you turned to yellow tone.

My leaves, I have enjoyed you all.

Now one by one I watch you fall.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Skulls' Skills

We are a bunch of skulls who be

Piled together in a lit pile.

A marketing skullduggery

To greet visitors with a smile.

Beneath the streets in Paris town,

In tunneled catacombs we rest,

As paying customers come down,

We try to look bone chilling best.

The rest of our bones are packed

Within the walls all around us.

This gives us all more room to act

As team players which is a plus.

Here come a bunch of tourists, yup,

So each and ev'ry skull - heads up!

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Ashtray Anecdote

I was an ashtray just wiped clean

By a waitress in the cafe.

Two lovers sat down on the scene,

And both began smoking away.

But then a third person showed up,

And lit a cigarette as well.

'Twas tension in this trio, yup,

With language spoken hot as hell.

The first two lovers split apart,

Two cigs snuffed out in my ash zone.

One lover had a change of heart,

Left the other smoking alone.

The cafe tossed me long ago.

No smoking allowed, doncha know!

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Chocolate Covered Surprise

Inherited a factory

Making chocolate candy and

Came a new exciting candy

Quite by accident and unplanned.

It all happened on one day that

A workman, apparently drunk,

Fell into a chocolate vat.

No one saw he'd taken a dunk.

All of the vat contents became

Bitesize chewy chocolate rolls,

For public consumption the aim,

Passing all quality controls.

Expected new product delights -

Chocolate covered human bites.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Utopia

Utopia you told me of

Is now what I'm in thanks to you.

You ask for testament of love,

So humbly I will strive to do.

I only know what you tell me,

And I believe all that you tell,

That thanks to you, heaven does be,

And without you, I'd be in hell.

And certainly I do know sure

If others tell something remiss,

A telling on them will occur,

So as to keep me in pure bliss.

Utopia in place and time

Is sure good reason for a rhyme.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Competition

I am the new kid at the school.

The boys do give this girl the peek.

I do not peek back as a rule,

Kind of picky on who I seek.

Pretty soon I do notice that

Jack and Jill are a steady pair.

Their names - I get a chuckle at,

And then I do become aware

I am kind of attracted to

One of this twosome and so I 

Pal up with both of them, I do.

Hanging out with this gal and guy.

For me, Jill's more than just a pal.

Hey Jack, I'm gonna take your gal.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Puddles

The two of us take a long walk.

I kind of know what's on your mind.

You feel it's time to have that talk

Of now cutting the ties that bind.

The two of us together bound,

Then suddenly the rain does fall.

The puddles form upon the ground.

The two of us do heed the call.

We laugh and hold hands and begin

To jump into each puddle wet,

The both of us soaked to the skin,

As happy as when we first met.

Into each puddle we do hop.

I hope the puddles never stop.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Enlightened

Such a long way I had to go.

As I journeyed into the night,

I felt the wind begin to blow,

And on my face first raindrops light.

And then the rain came in a blast,

Causing me to step up my pace,

Toward my future and not my past.

There was no storm I would not face.

Dark in my life I'd leave behind,

Not afraid of harsh skies above,

For I was on my way to find

What I had lost, the grace of love.

Through the stormy night I did roam,

But as the dawn broke, I came home.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 I Watched and Heard

I watched them drag him through the town.

They whipped him and his flesh did bleed.

He was forced to keep his head down.

He'd been accused of evil deed,

And judged that now he had to die.

A heavy wooden cross he bore.

I watched him as he stumbled by.

I'd heard that he had helped the poor,

That he had preached of doing good,

Of giving love as each one's goal.

If doing that, then each one would

Save each one's everlasting soul.

I watched the crucifixion done.

I heard forgiveness from God's son.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Hollower

Wars of the world have come and gone.

But always there is war somewhere.

Humanity lets wars go on,

Cuz mad leaders are always there

To goad the humankind into

Just one more war to end all wars.

Mad leaders know this isn't true,

All a matter of power scores.

And now some mad leaders do tell

That nuclear war is in play,

To send the whole world into hell.

And it could happen any day.

How hollow is humanity?

Enough that soon we'll cease to be.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Gremlin

Gremlin, is what humans call me,

A wild, mischievous creature who,

In books and movies and T.V.,

Is where I became known to you.

T.V.'s  The Twilight Zone is where

I became the most famous for

Causing a human quite a scare,

Trying to cause a plane crash score.

Human made machines are where I

Do like to take up residence.

Making malfunctions I do try,

So as to cause human laments.

I've found a home in your smart phone.

Soon you'll be in my Twilight Zone.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Second Coming Soon

Over two thousand years ago

There came upon the Earth, God's son.

From Jesus Christ we came to know

That human goodness could be done.

When God called Jesus back to home,

Jesus beseeched God to forgive

All the evil allowed to roam

Through the centuries we did live.

There has been faith in prophecy

That in God's time, God would return

The son of God, savior to be

Of sin free life the good do yearn.

It be darkest just before dawn.

Salvation soon shall be upon.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Retirement Home

When I retired from Santa's shop,

This elf decided to look for

Some warmer digs so made a stop

At a cottage with a green door,

Deep in the woods of Emerald Isle.

For sale, I bought the cottage from

A leprechaun with a sly smile.

Told elves up North, all were welcome.

And on each Christmas Eve I do

Get a visit from some old friends,

The herd of reindeer with guess who!

Retirement has great dividends.

A happy retired elf I is,

Baking cookies for Keebler's biz.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Tree Lord

I'm a tree with a knothole that

Is where a branch of mine fell out,

Making a space for habitat

For critters needing home no doubt.

I've had lots of residents, yup.

Birds and bugs and squirrels have all dwelt

With their families all holed up.

It's no bark off my trunk I've felt.

But now I've noticed no one is

Coming to live in me, instead

They've gone to other trees, gee whiz,

I wonder if that means I'm dead.

So many critters came and went,

And none of them paid any rent.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Jupiter or Wherever

You left a note and said you were

Sick and tired of being with me,

Said you were off to Jupiter,

As far away as you could be.

I'm right behind you if you run,

And you can run to any place.

But for me you're the only one.

I'll follow you to outer space.

Together always, you and I 

In body, in mind and in heart.

When you go, I go, and that's why

We're never gonna be apart.

Just another game we will play.

From me, you'll never get away.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 The Gift of Love

The Bible tells me Jesus taught

God's greatest commandments to heed.

My love of God and neighbors ought

Be what I seek in thought and deed.

My love of God must come first, and

Then love for neighbors one and all.

Sometimes it's hard to understand,

'Specially when hate comes to call.

But Jesus tells me I can find

Within myself all love to give.

Within my heart and soul and mind,

Gift of love as long as I live.

My love of God and neighbors be

The most Jesus does ask of me.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Just Curious

The humans just brought me home from

The pet store thinking that I would,

As a cute hamster, be welcome,

And the whole household would feel good.

The household cat apparently

Was gonna be the one who might

Not be sure what to make of me.

So while the humans kept close sight,

The two of us together came,

And was okay 'twixt and 'tween us.

Licks upon me the cat did aim

Because the cat was curious.

But this licker needs to learn that

Curiosity kills a cat.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Distrust in God

In U.S.A. in God We trust,

So say the words that did begin

A nation upon the world thrust

With spoils to take and wars to win.

Land of the free, home of the brave,

We sent armies and navies to

Send innocent to early grave,

To empower red, white and blue.

The U.S.A. is now in doubt.

Not to God but to hate We pray.

Enemies within and without

Are destroying the U.S.A.

In God We trust will one day tell

The U.S.A. to go to hell.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Another One Bites the Dust

He walks broad day light down the street.

To the 'hood playground he does go,

Sure of who he does want to meet.

And ev'rybody there will know

That he was dissed by no invite

To her birthday party cuz he

Was always getting in a fight.

For sure a payback had to be.

From his pocket he pulled the gun,

Then walked close enough to make sure,

Shooting lots, he'd hit the right one,

The birthday girl, and he shot her.

Ev'ry day in Chicago town,

The children shoot the children down.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Pick Up Pumpkins

It is a lovely autumn day.

Piled up in the back of a truck,

We pumpkins are on our way

To serve good purpose with good luck.

All through the summer we've grown so

We can become a bumper crop,

Off to humanity to go,

Each one of us to reach a stop

Where orange outsides can be cut up

Into a Jack-O-Lantern face,

And insides made into pies, yup.

Indeed it's our time and place.

We pumpkins expect to carve out

A fun fall fest for some no doubt.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Delusionally

Be it delusion, be it real?

The real most often hurts too much.

Delusion is better I feel.

So there's where I do keep in touch.

Whatever is for real I think

Is what I should stay away from.

It only takes some drug, some drink,

And there's delusion to welcome.

People who care about me say

I really need clean up my act.

So I push these people away,

None of their biz, really a fact!

Delusion is a friend for me,

But no friend is reality.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Knowing My Brother

I had an older brother who

Would always smash any bug that

He saw, and thought it was fun to

Set fire to an old alley cat.

My parents didn't seem to mind

That my brother had a cruel streak.

Dead squirrels and raccoons I would find.

This fam'ly secret  I did keep.

I asked my parents and they let 

Me adopt a dog from the pound.

My brother - I did not forget,

No dog was safe with him around.

My brother disappeared one day,

And where he went, I'll never say.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Early Bloom

I am a red rose bud just sold

To a Romeo who I bet

Is young at heart with deed of old,

To give me to his Juliet.

I heard the florist tell him that

I should be blooming, yes for sure,

By the time he did arrive at

The balcony to give to her.

But I am in no hurry to

Rush the process that only will

Hasten ultimate wilt to do.

But Romeo has yearn to fill.

I feel forced blooming coming from

Impatient pressing of his thumb.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev, you were last

Leader of the U.S.S.R.,

An evil empire now of past.

More powerful than any czar,

You could have ordered weapons hurled

To keep the empire that you lead,

Causing destruction of the world,

Leaving most of humankind dead.

But you chose to do something odd.

Your mighty empire came to cease.

Though you were never man of God,

You chose God's will to further peace.

Mikhail Gorbachev do you dwell

Now in heaven or now in hell?

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Distressed Damsel

Knight wannabe, young Ralphaless

Did jump upon his donkey steed,

And grabbed a damsel in distress,

Just minding her own biz indeed,

Really in no distress at all,

But that unable to emote.

Trying to keep her safe from fall,

Ralphaless had her by the throat.

Off all galloped to Camelot.

When came within King Arthur's sight,

The King proclaimed his royal thought,

"Gonna turn into one bad knight."

When let down the peeved damsel fair.

Kicked Ralphaless in the guess where!

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Gassed from Past

Esso the old Standard Oil

John D. Rockefeller did own

Gas stations o'er all U.S. soil,

Full service to customers shown.

Polite, well groomed attendants would

Gas up the car and offer to

Fulfill other requests they could,

As to achieve full service true,

And make ev'ry customer feel

Good care was given to their car

For pennies a gallon gas deal,

To help the car trip near or far.

Self service - there was just no way.

Full service always, night and day.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Different Appetites

Nebula and Black Hole had lunch.

Small amount did order Black Hole,

While Nebula ordered a bunch.

The two talked of respective role

Each did have in the universe.

Nebula complained of so much

Matter that often made it worse.

Black Hole had no complaints as such.

Its routine was tidily tasked.

Nebula was messy galore.

Having seconds, Nebula asked,

"Are you sure that you don't want more?"

As Nebula took its next bite,

Black Hole replied, "Nah, I eat lite."

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Hopping Halloween

Two young bunny rabbits did go

Trick or treating on Halloween.

They both put on costumes to show

A scary twosome 'twixt and 'tween.

One a skeleton, one a witch,

A Jack-O-lantern led their way.

Both of their costumes made them itch,

So hopped along without delay.

And lots of houses they went to,

Their bags of candy filled so much.

Flying bats scared them through and through,

Hurried back to their rabbit hutch.

They had to go to Dentist Rabbit.

Eating candy, a bad teeth habit.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Not Good

When young, the fairy tales warned me

That children always must beware

Of all the evils lurking be,

Waiting to eat me anywhere.

As I grew older I found that

The children 'round me seemed to fear

Coming into my habitat.

They quickly left when I was here.

It was as though the children could

Know me for what I'd grown into

An old ogre who was not good,

Hard to admit, but it was true.

I cannot say I love my fate.

I have been eaten up by hate.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Appearing

I never know when you will come.

I only know that come you will.

Being at home does help me some.

I can hide while inside you fill.

The therapy, the medicine

Did help at first, but now I find

You can still get under my skin,

And make me go out of my mind.

You go away a while and I

Feel you are gone but feel the fear.

It doesn't  matter how or why,

I cannot make you disappear.

Anxiety is what you be.

I hate you when you come on me.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Lovers' Quarrel

My lover and I had a fight,

So I checked into a hotel.

I wondered if my lover might

Try to find out where I did dwell.

I've been here now for a long week,

But nothing of my lover heard.

It's making me feel very bleak.

Then a delivery occurred.

A box of chocolates it be,

The kind I loved my lover knew.

I opened the card eagerly

Hoping my lover had come through.

"So sorry" from my lover not.

To the wrong room the box was brought.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Needy

You are the reason I exist.

With you I always need to be.

I tell this to my therapist,

Who says I need more therapy.

I dream of having lots of stuff,

But if you are not part of that,

Then I will never have enough,

And live in lonely habitat.

We came together in the past.

I followed you everywhere.

When you told me this could not last,

I went crazy and needed care.

Am I just a shadow you drew?

I beg that I can stay with you.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Schooled on School

The urban ghetto is where I

Was born and raised and went to school.

My parents tried hard to supply

Me with faith as a useful tool,

That if I tried as best I could,

To use resources the schools had,

I'd keep on learning what was good

For me and keep away from bad.

Even when friends of mine did leave

School, telling me it was a waste,

I stayed in school and did receive

An attitude of feeling graced.

My sons and daughters I do yearn

Will have the will I had to learn.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Presumptuous Children

I listen as my children tell

Me the way they think I should die.

Children do presume, meaning well,

That parents want them to supply

Death how to tips for old of age.

My children quote the poet who

Wrote I should go out in a rage.

I smile, what's a parent to do!

I let my children advise on.

I am too old and tired to fight.

I look forward to each new dawn,

And go gentle into each night.

I hear what my children do say,

But I will die in my own way.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Not Welcome

When humans first came on the scene

We tended to stay close to home.

But wanderlust did intervene,

And humans did begin to roam.

For long time just on land we stayed.

Land plants and animals became

Victims of lots of messes made

By us in our selfish aim.

And then we went high in the skies,

And we went into oceans deep.

More messes made under the guise

Of human destiny to keep.

Humans aren't welcome anywhere,

But humans really do not care.