Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Barefoot in the Woods

I'm walking in the woods one day,

Take off my shoes and walk barefoot,

Feel closer to nature this way,

As toes into the mud I put,

Now truly one of nature's own.

Then from the bushes I do hear

An ominous loud growling tone.

No time to put on shoes I fear,

So through the mud I start to run.

But have good hunch that in this race

I am for sure the losing one,

Barefooted I keep a poor pace.

Barefooted I climb up a tree.

Barefooted bear climbs after me.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Christmas Wish

You are stationed so far away,

Serving your nation in times bad.

We'd be apart on Christmas Day.

I know that makes both of us sad.

Tonight on Christmas Eve I went

Outside and walked through fallen snow.

And up into the sky I sent

My wish to a star all aglow.

Then back to our home went I,

And fell asleep thinking of you.

Awakened, I began to cry.

My wish for Christmas had come true.

I wished upon a Christmas star,

And you and I together are.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Christmas Scarf

Through the night blowing in the wind,

I felt of purpose, I did go.

Inside a stable I did end,

And meant to be here I did know.

Just born and in a manger lay

The baby Jesus wrapped up warm.

But Mother Mary near him stay

With no protection from cold's harm.

Then Joseph saw and picked up me.

We went to Mary, he gave her

Me. so of purpose I could be,

For Mary a warm scarf for sure.

Placed gently 'round her neck I will

Help Mary ward off the night chill.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Chosen for Christmas

Once upon a time I lived in

A fir tree that was very small,

The branches very weak and thin,

Under other fir trees so tall.

Into the forest came one night

Father Christmas in a search of

A Christmas tree with much delight,

And giving all a lot of love.

And so I pulled my tree from root,

I flew us two through the sky and

Danced in a successful pursuit.

Father Christmas took us in hand.

Happily ever after be

This fairy in a Christmas tree.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Christmas Carrot

With a bunch of others I wait,

Ready and able Christmas Eve

To be transported from this plate

For higher purpose I believe.

And sure enough late in the night,

Down the chimney Santa does come,

Bearing gifts for the kids' delight.

Milk and cookies, Santa has some.

As he's leaving we carrots be

Grabbed by Santa and taken up

For the reindeer, along goes me,

Proud moment for this carrot, yup!

I am on a mission to do.

Rudolph, I am tagged just for you.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Journey of Love

It's Christmas Eve at the North Pole.

Frosty the Snowman and the elves,

With festive spirit as the goal,

Stuff stockings on the workshop shelves.

All around are the Yuletide sights.

On the Christmas tree fruitcake hung.

Twinkling about be Christmas lights.

Christmas carol to rejoice be sung.

Mrs. Claus has a wish well gift,

Holds mistletoe o'er Santa Claus,

Gives him a smooch that does uplift

Him on his way for a good cause.

Sleigh bells ring for Jolly Ol' to

Make merry all with reindeer crew.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Christmas Firewood

On early Christmas Eve we were

Placed by Dad into the fireplace,

Fine firewood pieces each for sure,

A lovely fire we would showcase,

And be a festive warmup that

For young and old would have appeal

In the family habitat,

Giving a Merry Christmas feel.

Later, the kids went off to bed.

In front of us stared Mom and Dad.

And then they too left us instead

Of first putting us out, their bad.

When we heard Santa up above,

We self extinguished out of love.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Christmas Slippers

It's almost time for Santa Claus

To head out into his long night.

Just before leaving he does pause

And gives us slippers red and white

To Mrs. Claus in the shape of

Santa's face so Mrs. Claus can

Remember Santa with much love,

While out giving gifts is her man.

Mrs. Claus tells Santa she'll miss

Him dearly as she always does.

And then she gives Santa a kiss,

Says we're best slippers ever was.

Off come us slippers, white and red,

As Mrs. Claus goes back to bed.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Black Rose

When you were younger you did be

Not much in thought of when I'd come.

In fact you rarely thought of me.

But you could never escape from

The fate of time and place when I

Would have appointment to find you.

For sure you'd make my list to die,

And there be nothing you could do

To change appointed time and place.

Both of us knew sometime, somewhere,

You and I would come face to face,

And why I came, you'd be aware.

I am Black Rose, angel of death,

Come to you now to take your breath.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Let There Be Light

"In the beginning," Bible told,

"God created heaven and earth."

Lots of darkness the earth did hold.

God decided it would be worth

Shining some light on this dark world.

God's fingers snapped and there did be

A lot of shining light unfurled.

And God thought, "Good idea from Me."

But over time there came to light

A lot of stuff that gave God woe.

God could see a lot was not right,

An awful bunch of sin did show.

So let there be light was God's will,

But was shocked when God got the bill.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Disappointer

I am an accessory to

Making my lady look quite fit.

Once I am around her I do

Make it harder for her to sit.

And when my she does find a he,

And lusts to turn into a them,

Fingers struggling to unwrap me

May cause a lot of angst mayhem.

I'm silk outside but inside steel,

Lots of buttons, hooks and laces.

I help give her her sex appeal,

But spoiler in many cases.

As a corset I've often felt

Odds are I'm a chastity belt.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Wintering Ways

I belong to a grove of trees.

Many a winter we have shared,

With natural efficiencies,

Helps me and others be prepared.

I go into a dormancy.

My leaves are gone but that's okay.

I don't need as much energy.

Needed nutrients make their way

Up from my roots so to suffice

Needs, including antifreeze stuff

To help prevent forming of ice.

Through winter I fare well enough.

And my root system allows me

To share nutrients, tree to tree.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Judging Myself

Quite busy the devil does be,

All the time all around the world,

As often judged by pious me.

Devilish thoughts and acts unfurled,

And I of course do smugly say,

"I told you so" for what it's worth.

The devil rules all night, all day,

Causing a constant hell on Earth.

So I sing my judgmental tune

To any and all who would hear.

But hypocrite, I'm not immune,

And the devil does oft appear.

Whenever I have urge to sin,

I know I've let the devil in.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Journey of Purpose

They traveled from their homes afar.

Cautiously, they traveled at night

By following a brilliant star,

Guiding them under heaven's light.

At last their journey safely made,

They came to town of Bethlehem.

A beam of starlight was displayed

Over a small stable to them.

Into this stable the three went,

And each knew what a wise one knows.

A precious gift each did present

For the infant in swaddling clothes.

The Three Wise Men paid homage to

Baby Jesus, King of Kings, true.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 The Miracle Birth

Joseph and Mary, pregnant wife,

Pregnant before the two had met,

Knew she carried a holy life.

The world around did not know yet.

Reaching Bethlehem town they knew

The Baby's birth would soon occur.

Shelter of stable, both made due,

Awaiting the miracle pure.

And Mary birthed, less pain, more joy,

Wrapped the Baby in swaddling clothes,

And in a manger placed the Boy,

The Son of God who heaven chose.

On that very first Christmas morn

The Baby Jesus Christ was born.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 From a Manger

Born in a stable, truth be known,

Not in a palace grand and fine,

In a manger not on a throne

The King of Kings did come divine,

Not in the grandeur of rich Rome,

But in humble Bethlehem town.

He had been sent from heaven's home,

Wearing cloth rags, no robes or crown.

And angels came down from above

To give the news of this King's birth,

Who would reign all with peace and love,

Be salvation for all on Earth.

King of Kings, Baby  Jesus Christ,

For human sins be sacrificed.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Pure Hearted Poet

Born to be a poet, I thought

With purity of heart I could

Think up wonders yet to be sought,

Then pen such wonders for the good.

Alas, alive I was ignored,

My poems rarely ever read.

The critics said that they were bored,

But changed their tune once I was dead.

Hit by a train was how I died.

My sister said I was depressed,

So I committed suicide.

From some of my poems, she guessed.

The devil bid, but I won't part

With all I've got left, my pure heart.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Let Truth Be Love

Loss of a loved one is no doubt

A truth that's both painful and sad.

But such is what life is about,

And good lessons learned may be had.

Especially to be learned by

Children with a long life ahead.

When loved one of a child does die,

Memory need never be dead.

Time with loved ones be gift of

A precious treasure the child should

Share with others, the gift of love.

That be the truth and that be good.

Yes, sad and painful truth can be,

But is for good shared lovingly.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Santa's Carryon

So many a Christmas Eve, I

Have sat with Santa in the sleigh,

As with the reindeer we do fly

'Round the world, up, up and away.

Just any carryon I'm not.

I've never any wear and tear,

And I'm adaptable a lot.

For any and all toys I'm there,

Able to stretch to fit the need

For each and every girl and boy.

Santa depends on me indeed

To have ready just the right toy.

Christmas bags or sacks are sure fun,

But I'm the original one.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Christmas Yule Log Cake

A Christmas Yule Log cake is me,

Made to look like a real Yule log

Found in a fireplace, but I be

Meant to eat, maybe with eggnog.

Cake batter choice is rolled into

A cylinder, I'm baked till done.

Then there's icing of choice to do,

Fork poked to look like bark for fun.

Sprinkling of powdered sugar does

Give a festive snowed upon sight.

I know I won't have much time, cuz

Now I'm an edible delight.

I hope some pictures taken will

Show me before tummies I fill.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Resilient Me

When just a wee seed I was blown

By winds across the isle to where

I suc"seed"ed by being sown

In a driveway, not sure I'd fare

Well there with all the foot and wheel.

But Mom Nature saw fit to let

Me grow into a plant with zeal.

First came my green leaves, then to get

Yellow and purple blooms to show

Over and over through the year,

Now lasting through some freeze and snow.

Resilient, I still appear.

As pay forward, this pansy sends

My seeds with love into the winds.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Stretcher

A raging river 'twixt and 'tween

Me and my love on other side.

Fate of nature did intervene,

So something daring need be tried.

I firmly rooted myself to

The river bank in a firm hold.

Stretch over I began to do,

Feeling the river's spray of cold.

Now I was on a mission of

Stretching over the river so

In the future I'd join my love.

Of course my stretching was quite slow.

I know a long time it will be

To stretch the river by this tree.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Creek Peek

Winter time and the first snowfall,

A row of trees along a creek,

Limbs icy white on each and all.

At each other, each tree does peek.

The tree nearest the creek wants to

See all itself so to compare

If be the coolest looking tree

Of all the trees in a row there.

So the tree ponders how it could

Have a full view of itself so

The tree wonders if the creek would

Reflect upon the tree to show.

Mirrored in the calm creek water pool,

The tree sees that it looks most cool.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Squatters

A condemned tenement house is

Where we decided to move in.

Squatting is just family biz

Done over and over again.

It is no secret that we're here.

When would be trespassers show up,

One or more of us do appear,

And off go uninvited, yup!

The neighbors are okay with us

Keeping all the riff raff away.

So none of them have made a fuss.

And for a while here's where we'll stay.

This abandoned building does be

Now home for this skunk family.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Call for Cassie

The Christmas tree's just been put up.

I hear call, "Cassie," in the air

My human is calling this pup.

No doubt about some Christmas wear.

Every Christmas without fail,

When the tree's up it's the time of

Showing me off from head to tail.

My human I do truly love.

A picture taken by the tree

Of me is tradition to do.

Donned with gay apparel is me,

Festively clad, an awesome view.

So here I pose in my new dress,

Good humoring humans I guess.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Cover You Up

"Cover me up" you'd yell at me

In a rage, drunk, waving your gun.

I was abused and used to be

Just a toy for you to have fun.

You'd grab me and tear off my dress,

Yelling at me this was a test,

One that I always failed I guess.

For way too long I tried my best.

Always ordering me around,

Made me leave my boots by the bed,

When away from you I was bound.

But then I grabbed your gun instead.

No more doing me all your hurt,

Cover you up with cellar dirt.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

Took a Bite

The wife was right and I was wrong

About an argument we had

I figured she would not take long,

And she'd get over being mad.

Lunch time, sure enough I was right,

The wife cooked me up a game bird,

Which I then knew from my first bite,

"Delicious" be the the correct word.

Told the wife and she smiled at me.

Not sure what kind of bird, so I

Then asked what kind of bird this be.

And the wife gave me her reply,

"I'm right, you're wrong, just so you know,"

"You have just begun to eat crow."

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 I Was Not Wished Well

Left my mother-in-law and wife

At the house and walked to the park.

Guess who had moved in and my life

Was looking very bleak and dark!

My wife's mother did not like me.

Oft she'd told me that to my face.

Now living in my home she'd be

Sure hell for me in time and place.

Came to a wishing well, and I

Threw in a coin but then I find

My wish has gone and hit stone dry,

Which I too hit, pushed from behind.

Thanks to mother-in-law I dwell

Forever in this wishing well.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Lego Star Wars Holiday Special

2020 may the forces

Be with a show in homage to

The Star Wars franchise that courses

Forever the galaxies through.

A holiday special satire

On the 1980 one aired,

Plotted with intent to inspire.

An animation to be shared

With Star War fans and to go where

No human cast had gone before,

Make fans feel like they are there,

Where evil's less and good is more.

So this Lego version was done,

Lots of cheesy holiday fun.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Gnome Sense

First winter for the little gnome.

A White Christmas he's hoping for.

From the window of his tree home,

He watches the sky cloud up more.

Then puts on coat, mittens and hat,

And hurries out into the wood

Where everywhere snowflakes are at,

And the little gnome feels so good.

He smells the fresh, he sees the white,

Hears the silence and feels the chill,

Sensing all this to his delight,

And wants to taste a snowflake still.

No taste discovers the gnome young,

But snowflakes sure tickle his tongue.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 On Duty

I've been specially trained to be

On guard for any poachers who

Dare to share time and place with me.

I'm real good at the job I do.

Wild animals in this preserve

Are protected by law, but still

Too many poachers have the nerve

To trespass here, seeking to kill

Just for a tusk or horn or skin

To sell on black markets that thrive.

I'm trained not to kill but to pin

The poacher till police arrive.

Hey poacher, I'm not your best friend.

This dog will dog you to your end.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

In the Pink

Pink flowers on the cherry tree

Pink flowers abloom on the ground.

A time and place where pink does be

The color chosen to abound,

As Mom Nature makes her spring call

To paint a picture fresh and new.

She chooses color pink of all

The colors for her art to hue.

For color pink provides a sight

Giving the viewer cause to feel

That the world is better for bright,

"Pink up" pink flowers do appeal.

And any passerby must think,

"This sure is time and place for pink."

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Piano Mood

One night for some reason I woke

In a piano playing mood.

So sat down and began to poke

Upon the keys for an etude.

The wolves did howl, the bats did squeak

As I did pound and I did bang.

Oblivious to bad critique,

Some just have no music taste, dang.

This vampire kept playing and cursed

All those who scorned me, what the heck!

Then I developed a blood thirst,

Maybe bad ear, maybe good neck.

Victims hear me get mad not fright,

Cuz my Bach is worse than my bite.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 I Was There

I was young when the angels came,

And told my shepherd the news of

The miracle birth of acclaim.

Then the angels returned above.

My shepherd took me with him to

Bethlehem where I as a lamb

Was placed near the baby born new.

Remembering often I am,

Being with this baby a while,

His tiny fingers tugged my wool.

Baby Jesus gave me His smile.

With pride and joy my heart was full.

Description of Jesus, God's Son,

Lamb of God is my favorite one

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Seasonal Choir

I hear them coming down the street,

A welcome sound this time of year.

I hurry to my door to greet

These bringers of much Christmas cheer.

This roving choir begins to sing,

And each in hand does hold a bell,

Which timely to the song does ring.

It is an art this choir does well.

I hear and watch this marvel of

These talented folks giving so,

In the spirit of Christmas love.

When done, my applause lets them know.

This singing and handbell choir be

A Christmas caroling pageantry.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Payoff

National debt of U.S.A.,

The trillions just keep adding on.

What will make this debt go away?

What will make this debt be all gone?

China will be the answer to

Getting rid of U.S.A. debt.

A takeover China will do,

Exactly how is not known yet.

It could be ways and means of war,

But very likely peacefully,

As U.S.A. gets more and more

A sad dumbed down democracy.

The Chinese will then liquidate

All the U.S.A., state by state.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Oz, the Unicorn

Oz, the unicorn felt the need

To participate in a tale

With a happy ending indeed,

So trotted over hill and dale,

And came upon Princess Snow White,

Who is to wed Prince Charming yet.

She is just not feeling quite right.

To walk alone makes her upset.

Oz, the unicorn, does assure

The wedding will go perfectly,

With a happy ending for her,

An outcome Oz will help to be.

Oz, the unicorn, with a smile

Walks Princess Snow White down the aisle.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Lady of the lake

Viviane, Lady of the Lake

Foresaw that Arthur would be King.

Excalibur sword she did make,

In a stone to Arthur did bring.

And Arthur pulled this sword from stone

As proof to all of Britain, he

Be the true King and King alone,

As was foretold by destiny.

But Viviane could not deny

Vision, Arthur's reign would not last.

From battle wounds, about to die,

Arthur's last act, the sword to cast.

By fate, Excalibur did land

Out in the Lake in Lady's hand.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Christmas Bell

An old and small and tarnished bell

Fallen off of a harness, I

In the stable corner did dwell.

I had no purpose and so my

Ringing no longer did occur.

But then that night there came the birth.

I felt a miracle for sure,

Such an event that it be worth

My time and place to ring my best.

So from the stable rang my sound,

And for such purpose I felt blessed.

I became heard the whole world 'round.

First bell to ring that Christmas morn,

That baby Jesus had been born.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Question Answered

"Am I my brother's keeper?" said

Cain to God when God asked Cain why

Cain's brother, Abel, now was dead.

By Cain's own hand Abel did die.

It seemed that God then understood

Brother keeping brother was not

Always going to end up good.

The truth of that God's seen a lot.

Selfishness and envy and greed

Too often drive brothers apart.

Too often too little indeed,

Brotherly love be kept in heart.

"Am I my brother's keeper?" be

Answered "No" throughout history.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Face to Face

An old woman was there to see,

A young girl like me long ago.

The old woman was watching me.

Why she was watching, I don't know.

Maybe she was remembering when

She was young, but I can't be sure.

We each look away now and then.

I did not want to upset her.

And so I smiled and she smiled too.

So I was glad I chose to smile,

A nice gesture for me to do.

We kept smiling a little while.

Two faces staring in the mirror,

Old I was there, young I was here.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Poinsettia

The Christmas tale is often told.

In a small town in Mexico,

Young Pepita just six years old,

All by herself she walked to go

To the Nativity scene where

Baby Jesus she hoped to see.

As Pepita walked to the square,

She picked some wild weeds meant to be

Her gift to baby Jesus for

The celebrating of His birth.

Weeds wilting, she wished she had more.

Her weeds gift seemed of little worth.

Weeds into Poinsettia became,

"Flowers of the Holy Night" fame.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Back Up

I sent the Mister out to find

Some food for young'uns in the nest.

The Mister has forgetful mind,

Even though he does try his best.

The sun is rising in the sky.

The young'uns let me know it's late.

They are very hungry so I

Gotta go find food and my mate.

I tell the young'uns to stay calm.

I'll be back as soon as I can.

Dependable be good ol' Mom,

Flying high in the sky to scan.

Well, I accomplished half my goal.

Found the Mister top a light pole.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 "Sledgehammer"

My sledgehammer you wanna be.

Want me to call you that by name.

That really does not impress me.

Break up is a sledgehammer's aim.

Of you I think I'd had enough,

Listening to your macho sound,

Trying to show off all your stuff.

Sledgehammer, you make my head pound.

You do brag about all you do.

Yeah, yeah, yeah for your power show.

But I can do better than you.

Nah, nah, nah, I gotta say no.

You must think that I am a fool.

You are not my kind of a tool.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 System Error

I was in my condo alone

One night and fast asleep in bed,

Snoozing away in dreamland zone,

Turned into a nightmare instead.

I woke up to a crashing sound,

Which turned out to be my front door.

Suddenly, cops were all around.

Guns pulled, they pushed me on the floor.

My hands were handcuffed behind me.

A cop read my rights from a card.

Demands made where my drug stash be.

My first arrest was cold and hard.

It could have been much worse, I guess.

The cops went to the wrong address.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Silence of Truth

Silent is most humanity.

To the truth most are deaf and blind,

Believing the lies silently,

As hate infects all humankind.

The talking and the hearing of

The lies and hate does dominate.

Use and abuse of the word, "love,"

Is failure to communicate

For any true peace and good will,

Silenced by reality so

Is an impossible dream still,

As liars and haters all know.

The sound of silence will come, for

Humanity will be no more.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 I Walk With Winter

I love my world of snow and ice.

Into this life I did be born,

And growing up has been so nice.

Out for a stroll this early morn.

Sun clouded all is blue and white.

The cold and chill affects me not.

Coatless, I stroll in sheer delight,

Seeking what new treasures be brought

Through my wonderland of fine art,

That nature changes everyday

For my anticipating heart

Be joy filled as I walk my way.

Daughter of Winter I do be.

Other seasons, asleep is me.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Yule

December 21st each year

The Winter Solstice, give or take

A day or two depending here

On sun rotation Earth does make,

For Wiccan this is time of Yule.

Fire festival to celebrate

Return of the light as a rule,

Causing the darkness to abate.

Yule is the Sabbat that does start

For the Wiccan a year that's new,

And bringing forth hope in the heart

Of renewal of divine true.

Festive winter flora be spread

In Wiccan homes of green and red.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Nutcracker Blues

For Christmas my girlfriend did get

Tickets for Nutcracker ballet.

When I said no, she got upset,

So chose to let her have her way.

We got there a few minutes late.

The show had already begun.

Had to admit the seats were great,

As usher helped seating was done.

Not being a ballet fan, I

Looked 'round the theatre instead.

Right in front of me I did spy

A familiar back of a head.

I got real nervous suddenly.

My wife sat right in front of me.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 When You're Goin'

You think this house is only one

Who knows all the secrets you've got.

Talkin' to me this house has done.

The two of us do laugh a lot

About what a fool you do be,

Thinkin' that you're gettin' away

With lyin' and cheatin' on me.

When you goin'? How 'bout today?

Be sure to grab your coffee can

With all those nickels you threw in.

Then be goin' you little man.

And I'll be better off again.

You get goin' you crazy louse.

Don't be comin' back to my house.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Artists at Tea

Dali and Picasso both at

The Mad Hatter's tea party who

Served them both tea from a mad hat,

And melting flesh came from the brew,

Reminding Picasso to ask

Dali why a sculpture of him

Had him in melting flesh to bask.

Was this Dali's good or bad whim?

Dali assured Picasso of

Being covered in melting flesh

Meant to depict great and pure love,

And done in a way new and fresh.

Dali complained his tea too hot,

So some ice cubes Picasso brought.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Shakespearean Theory

William Shakespeare had writer's block,

No creation of works at all.

One night in bed Will heard a knock,

Alien robot come to call,

And stayed with Will many a year,

Speaking literature day and night.

And Will with pen made it appear

It be The Bard did all that write.

When Shakespeare died then this E.T.

Beamed back to home, leaving this Earth,

Leaving to all of history,

Literature of such great prized worth.

To be or not to be works by

Shakespeare or visiting A.I.?

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 My Healing Heart

"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart,"

The Bee Gees sang this song back when

The two of us had gone apart.

I never thought I'd love again.

It was my fault that you left me.

I know you tried hard as you could.

Acting a loser I would be,

And not doing you any good.

But with you gone the truth I learned,

And all the sad and pain I knew.

A change for the better I turned,

And back into my life came you.

Back together again and we'll

With love make my broken heart heal.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Blompy

A blompasaurus I did be.

You can call me Blompy for short.

An extinct dinosaur is me,

Of the banana eating sort.

So far the humans have not named

Me, cuz no bones of mine be found.

But word of mouth can get me famed,

So please do spread the word around.

As a dino I was quite cute,

Very huggable like a plush.

Only in banana pursuit

Was I ever in any rush.

Eat enough bananas and you

Can be a Blompy like me true!

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 But Baby In Time I'll Heal

But  Baby, sometimes I think of

The questions I should have asked you when

You were alive and we shared love,

Maybe a difference would have been,

And ever after happily

Together we'd live and grow old,

Me warming you, you warming me.

But in a closet you left cold,

Hanged yourself and left me with just

Lots of unanswered questions why.

Now alone without you I must

Just wonder why you chose to die.

I'm getting help to get me through

My guilt and shame for losing you.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 "Better Man"

"I wish you were a better man,"

A line in "Better Man," the song

Written by Taylor Swift, her plan,

In next album to come along.

But was cut from final track list,

Making Taylor feel somewhat down.

But Taylor being optimist

Gave it to group, Little Big Town,

Believed their vocal harmonies

Would give her song a boost to hear.

Thanks to many fan devotees,

2016 Song of the Year.

"Taylor's Version" in '21,

Her singing "Better Man" was done.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Christmas Chocolate Coins

Christmas chocolate coins be us,

Wrapped in foil of glittering gold,

Symbol of the Saint Nicholas

Giving gold coins in times of old.

Stocking stuffing favorite, we

Every Christmas morn be found,

Filling the finder with such glee.

From fingers to mouth we be bound.

Yes, we look like the real thing,

Imprinted with markings unique.

Some of us be for collecting,

Under safe cover just to peek.

But most of us are gone in haste,

Unwrapped and enjoyed in good taste.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 On Every Christmas

On every Christmas ever be

War be waging somewhere on Earth,

Seems to be human destiny.

True will of God has little worth.

On every Christmas children die,

Put in harm's way by waging war.

Adults keep asking question why,

But killing goes on more and more.

On every Christmas there be talk,

Peace on Earth and good will toward men.

But not listening is war's clock,

Children be killed time and again.

On every Christmas we need pray

The children not be killed today.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Christmas Mince pies

The last Sunday before Advent

Is called stir up Sunday when we

Mince meat pies become evident,

Lots of stirring of us there be.

We should be stirred clockwise so that

There will be good luck coming year

For all the household habitat.

Whole family stirs us so we're

Spreading the joy to everyone.

Then for Christmas on all twelve days

Eating a mince pie should be done

So good health and happiness pays.

On Christmas Eve put mince pies out,

For Santa Claus loves us no doubt.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Christmas Sweater

I came about from human thought

Trying to spare the Christmas tree.

So balls of yarn two cats got,

One green, one red, so began me.

Each cat did take a yarn ball and

Unraveling and then did knit

In a manner as though they'd planned

I'd be in end someone to fit.

Each of the cats did knit a half

Of me, then put together fine

The whole me, and those cats did laugh,

Off to the tree went each feline.

The cats played so well their yarn game,

A Christmas sweater I became.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Fairy Fay

Fairy Fay left her fairyland,

And flew way up to the North pole,

To interview with Santa and

Turn into an elf was her goal.

Santa was happy to see Fay,

And, yes, one had to be an elf

To work the shop, but she should stay

As a fairy and be herself.

Santa could see that Fay was sad,

So asked Mrs. Claus for her aid.

Good thoughts Mrs. Claus always had,

And, yes, a solution was made.

Fairy Fay stayed a fairy 'cause

She got to help out Mrs. Claus.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 I Was Naughty

I'd been a naughty kid all year,

But figured Santa might have missed

Me and my name might not appear

As one on Santa's naughty list.

I know my folks were in a fit

Over my bad behavior so

When I found them on Inter Knit,

I thought ugly sweater, oh no.

Such a hard and cruel punishment

Was a forced Christmas fate for sure.

Forgiveness should be sentiment,

And awesome gifts given to me.

Big ugly sweater Santa brought,

A sumo wrestler's what I got.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Gnome Poem

Googling gnome poem, I found out

It's a verse for memory aid,

Not necessarily about

A gnome, an assumption I'd made.

Meaningful sayings put in verse

To help remember, from old Greek,

Known as gnomes for better or worse,

To keep a memory at peak.

So in verse this tidbit I pen,

Maybe meaningful, maybe not,

That I remember this again,

Which lots of time I have forgot.

Hope this verse helps my memory.

A forgetful gnome I can be.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Giving Christmas a Bad Name

Christmas Eve 2023,

Law partners, no where else to go.

So an office party does be.

Very flirtatious Miss L. Toe

Is kissing up to firm founder,

The drunk red nosed Sir Red N. Deer,

Who sobers up when around her,

So moves on to pour some more cheer.

Mr. Chris T. Mess has, no doubt,

A lust for Miss Candy P. Cane,

Who  gives a licking, knocks him out,

Giggling while watching him in pain.

Santa flies over this mayhem,

Naughty girls and boys, all of them.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Have "Rizz," Will Satisfy

Dictionary word of the year,

"Rizz" for 2023.

The definition does appear,

Seductive charm, and yes that's me.

I'm just starting out in my trade.

Lots of competition so need

A really catchy line that's laid

Out to bring in the biz indeed.

If I really "rizz" up my deal,

Profitable outcome should show.

Known as the "rizzest" I sure feel

A john will want to pick this pro.

Slogan for opening up biz,

"Happy hooker with lots of "rizz."

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Morning Dew

In early morning I do find

An object that's exposed and thin.

Most plants for me are welcome bind.

When object's ready I begin.

The object's in a cool down phase,

Reaches that point when I condense,

Causing water droplets to raise,

Gives the object surface a rinse.

Then as the morning does progress,

Depending on the heat up rate,

My water droplets become less

The more that I evaporate.

Each morning I can come anew,

And when I do, I'm morning dew.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Christmas Present

A Christmas present is what I'm

Given and received, one to one,

Happening over Christmas time,

Meant to be lots of joy and fun.

Oft in very festive wrapped box

With bright colored ribbon and bow,

Waiting till opening time clocks,

Under the Christmas tree to show.

I may be big, I may be small.

Sometimes some eager fingers do

Shake me to try to guess what all

Secrets I hold inside me, true.

My given and received is of

The giving and receiving love.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Joined the Band

Midday as I took my catnap

In the alley, I was woke up

By the loud sounds of beat and rap,

Down Main Street a marching band, yup.

Out of the alley I did come

To watch and hear this band so fine.

The blare and pound of horn and drum.

Precision impressed this feline.

So then and there in act unplanned,

I decided to show my how

As I joined in the marching band.

For me it was this cat's meow.

In the band I did represent

As a "purr"cussion instrument.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Life's Greatest Moment

Emotional reaction to

Greatest moment of my life be

Rather difficult in my view,

Emotions kind of new for me.

My greatest life moment, but I

Am kind of hazy on details.

All was so new is my guess why,

Plus I was kind of dumb and frail.

My life's greatest moment indeed,

And there's no doubt I'm very glad

I was result of a sown seed

And then be born to Mom and Dad.

I was when born, I'm pretty sure,

Emotionally immature.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Procrastinate

Poem contest and the prompt is

"Procrastinate" so I delay

Cuz I'm busy with other biz,

But will get back to this someday.

Procrastination addict, I

Am viewed by many with harsh views.

Why they think this, I know not why.

I can start anytime I choose.

But now this contest is about

To end, and so a poem on

This subject I will pen no doubt,

My emphasis on "will' upon.

Lost in procrastinate contest.

Be I the worst? Be I the best?

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 One Little Christmas Tree

One little Christmas tree was all

The orphanage could afford for

The little orphans in the hall,

The little tree bare on the floor.

Then over night on Christmas Eve,

When little orphans were asleep,

Came the miracle to receive,

Many bright colored lights did leap

Upon the little tree and 'round

The little tree were presents of

Toys and clothes and food to abound,

Filling the orphans' home with love.

One little Christmas tree brings joys

To little girls and little boys.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Christmas Tree Ornament

Once again time to trim the tree

For Christmas and we're all brought out,

The ornaments, including me.

Hope I get a good spot, no doubt.

The human family is all

Participating in this fun.

Fingers are grabbing ball by ball.

I think that I am the next one.

Five year old Jack's fingers are on

Me as he makes a low hand pitch.

I know he, as branch I do don,

Just ate a tuna fish sandwich.

Smelling fishy meant my end, yup,

Now the house cat's busted me up.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Thank You, Tony

"Because of You," his first big hit

Released in 1951.

Tony Bennett kept singing it

For a 74 year run.

Tony gave this song credit for

His long and fine singing career.

Generations of fans adore

This gentleman and hold him dear.

When Tony sang "Because of You,"

He sang to all his fans worldwide.

Last song this life, Tony would do,

Singing it on the day he died.

Because of you, Tony, we've got

Your songs to listen to a lot.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Christmas Cracker

I'm called a Christmas cracker cuz

When pulled apart I send a crack.

Then the pulling me apart does

Present my gifts that I give back,

Colorful crown shaped hat and joke

The winning puller gets to keep.

I'm quite a hit with younger folk

For Christmas fun that I do heap.

My kind have been around a while.

A couple hundred years we've brought

A Christmas chuckle and a smile

As sounds of crack are heard a lot.

Once, Norman Rockwell painted me,

Being pulled by young he and she.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Better Perspective

I was in a state of despair.

All life around looked oh so bleak.

Just sadness I saw everywhere.

Glimmer of hope I longed to peek

Sorrowful soul walking I did be,

In dead of winter dark at night.

Then a butterfly flew to me,

Perched on my cheek with such insight

Into life's ways, how I would cope,

Suddenly seeing life through

The lens of a gift of new hope.

From my cheek the butterfly flew.

Life is more beautiful when I

Look through wings of a butterfly.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Very Scary

A horror tale I have to tell,

Of a gothic nature I guess.

Was warned by my kind it was hell

To leave my home, but I did, yes.

From my home up high I went down

To try to make some friends anew

Who I'd encounter in the town.

But the townspeople acted, true,

As badly as warned by my kind.

With weapons, townsfolks attacked me.

I made escape, left such behind,

Lucky as a gargoyle could be.

I made it home and took my perch,

Safe from humans atop the church.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Christmas Holly Tree

A Christmas holly tree as I

Am celebrated Christmas time.

There be a story as to why.

Gospel of Matthew says that I'm

The reason baby Jesus and

Mary and Joseph were saved from

Some Roman soldiers who had planned

Them harm, sight of me was welcome.

I beckoned them to me and I'd

Bent 'round the three my branches so

Baby Jesus and folks could hide.

Then soon the soldiers off did go.

Mary gave blessings to this tree,

And now all year, green I do be.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Cold Truth

The U.S.  Civil War, both sides,

Maintain righteousness in God's name,

And quote Scripture in bona fides.

The other side's wrong and is to blame.

I joined the side I live and love,

And for three years I fought through hell,

Just kept praying to God above

That back with Ida I would dwell.

No matter how this war came out,

God knows that all of us have lost,

And never will regain no doubt.

Ida and I will bear such cost.

Thank God beloved Ida's nearby,

And holding me close as I die.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Christmas Star

Long, long ago in heaven far

I was chosen to be the one

To shine brightly as guiding star,

So do a journey could be done

By three wise men bringing gifts from

Distant lands to Bethlehem where

Birth of baby Jesus had come,

Born in a stable manger there.

Because of star light from me shone,

The wise men safely made their way,

And then made the miracle known

Of Jesus born on Christmas Day.

Each and any Christmas Eve night,

Look to the sky and see my light

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 This Daughter's Choice

A little girl you said I be,

Concerned there be the circumstance

Maybe my Daddy did hurt me,

You wondered while we two did dance.

Cuz Daddy is a soldier and

Lived life serving from war to war,

A life you did not understand,

So fussed about me more and more

That Daddy's views have poisoned how

Sweet little me feels on my own.

I told you to get lost and now

Feel better that I dance alone.

I am a soldier's daughter, true,

And now I am a soldier too.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Have to Ask

Architect of the universe,

Why did You build the perfect Earth,

And then built from the best to worse?

Humankind added woeful worth.

In fact because of humans now

This whole world is in danger of

A total destruction somehow.

What once was created with love

Now's spoiled by human greed and hate.

There's no changing such human mind,

Bringing about Earth's final fate,

Unless is undone humankind.

With a deep sadness I do pray

From Earth make humans go away.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Disneyland's Black Sunday

July 17th was the day,

1955 was the year,

Disneyland opened in a way

Dubbed Black Sunday by crowds to jeer.

28,000 folks who felt

Heat over a hundred degrees.

The asphalt on Main Street did melt.

No drinking fountains worked with ease.

Food and drink gone quick, bathrooms packed.

Rides set up but not yet in use.

A gas leak was a danger fact.

A tiger and panther got loose.

Ronald Reagan on ABC

Covered the chaos for T.V.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Rothbart, The Owl So Foul

The evil sorcerer, Rothbart

The Owl, wanted to wed Odette,

A swan, who loved with all her heart

Prince Siegfried, so the plot was set

For Swan Lake, the movie, for good

And love wins over bad and hate.

Rothbart, The Owl, schemes all he could

But his evil seals his doomed fate,

When Prince Siegfried and Odette's love

Is mightier than Rothbart's curse.

Prince Siegfried's plunged sword symbol of

Rothbart going from bad to worse.

Explodes Rothbart, that evil Owl,

Cursing two final words, "Fowl Foul."

Sense Sonnet- Acher

Headless

A young French sculptor, I was known

For my skill in morbidity,

Carving departed into stone

As a body did look to be.

Thanks to the revolution, I

Never did have to look too far 

For dead body model supply.

An invention made more bizarre,

The heads removed by guillotine.

I went to the main square that day,

And sketched the body of the Queen,

Her head quickly taken away.

Carved her headless, my statuette,

As last seen Marie Antoinette.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 It's Never Me

It's never me so far in life

That's suffered because of my race.

I've been spared that struggle and strife

Of others in same time and place.

It's never me condemned as fraud

For the religion I believe,

For how I choose to pray to God,

Persecution I don't receive.

It's never me the victim of

Discrimination because I

Have chosen the same sex to love.

I've not been forced to answer why.

Lucky so far, it's never me,

But know sometime that it could be.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Not Addressed in "Papa's" poem

"Advice to a Son," poem by

Ernest Hemingway, who had three

Sons, "Papa" was a macho guy,

And his youngest son, Greg, did be

Not one taking "Papa's" advice.

Greg became Gloria, a change

"Papa" did not take very nice.

Their relationship went estrange,

And up to "Papa's' suicide

Gloria's life kept on derail.

From heart disease Gloria died

While detained in a women's jail.

Joined in the sky, maybe these two,

Reconciliation did do.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

Survivor

I was a teenage runaway.

New York City streets I called home.

My own family was okay.

I just thought it was cool to roam.

Hooked up with a guy I found out

Was founder of Covenant House,

Meant to help runaways no doubt.

But this guy was really a louse,

Pretending to be man of God,

But a predator he did be.

He was holier than thou fraud,

And made a victim out of me.

Covenant House survived this guy.

Very thankfully so did I. 

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Meeting of Minds

The Dr. Who of '63

In blue police box TARDIS sends

Word to Dr. Who currently

Who maybe future can make mends

To BBC programming so

A contract's made forevermore

Would be the weekly T.V. show.

Could the after help the before?

So latest Dr. Who of now

Goes back in time to Dr. Who

Of then and together somehow

Two heads would work out what to do.

Two Dr. Who's in TARDIS box,

So it's time for a pair of docs.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Will

God created the human race

And gave to all the choice of will.

God watches through all time and place.

Most of humans choose to sin still.

Instead of love, humans hold hate,

Waging of wars does never cease.

All God's creations suffer fate

Of never living in true peace.

Human prejudice is to blame.

Differences in humans do be

Cause to cause chaos in God's name.

There's no hope for humanity.

God's will, not human will, be one

Willing humankind be undone.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 On Wings of Salvation

Once upon a time heaven sent

An angel with a dove of peace.

They brought a miracle that meant

All hate and war on Earth would cease.

It was the sign of victory

Over all evil by all good,

At last hope for humanity

That will of almighty God would

Give all God's children purpose of

Living lives so as to uplift

Blessings of everlasting love,

With wing's delivering God's gift.

All Earth with love that peace does give,

Happily ever after live.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Where's the Beef?

When the truck broke down this cow moved

Successfully into the brush,

And for quite a distance I hooved,

Knowing I was lost in my rush.

But for some reason I did take

A zig zag route to destiny,

And came upon a lovely lake,

Fringed by many a fine fir tree.

And there and then I did choose to

Stay and enjoy this peaceful spot.

"Freedom" I shouted with my moo,

At least for the time I've still got.

Temporary haven domain,

Fugitive from the fast food chain.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Ode to Shane McGowan

"Fairy Tale of New York" you sang

First in 1987,

Became hit Christmas song, but dang,

Sort of yuletide hell not heaven.

Sang in a drunk tank Christmas Eve,

You reminisced of times with her,

Using language most would believe

Filled with inappropriate slur.

And not a lot of merriment,

But does end in a hopeful way,

Ups and downs that Christmas present.

Most played Christmas song in U.K.

Reminder with this song's release,

Pain during Christmas does not cease.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 On Purple Wings

Selaerys, The Violet Queen,

She dragon breathing purple flame,

Known to be ferociously mean

In playing the who wins the throne game.

A hundred battles she survived,

Victor on vanquished did feast.

The more she won the more she thrived

As a deadly, beautiful beast.

Came the deciding conquest, she

Flew through the heavens in desire,

At last fulfill her destiny,

Watch all her foes burn up in fire.

The force her purple wings would make,

And all of Kingslanding would shake.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 To Pass the Time

A lot of time of you to think

Afloat on an iceberg I be,

Shipwrecked and thrown into the drink.

How much time do you think of me?

I know that out of love you fell

With me a long, long time ago.

When home, you made my life a hell,

Driving me back to sea and so

At least in name you'll stay my wife

Till time passes and law has said

Maybe, maybe not I have life,

But I am presumed to be dead.

Beneath me this berg's so cold, true,

But not as frigid, dear, as you.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Indie Music

I googled indie music and

Find it to be type self produced,

Not commercial, I understand.

So thought of music I've let loosed,

Not meant to ever be heard by

Anyone other than just me.

Ever since just a young'un I

So sing so nostalgically

I feel whenever I turn on

The water faucet and step in

And feel the warming spray upon,

Inducing me to sing again.

Indie music I often bring

To mind in the shower to sing.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Run a Test

Two puppy dogs are in the park.

Their humans are chatting nearby.

So the puppies exchange a bark,

Who's got the best human and why,

When doing the chore of clean up?

"My human's very fast," says one.

"Mine's faster," says the other pup.

The pups decide a test be done

To determine in a fair way

Which of the humans, faster is,

In a response without delay

On picking up each puppy's biz.

Which human's faster with the scoop

The pups test out, providing poop.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Be Leaver

"I believe in Love Again" you

Sing for me with all of your heart.

I feel you feel your song is true,

And that I'm such a vital part

In your life in every way,

That we be such a perfect pair

Every night, every day,

In every moment we share.

You sing of such high hopes with me,

And I do wish that such was so.

I tried so hard for such to be,

But I could not, now I must go.

Believing in love again you sing

As out the door I be leaving.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 How Untrue's the News?

'Round the corner and 'round the world

I watch and hear the news unfold

'Cross the media be unfurled

What media want seen and told.

Local, national or worldwide

To several news sources I

Go to and then have to decide

What is the truth in all the lie?

Either left or right is the slant

Depending on which is the spin.

Be assured given truth, I can't.

Truth is, bias always built in.

"And that's the way it is," Walt said,

CBS version Cronkite fed.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 My Dark Side of the Moon

I fell asleep as I did lay

On the beach on my tummy so

I would get good sun of the day,

My back a golden tan to show.

I guess I fell asleep while there,

And only found out later that

My swim suit bottom I did wear

Was target of little bro brat.

With a pair of  sharp scissors he

Cut my swim suit bottom in half,

So passing world was mooned by me.

Little bro brat did watch and laugh.

The dark side of my moon was turned,

And, ouch, my butt was red sun burned.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Bluebells

My young son and I took a stroll

Into a forest and came to

Bluebell flowers, a garden whole,

A lovely sight to behold, true.

But I remembered from folklore

With bluebells evil fairies dwell.

So do not touch the bluebells or

Evil fairies will cast their spell.

Before I could stop my young son,

He ran into the bluebells and

Began picking them one by one.

He was too young to understand.

Alone in the bluebells I be.

My young son, fairies took from me.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Let There Be Peace

Creator from heaven above

A beautiful earth did create,

And brought life thereupon with love.

But humankind chose more to hate

Throughout all time, throughout all place.

Waging of war does never cease.

Because of selfish human race

There never has come lasting peace.

Creator has let human mind

More powerful weapons to do

Destruction to all humankind.

Creator will create anew.

Only be peace and never war

When humankind is nevermore.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Grandma's Coins

I visited Grandma when I

Was just a selfish kid and stole

Some coins from her, no reason why.

A cupboard shelf, I found a hole,

And hid the stolen coins therein.

Grandma never a word did say,

And I forgot about my sin.

Went on to grow up in life's way.

Years later Grandma died, I went

Back again, and to her home where

I remembered my theft event,

Found myself at that cupboard there.

The coins still hidden on the shelf,

I was so ashamed of myself.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Mom's Boots

Growing up was just Mom and I.

She had to walk round trip each day.

Only transportation was why.

Her city job, ten miles away.

Early each morning she'd start out,

Would not get home till late at night.

It was very tiring no doubt.

Mom wanted us to be alright.

A decent pair of boots she had

For walking that many a mile.

Mom told me it wasn't that bad.

She'd give me her hug and her smile.

And Good Samaritans there are,

Gave Mom money to buy a car.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Father's Day Tradition

I look in my young daughter's face,

And see a lot of her Mom there,

Now long gone from this time and place,

Just the two lives now we both share.

It's Father's Day, of course I get

Another crazy tie and kiss

From my daughter, tradition set

Over six years of such sweet bliss.

In my closet I put this tie

With the other five she picked out,

All tasteless, outlandish, so I

Would get stares in public no doubt.

In my closet the skeleton,

Her murdered Mom that I had done.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Guitar Revenge

My guitar playing you did mock.

So when I got you all alone

With enticement of my sweet talk,

I knew you'd quickly change your tone.

Guitar neck as sharp as a knife,

Over and over I stabbed you.

Your blood spurted away your life,

And no more mocking would you do.

With my sleeve I wiped your blood off

My guitar in a gentle way.

And back atcha I did not scoff,

But instead I began to play.

Your last moans of agony are

Drowned out by strums on my guitar.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Diwali

Diwali Festival of Lights

Long celebrated by Hindu

For coming an end to the fights,

That there will be victories true,

Light over dark, good over bad,

Knowledge over ignorance be

The victories that will be had,

Celebrated with Diwali.

Temples, homes and workplaces lit

With candles and lanterns to show.

Fireworks sights and sounds to transmit

Thanks to ancestors long ago.

Diwali happens every year

After summer harvest to cheer.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 How to Fail Successfully

For me "failure" is a bad word.

So even though I don't succeed,

My saying "failure" is not heard.

Not just yet a success indeed..

But though not saying "failure," I

Knew I did fail lots and did hurt,

But then felt better thinking why

Not write a book as an expert

On how to fail but not say such.

What a perfect project for me!

On "failure" I could write so much.

A best seller my book should be.

The book failed to sell, so I guess

My writing it was a success.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Thanks Giving Back

U.S. Thanksgiving, truth or myth

Of how the concept came to be?

Some of both now confirmed be with

As happens in most history.

Those pilgrims did survive thanks to

Natives of the land helping them.

Feast together both sides did do,

From which Thanksgiving feasts do stem.

But from then on there is no doubt

That white settlors from Europe came

For purpose of spreading about,

Over others' laying false claim.

We the People of the U.S.

Need right past wrongs as We progress.