Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Undeclared U.S. Wars

The last declaration of war

By U.S. Congress, World War II.

Since then, we've fought a whole lot more,

Called and looking like wars, yes true.

Lately, the battles back and forth

Between parties in Congress is

Red v blue, like was south v north,

Uncivil civil spats, gee whiz.

Constitutional yes or no

Is a judicial last word on.

Through the courts such a case must go,

War or war not phenomenon.

So far, the U.S. Supreme Court,

No "war" has chosen to abort.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Wrong "Eggs"pectation

An Aesop Fable often told

About a farmer's goose who laid

Egg after egg, each of pure gold.

So soon, greed in the farmer made

Him kill this goose in the belief,

A huge pile of gold be inside.

But none there, to the farmer's grief.

"Where'd the gold go?" the farmer cried.

Maybe the gold, the farmer thought,

Had transferred to another goose.

Sounded reasonable, why not!

The farmer's mind had a screw loose.

Now, all laying of white eggs cease,

Cuz the farmer's killed all his geese.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Another Noah Coming

God created the Earth in mind

Then creating evolution,

Making for better humankind.

But then was much revolution,

By humans as to way to live.

And most living in sin became

Increasing war. Should God forgive

The most of humankind at blame?

God's world still evolves and revolves.

Humans still choose the sinning way,

Evil, that only God resolves

In God's own time on Judgement Day.

By nuke or virus, by and by,

Billions of humankind will die.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Pathology

Robert Frost in his poem chose

To take the path less traveled by.

But since then, lots of rules arose,

No easy path to choose. And why?

Because the powers that be deem

That We the People walk the path

That's very crooked in its scheme.

Not walk it, then incurs the wrath

Of the powerful, who'll then force

The independent minded to

Either walk on the crazy course,

Or disappear without a clue.

The powers that be stick a wall

Where they want no one walk at all.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Katie Dobson Cundiff Painted Me

A painting, poetry contest

Including him or her and me.

In both artworks, I'm at my best.

In shades of blacks and greens I be

Shown with her or him under trees,

Reflecting shadows back upon

Us in colored patterns to please,

Such a worthy phenomenon.

But will we win best show and tell?

I'm just glad we are entered in

The race, Maybe we'll lose, oh well.

But maybe, just maybe we'll win.

I tote headless rider, of course,

Speechless, so thanks told by this horse.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 My Mirror

My mirror was given just one task,

Reflection of me back to give

Of good and right shown by my mask,

Reflected as long as I live.

My mirror need only show how I

Chose to be seen by others who

Be duped by me with trick and lie,

Believing me so real and true.

My mirror abetted me time long,

Showing me only good and right,

Never showing me bad and wrong,

Until that last reflected sight.

My last reflection that I see,

Evil, ugly creature I be.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Where are the Good Men?

"Where are the good men,?" I do ask

Myself most every night and day.

Gee whiz, it's been such a hard task,

As so many men come my way.

Each new man that I meet, I try

To find something in him that's good.

But so far, just a huge supply

All representing bad manhood.

But I keep giving all my best

Searching for the first good man who

Will make it worth all of my quest.

Try, try again, all I can do.

I've met many a bad feller,

All are buried in my cellar.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 The Tower

Tourist in Pisa, Italy,

To a tarotist I went to,

For my fortune be read to me.

It was The Tower card she drew,

And told me that grave danger would

Fall upon me, and very soon.

Though this news was not at all good,

She sold me beads to be immune.

I left her and walked over for

An attraction I'd not yet seen.

Closer I got to it, the more

I saw the tower, sure did lean.

My truth The Tower card did tell,

On me, Tower Of Pisa fell.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 I'd Like to Fix ...

An issue I should fix in me

Is my gambling far, far too much.

I've bet and lost loads of money,

And lose much more than win at such.

I know there are sources of aid

To help me in this habit bad.

But I'm so sure, each bet when laid,

This bet will be the winner had.

And so my gambling rules my mind,

To bet much on my own defeat.

A fix I really need to find,

Assuring winning if I cheat.

So would come up all of my picks,

The lottery I'd like to fix.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 This Queen's Last Meeting

I was quite young when crowned their queen.

Their old queen then quite dead and gone.

And now I note my girls convene,

In natural phenomenon,

Since I am now quite old as well.

For me, my girls have labored long,

But now instincts in them compel

A change for which they are not wrong.

My girls bee meeting now to choose

The next young queen over the hive.

Then my girls will meet with me, who's

Their queen no longer left alive.

Surrounded by my girls I be,

And all abuzz as they eat me.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Magic Cure

Will there ever be on Earth, peace?

Humankind always wages war,

With no inclination to cease,

Always waging on as before.

Hoped for that humankind would solve

The problems of war before this,

Since humankind meant to evolve

To make a world of peace and bliss.

But such from humankind does be

Not going to happen for sure.

Only will happen hopefully,

Supernatural magic cure.

Magic cure, war atrocities,

All humankind turned into trees.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Ship of Fools

The ship's captain was a mean boss

To all of his crew while at sea.

The crew conspired to give him toss,

And took the ship by mutiny.

Proceeded to drink barrels of rum,

Totally blitzed, all file and rank.

The captain's judgement day had come,

As he was forced to walk the plank.

Rocked the boat, as crew danced and cheered,

All watching from the portside deck.

Nobody noticed something weird

Was happening. So what the heck!

Forgotten was gravity rules,

Topsized, went down this ship of fools.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Pillow Talk

It was quite the shock of my life

To hear, while I was on a trip,

An affair was had by my wife.

Was this gossip by a loose lip?

My wife first denied this of course,

When confronted by me on this.

But no reason to lie, this source,

Long privy to our wedded bliss.

She admitted cheating at last,

And wondered who had snitched on her.

Such infidelity has cast

A double shock on me for sure.

And why for me a double shock?

Who knew that my pillow could talk!

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Trots from Hots

Two stacks of pancakes, freshly fried,

Their misery wants comfort, so

Tell how great it was, as they lied

To the remaining pancake dough.

But the dough sees some eggs fry in

The skillet, and all the eggs yell

They were misled to their chagrin,

And this hot skillet hurts like hell.

Thus, the dough, now misgivings had,

"No," to the pancakes stacks does say,

Which of course makes the stacks quite mad,

As remaining dough runs away.

The pancake dough has faster legs,

Escapes the skillet of fried eggs.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 As Nature Pens

Nature as a poetess is

Using her trees, now seasoned for

Good subjects, her creative biz

To become well versed to add more

On limbs and branches, winter bare,

To be a budding source for new

Poetic greenery to share.

So nature with her pen does do

A reimplanting from her mind,

Creating fresh ideas to sprout

Forth upon all her trees, designed

To be a welcome work, no doubt.

As nature pens in a fresh rhyme,

Leaves on her trees in new springtime.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Final Battle

As more and more, mankind moved toward

The worship of evil from hell,

At last God sent her with her sword

To cleanse all earth and make it well.

So from heaven, descended she,

Sword drawn and taking up the fight

To bring upon earth finally,

Absolute truth of heaven's might.

At last the righteous spirit would

Take on the wrongs the devil had

Instilled in man, now woman's good

On Judgement Day, replaced man's bad.

Archangel Jophiel to find

And destroy evil of mankind.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 God Still Holds Hope

The Bible says that on God's mind

His love and glory meant to share,

So God created humankind,

And hopes for the best with His care.

But we humans so often take

The wrong path in the lives we live.

So does God think us a mistake?

We only know, God does forgive,

And in forgiving, lets us know

He believes that humankind can

Still repent all our sins, to show

Achieved purpose in God's time span.

God still holds hope that humankind will

Find His love and glory to fulfill.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Door in the Woods

Family and I camping out,

In the woods on a nice spring day.

By myself, I'm walking about,

And find a door in the pathway.

A lovely door that looks quite new.

Why in the world is it out here?

I near it, not sure what to do.

In my mind some weird thoughts appear.

Supernatural? U.F.O.?

Does this door stand for best or worst?

I hear familiar sounds I know,

Wishing me happy April first.

Family's giggling at me, who'll

Be teased by them, an April fool.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Hunger Game

Not yet dawn, I am on the lake,

An early fishing start to get.

But breakfast I forgot to take.

Not a single fish caught as yet.

So in my boat under moonlight,

My tummy in a rumbling growl,

Missing my breakfast, such a plight.

"Oh, why me!" to the moon I howl.

Search, but nary any food be.

Hallucinations do begin,

As my hunger takes over me.

Make believe, I find myself in.

Pancake moon in a skillet sky,

With star sparks from the battered fry.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Hot Dot Wrought

After few drinks at home, high noon,

Went to my window, dropped my drawers,

And to outside world did my moon,

Along with my giggle uproar.

Stayed put, and continued to drink.

Felt the hot sun on my bare skin,

Not giving any thought to think

Of consequences of my sin.

Then I felt sharp pain suddenly,

And looked behind, quite horrified,

Saw and smelled smoke coming from me.

Through the glass, the sun magnified.

A single black dot had begun,

Turned into a case of "arsesun."

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Kleptocracy Rules!

Kleptocracy is government

Whose corrupt leaders lie and steal

From the people, and represent 

Every nation with such a deal.

It matters not, called left or right,

Just a mask that the elites wear,

While all use their money and might,

Enrich themselves, and never care

About the people, cuz they know

People are so easily fooled,

Shift around elite status quo,

Keep dumbing down, being so ruled.

Elites continue robbing blind

All of the common humankind.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 The Kiss Shared 'Round the World

"All in the Family," the one

When Sammy Davis, Jr. came

To pick up his briefcase, in fun,

At the episode end, did aim

And plant a kiss on Archie's cheek.

The audience laughter did go

On and on in a record streak,

The longest for a T.V. show.

All in my family, we too

Enjoyed such in this time and place,

A moment sharing, pure and true,

There is hope for the human race.

Last T.V. episode watched by

My Grandma and my Mom and I.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Louie, Louied Out

Louie, Louie, to me you said,

"Baby from you I gotta go."

You could not stay with me, instead

Became for me a shipped off beau.

Louie, Louie, you sailed some ship

Across the sea to sail some dream,

Left me alone as you did skip

Off to pursue your fortune scheme.

Louie, Louie, back from you roam,

Back to me, when you were the one

Took off from our Jamaica home,

Now expect me to you to run.

Louie, Louie, a jerk you be,

So Larry, Larry, now with me.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Tead Off

The Mad Hatter and Alice be

At a party in Wonderland.

The two of them were sipping tea.

Gotcha Alice, Mad Hatter planned,

Chit chatting with her in a way

That would be offensive for sure,

A game Mad Hatter loved to play,

Played with Alice to perturb her,

Which sure enough, Mad Hatter did,

Poking fun at Alice in rhyme.

And the more Mad Hatter would kid,

The more Alice had a mad time.

It was fun time Mad Hatter had,

Rude to Alice till she left mad.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Morning Mourning

Every morning at breakfast, I'm

Reading the newspaper so that,

I've told my wife, the only time

Before leaving our habitat

To go to work when I must be

Upon all current events, well.

My boss relies on this from me.

It took a while for me to sell

This excuse to my wife, so I

Could avoid the chit chat with her.

My wife, skeptical, I guess why

She felt need to jolt me for sure.

The shockingest read of my life,

My obit posted by my wife!

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Hair Raisin' Ride

Too much junk food, so he was told

He needed exercise some more.

So sprayed me lots to help me hold,

And off ridin' a bike we tore.

Offered a helmet, he said no.

The squad assigned would protect him.

Through all the red lights we did go.

He would not stop, once on a whim.

With all the spray on me I got

Hit with a lot of flyin' stuff,

Especially the bugs a lot.

This ride could not quit fast enough.

I'd disappeared by the ride's end,

The famed Trump hair, gone with the wind.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 My Lie Told Me

"Not my Jesus," I said when young,

But my Jesus still stayed within,

Did not depart with my harsh tongue,

Did not depart when I did sin.

"Not my Jesus," when death I tried,

But my Jesus from me saved me,

As I recovered, stayed inside

Myself to help to better be.

"Not my Jesus," a lie I told

Myself, but then His truth I found,

And stayed with me as I grew old,

Now to my Jesus, ever bound.

"Not my Jesus," I now say not.

"My Jesus," I now feel a lot.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Book Bummer

My parents said since I was bad,

I need read a book all alone.

Being grounded by Mom and Dad,

The worst punishment I have known.

I'm sitting by a window for

The sunlight streaming through to let

Good light enough for reading chore,

Which really has me quite upset.

I have to read the book complete,

Cuz Mom and Dad will test me on

The book's contents, so I can't cheat.

All I can do is read and yawn.

Read a book is harder for me,

Than use my phone and watch T.V.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Overcoming

Addictive personality,

Bad habits, I've a bunch of them.

And for too long a time I be

Causing myself lots of mayhem.

But I was lucky, cuz I found

Help for baddest addictions, I

Have, and been recovery bound,

That accepting help can supply.

Abuse of substance, gambling and

Sex lust, I'm recovering, though

Never be cured, I understand,

Have to work to stay well, I know.

Addictions still real, not a dream,

I often relapse on ice cream.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

Been Here, Seen That

Almost noon time, sirens I hear.

From my desk to window I go.

Police and ambulance appear.

I watch sixteen stories below,

Outside Howard train station is

A body lying on the ground,

Authorities doing their biz,

I'm guessing, to the morgue be bound.

A very busy time and place,

With lots of people walking by.

Nothing surprising with this case,

Certainly not surprised am I.

In time and place, I've seen before,

Chicago shooting, just one more.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 U.S. Citizenship Fire Sale

Yes, the U.S. Supreme Court will

Let birthright citizenship stand.

At least five justices won't nil

What long has been law of the land.

Is this right or wrong, good or bad?

Of course depends on point of view.

U.S. citizenship once had

Very high status, prized and true.

But the way that the U.S. is

Heading, is playing to the aim

Of what's hoped for by China biz,

Soon, winning player in the game.

U.S. citizenship will not

In the future be worth a lot.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Shape of Earth

The Bible says God shaped the Earth

As a "sphere" in the heavens with

Land and water and air with worth

For life. Humans made up the myth

Of a flat Earth, but did evolve

To prove the Earth's real shape was round.

Took a while, this puzzle to solve.

Many wondered how be Earthbound

On a round ball and not roll off.

A lot of disbelief there be.

And of course, humans did scoff

When first told about gravity.

If God be asked what shape's Earth in?

Still a round ball, but filled with sin.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Weed Be Blessed

God created the plant called weed

By created folks who'd engage

In smoking the stuff, and indeed,

Kept continuing the stoned age.

But God was not upset by this.

Folks used other stuff God had made

To cause harm, whereas weed caused bliss,

Even though was illegal trade,

And in most countries was outlawed.

But since weed was not deemed a sin,

This did make little sense to God.

More weed acceptance did begin.

Folks legalized weed, by and by,

God found prophets at all time high.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 For Fritz

Out in the wilderness we were,

Fritz, pure German Shepherd, and I,

For many years, best friends for sure.

I was his gal, he was my guy.

Suddenly, Fritz barked, then was gone

Into the woods, I could not see,

But heard a fight was going on.

And then when I found him, Fritz be

Madly mangled from bear attack.

I held him close to me, but knew

No way was Fritz gonna bounce back.

Stop his suffering, I had to do.

I did what hurt, but needed done,

My best friend shot dead by my gun.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Color Me Purple

On a trip to Italy, I

Did the "I Love Lucy" grape thing,

In vat of purple grapes supply,

I did lots of barefoot stomping.

Felt squishing of grapes through my toes,

While hearing their squishing as well.

Sweet pungent odor up my nose.

Then suddenly I slipped and fell,

Rolled around and could see a me

All purplified acquired in haste.

Submerged in grapes of bath I be.

Mouthful of grapes acquired in taste.

Though seen and heard of this before,

Do color me purple galore.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Here Ye Beheading

On the balcony stood the king.

Jester snuck behind, pinched his butt.

The king turned and began shouting,

"Jester, you are a sicko nut."

The king ordered the jester be

Beheaded in the public square,

For royal assault and battery.

All the kingdom's subjects were there.

As the jester was led to death,

He shouted jokes out to the crowd,

And to the king with his last breath

Told final joke so bad and loud.

Last punchline from the guillotine,

"I really meant to pinch the queen!"

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Cute Couple

Miss Yeti and Mister Sasquatch

Met on a dating app online,

Set time and place for coffee klatch

To determine Cupid's design.

A meeting in Alaska, north,

They came together, face to face,

And a budding romance went forth

At very fast and furry pace.

They joked about how humans be

Wondering if the two exist.

So why not let the humans see

Them, and they could not resist!

A selfie, the two took for sure,

And neither one showed up a blur.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 My Hand Betrayed Me

A knight in shining armor, you

Asked for my hand in marriage, but

My heart and mind did not want to

Be wed to such a screw loose nut.

Of course you would not understand,

And so my heart and mind did place

A sharpened dagger in my hand.

As I approached you, face to face,

My heart and mind, both chose to kill,

To remove you permanently.

My hand was trained in dagger skill,

And had done this before for me.

Alas, my hand would not attack

You, stuck the dagger in my back.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Doing Me

"Atlas Shrugged," the book by Ayn Rand

Warned of the threat to humankind

Of worldwide movement that be planned

To take control of human mind.

Communism o'er masses would

Make individual rights wrong.

Total state allegiance be good,

The only way one should belong.

For a while western powers tried

To fight this way of life, but when

China forced its power worldwide,

No stopping communism then.

"I am done with the monster of 'We',"

Done in by China's brainwashing of me.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Sacred Vow

All first responders, time and place,

Doing duty, lives on the line,

Never sure of hazards they face,

Inspired and trained to perform fine.

As often happens with our best,

Comrade or comrades to harm fall.

That's when fellows rise to the test,

No matter danger of the call.

A rescue mission need be done,

Sometimes successful, sometimes not.

But forever be all for one,

All ones in harm be not forgot.

A bond forever vowed to bind,

No man or woman left behind.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Etrigan the Demon

From hell, Etrigan the Demon is

A comic book superhero

Who's often in the do good biz,

As wizard Merlin bound him go.

But scary looking creature, he

With muscled orange and yellow skin.

Webbed ears and horns on his head be,

And red eyes with a glow therein.

For any and all in his way,

From his mouth he projects hellfire.

His fangs and claws tear through his prey,

Ever battling, never to tire.

Etrigan the Demon, and I'm

A fan, cuz he oft speaks in rhyme.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Word, "Persnickety," of Scottish Origin

His wife just dead, and so the Scot,

Quite fussy on money be spent,

A cheapest death notice he sought

From the local newspaper sent.

When the Scot first wrote out, "Wife dead,"

Was told by the newspaper clerk,

Cheapest charge had a six word spread.

The Scot pondered what best would work.

"Wife dead," two words he thought should stay.

What four other words to detail?

So the Scot added on to say

Four more words, "Hair curlers for sale."

Always lookout for bargain be,

The Scot is quite "purse"nickety.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Fun With My Boys

I hear my boys say loud the sign,

"No swimming," so swimming we go.

As far as I'm concerned, just fine,

Our swimming skills, we all can show.

Splishing and splashing in the pond,

Great for each and every one.

Then we all see on path beyond,

Cop, end of all our swimming fun.

From the pond, we all scramble out,

My boys grabbing their clothes, not I,

Never a clothes wearer, no doubt.

Then all of us away do fly.

Was swimming, now running with my boys,

Whatever with them, this dog enjoys.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 A Character in the Seaside Inn

Autumn, an English seaside inn,

A sweet little old lady, I

Am a popular heroine

In many mystery supply.

So rest and relaxation will

Not be forthcoming for my stay.

Instead I'll use my wit and skill,

As murder plot comes on display.

So I'll be booked busy for sure.

Agatha Christie gave me fame.

Inn arrival, I register,

Sign Miss Jane Marple as my name.

She wrote me in this time and place

To solve another murder case.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 I Was and Still Am

Each of you miss me your own way,

As memory in each your mind.

Though I am gone, I still do stay.

Neither of you leave me behind.

Whoever would come after me,

Would somehow, sometime need compete

For your love with a memory

Of someone they would never meet.

Inside of you both, I still dwell,

Make you seem to others outside,

That neither of you still does well,

That as just an infant I died.

I am the one you both once had,

When you first became Mom and Dad.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Why I Write

Once I was deemed a mental case,

Institutionalized for that,

For me a boring time and place.

So while in confined habitat,

I began writing sonnets to

Keep myself being entertained,

And gave me something fun to do,

While I was forcibly detained.

Not long after my writing start,

I was told the shrinks agreed, hence

Take my poetry and depart.

I thought this no coincidence.

So I keep writing poetry,

Hoping they won't recommit me.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Just the Tapper

Anytime this blackbird bored be,

I look for humans to poke fun,

Just like that Raven, kin of me,

Back with weird Mr. Poe had done,

Who did some tapping on a door,

And drove weird Mr. Poe more mad,

By quothing over, "Nevermore."

Birds know with tapping fun be had.

Tapping on windows, I prefer,

So I can see humans react,

And seeing such is fun for sure.

Humans are weird, and that's a fact!

Just a window tapper be I,

No desire be baked in a pie.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 In the Making

Arthur and wizard Merlin failed

Kingdom of Camelot with war.

Men fought and died and women wailed

That human life should be much more.

Lady of the Lake had at first

Given Arthur and Merlin aid,

But when her hope for best turned worst,

A decision the Lady made,

Causing Arthur and Merlin to

Lose the Camelot kingdom till

A queendom the Lady would do,

A best destiny to fulfill.

Return of Lady of the Lake

To bring peace for humankind sake.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 My Final Stretch

The wife, stranger than her norm strange,

Was told by my mother in law,

A hit on her I did arrange,

And for the wife, the final straw.

I looked the wife in her face straight,

Thinking this a strategic way

To boldly lie to my mad mate,

Cuz from the truth I needed stray.

My mother in law, such a strain,

Always telling the wife truth that

Always caused the wife to complain

My being a cheating tom cat.

I guess that is why I'm now here,

Laid out in this morgue stratosphere.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Wednesday Blues

Only half way through the work week,

The boss is heavy on my back.

Weekend oasis I sure seek.

I always seem to have the knack,

Getting a tyrannical boss

Who drives me to the very brink

Of wanting to give him a toss.

But unemployment sure does stink.

And so I've got the Wednesday blues,

Just have to drag myself through it,

Carry the weight of a boss, who's

Making me so mad I could spit.

Of course what can this camel say?

Every work week day is hump day!

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 The Bridge I Now Cross

When I was younger, I would fight

A lot, and even went to war,

So self assured this was all right.

Such outside stuff, my inside tore

Me up, and I drove myself to

Bad addictions to numb my pain.

Then helped to a bridge, I, anew,

Began to cross, began to gain

More peace in body, mind and soul,

To be a useful person, who'll

Try to help others as my goal,

And strive to live the Golden Rule.

Upon death, my crossing will cease.

I hope to hold all inner peace.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 I'm Named for a Deadly Sin

Most of my time I'm in my tree,

Where food, water and shelter is.

Just go to ground to poop and pee,

Right back up tree after done biz.

When English speaking folks first found

Me, after I was watched a while,

I got a name that was renowned

For a deadly sin, made me smile,

As I realized there and then,

Only humans need words for such,

Cuz only humans commit sin.

Mine is no sin, though do it much.

Instinctively, I just knoweth,

A sinless sloth, I just sloweth.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Artemis

Forever, humans have sought to

Ask me as goddess of night glow,

Give them my blessing to pursue

The better of me all to know.

And so in honor of my fame,

The Artemis now comes to me,

In in some boldness, bears my name,

Coming to me in their journey.

Such homage I deem be good worth,

So in my welcoming I shine

Upon all life there is on Earth,

In wonder and in awe of mine.

I, Artemis, allow this chance,

Mere mortals around me to dance.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 He Would Not Listen to Me

I raised him up, my pride and joy,

Hoping he'd become a good man.

He was determined, still a boy,

To do his own and not my plan.

And so he practiced night and day

To be the best at it he could.

And often to me he would say,

"I'm better at it than just good."

Then came the time he chose to leave,

Assuring me he'd be all right.

And nothing I could do but grieve,

Knowing that he would lose the fight.

Too many a boy draws his gun,

Too many a Ma mourns her son.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 His Finale Song

In the woods, I'm taking a nap.

Some noise wakes me up suddenly.

And annoying, my mind does snap,

That such an intrusion does be.

I see and hear some guy who is

Singing very loudly a song

That negatively minds my biz,

And must be punished for such wrong.

So by the river, through the trees,

As he does run, I give him chase.

Of course, I catch him with such ease.

He loses, and I win the race.

A hard lesson, he's now aware,

Do not wake up a grumpy bear.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Faith in Me

My master told me he'd be gone

For quite a while, in the meantime

He said he depended upon

Me, his servant, and so now I'm

Entrusted with my master's house

And its care until his return.

Will I serve well, or will I louse

It up? An unknown that I yearn

To know. Will I be worst or best?

Of myself, I am not so sure.

Serving my master is a test

For me, that each day does occur.

My master left with faith in me.

When he returns, who will I be?

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Mission Possible?

We need take Iran at its word,

U.S. "Great Satan" must return

To hell, however that's procured.

Iran threatens U.S. to burn

In a nuclear attack, so

This U.S. President, indeed,

Whether right or wrong, yes or no,

Uses the U.S. might to lead

To destroying once and for all

Iran's sought nuke capacity.

Maybe right, maybe wrong call,

That's up to future history.

The only way Iran wants peace,

If the U.S. comes to cease.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 My Choice to Vote

When I was single I did not

Take the time and effort to vote.

Politicians, alike a lot,

Lie to get elected I note.

And once in office, only do

What keeps power and money more

In their pockets, that is them true.

So why bother with voting chore?

Then something happened, changed my mind,

And now I vote for balanced life.

I love her, but she's wrong, I find,

On all the issues, my dear wife.

I choose to vote today, no doubt,

To cancel the wife's wrong vote out.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Forever Together

He loved me so, as I loved him.

By the sea together we were,

Our love much more than just mere whim,

A love forever to endure.

Then came time we were torn apart.

From him I was taken away.

I felt him mourn with broken heart.

And so I decided to stay.

Then came to him in dream to plead

That together again we could

Be, for satisfying our need,

To keep our love forever good.

He holds close his Annabel Lee,

Nightly holding the corpse of me.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 My "Dog Days of Summer"

"Dog days of summer," cliched phrase

That I looked up history of,

July and August, real hot days,

Females' passions inflamed to love.

The wife has been quite cold of late,

As far as for me is concerned.

Air conditioner, broken fate

By me, with rising heat I yearned,

For the wife's passion to rise too.

But the wife found out that I had

Sabotaged our cool air, and true,

Her temperature rose, she was mad!

The wife is not happy with me.

Out in the dog house I now be.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 The Sound of Honey

Hubby and Wifey, owners of

A honey company both had.

But they were no longer in love.

Hubby cheated, Wifey was mad.

One weekend at the honey plant,

Just Wifey and Hubby were there,

Both of them in fierce rave and rant.

Their hostility filled the air.

Hubby went by a honey vat,

Sweet, rich sound of the honey flow.

Wifey snuck where Hubby was at,

Gave a push, and Hubby did go.

As Hubby now honey drowning bound,

Wifey says, "Such mellifluous sound!"

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Sadness of Marigold

Marigold, such a happy soul,

Be with her lover in the car.

Off to be married be their goal,

Their destination, not too far.

But then the car's engine shut down.

Marigold's lover got out to

Look at the engine, with a frown,

And some adjustments he did do.

Then he told Marigold to start

Up the engine, and she did so.

The car lurched forward, broke her heart,

Over her lover, it did go.

As Marigold shed tears, be told,

Poured down in sadness and be gold.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 The Stranger at Night

We cows are pastured for the night,

And enjoying the solitude.

But then we all see a flashlight,

And wonder who's 'bout to intrude.

At first with the light in our eyes,

Who holds the light we cannot see.

This time of night is a surprise

That someone at the farm would be.

Then the light goes out and we could

See that a human guy stands there.

Why is he in our neighborhood?

Any reason that we should care?

We watch him walk off in the rain.

Hope he's not from a burger chain.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Triumph to a Point

When young, my best friend and I met,

Friendly competing a prime aim

Between us on a dare and a bet.

The two of us so loved this game.

And so when she came on the scene,

My best friend and I rivalled for

Which one she loved more, 'twixt and 'tween,

As we both wooed her, keeping score.

During this time we both did learn

She was not lovable at all.

Not her, but was the game we'd yearn.

Which of us, victory to call?

Bested my best friend, got my wife,

The worst besting of my whole life.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Barely Barefooted

Walking through the forest one day,

My boots began to hurt my feet.

I still had a long walking way,

So I decided I would treat

My "barking dogs' to a soak in

Nearby refreshing babbling brook.

So sat on a log to begin,

Off my boots and my socks I took.

But just as I had finished that,

From the bushes I heard a sound,

Followed by a blur coming at

Me, I was terror stricken bound.

So, barefooted, I'm up a tree,

Bear footed one, just below me.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Yukon Spell Two

I found and lost my Yukon gold,

Wrote a poem on the Yukon spell.

So am back there in icy cold,

And to the yeller stuff I yell,

"It's lookin' for you that is fun,"

"Especially this time and place."

I'm addicted prospecting one,

Surely an incurable case.

This time and place more gold I found,

When I slipped down a mountainside,

Into a glacier I be bound,

Gold all around me as I died.

A glacier frozen stiff no doubt,

Till global warming thaws me out.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 My Palm Sunday

A symbol of peace, He chose me

Into Jerusalem to ride.

I heard Him weep before entry,

Not knowing then why, but I tried

Keep His ride as safe as I could,

Stepping carefully through palms thrown,

Making His arrival as good

As my care for Him could be shown.

Into the city, safe and sound,

He dismounted, gave me a smile,

Then to His destiny was bound.

I stayed and watched Him for a while.

Jesus picked me, mere donkey to

Carry Him to outcome He knew.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Crawford Path

In 1819 was the year,

New Hampshire White Mountains, the place,

The Crawford Path was cut through here

By Crawford family to pace

Through the White Mountains forth and back.

Eight and one half miles, and this trail

Ever since for hike and backpack.

Continuous use to avail

For such until today, so is

Deemed oldest used trail in U.S.

And still a scenic route, gee whiz,

So hikers please don't be careless.

Now government run, trail is free

To hike, but to park costs a fee.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Remembered

I remember over long time

I sprouted forth and grew real tall.

And during while, content that I'm

Gathering place, any and all.

But then in time they came and I

Was taken in pieces away,

Providing a building supply.

Parts of me are still on display.

One day a poet even came,

And wrote about me in a poem,

Called me "An Old Tree Stump" by name.

No longer called by any, home.

Exactly why humans chopped me,

I don't know and still stumped I be.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Drifted In

She polar bear in arctic north,

I met a Mister Right and did

The mating thing, and then went forth

Over summer as nature bid

To eat a lot to fatten so,

Now in the fall it's time that I

Dig a cave in the ice and snow.

I do not need to wonder why.

I'll close myself up in my cave,

And over the winter remain,

To wait to see if nature gave

Me offspring in my snug domain.

If with new young I am supplied,

In spring we will go back outside.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 My Bon Appetit

Criminally insane, I'm found

A menace to society.

So to the funny farm I'm bound,

For a life sentence set for me.

The killer instinct I pursued

Was to save society from

Worthless folks who were mostly rude.

Others turned out to be just dumb.

Vastly intelligent am I,

But locked up in a cell alone.

Grateful my memory supply

Relives the killings, all my own.

Dining on the victims I kill,

Hannibal, cannibal, my best skill.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Mission Accomplished

One day a voice came in my head,

Remove sin from my neighborhood.

Must be an angel's voice who led

Me to doing my deeds for good.

Waiting alone with sharpened knife,

Until the sinful came along.

I'd slash her throat to end bad life,

Then cut her where she'd done her wrong.

The voice told me to kill just five,

And let each know that it was me,

Stop their sinning while each alive.

Killed by copycats, others be.

Wouldn't the public be upset

To know this Ripper is Jackette!

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Driven High

In the city, high noon, High Street,

Most of the traffic there did be

Self driven electric for elite.

This time and place came tragedy.

Computer vehicles began

All exploding in time and place.

Bright balls of fire in same short span.

Later, experts researched the case.

Computer malfunction was found

In common with vehicles all,

And to self destruction were bound,

As contagious bug came to call.

Computer virus was blamed why

Computer vehicles blown high.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Modern Day Nursery Rhyme

Sweet little child of ours you be,

Adopted from far away, true.

Mommy and Daddy, happy we

Can be Daddy and Mommy too.

Lots of child formula supply

We're stocking for just in case

Chain keeps getting stuck, who knows why!

But politics in time and place.

Old nursery rhymes we should not sing

To you because of left or right

Political incorrect thing.

For now you are our pure delight.

Too soon our wee bundle of joy,

School will choose if you're girl or boy.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Diplomacy!

The U.N. was supposed to be

Place where nations together would

Practice art of diplomacy

To bring about solutions good.

But over decades, more and more,

The diplomats fail to bring peace.

They get more useless with each war,

Never cause for conflicts to cease.

Instead the diplomats just gloat

In speeches filled with waste hot air.

Amazing the place does not float,

With all the speechifying there.

Diplomats so wordy do tell

To each other to go to hell.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Life Saving Substitution

Addicted to habits quite bad

For me, so needed substitute

For recovery to be had.

In a better life long pursuit.

Though I did not find a cure, I

Found the time and place for good aid

To get and give in love supply.

And one day at a time, I made

Myself a useful vessel for

Being good as spiritual quest

To always helping others more,

Allowing me to seek my best.

God as I understand God be

Now the best substitute for me.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Leader of the Pack

Sole survivor in a crashed plane,

Just a babe I was rescued by

Them in their cold, icy domain.

I grew up, learning their ways why

I needed have survival skill,

Especially from the humankind.

I became huntress, good at kill,

To energize body and mind.

So often now in night and day,

As alpha female, I do lead

Them all in the hunt for fresh prey,

An honored given place, indeed.

Into close knit pack family,

The arctic wolves accepted me.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Our Spousal Nicknames

My nicknames for my spouse do be

Sugarsweet to her face for sure.

But whenever not facing me,

Sourpuss is her moniker.

Often, when I've too much to drink,

And the wife gets right in my face,

"Sourpuss" said before I think,

And then she's really on my case,

Ending up with I get thrown out.

Wrong nickname right to her face, dang!

Her one nickname for me, no doubt,

Easy for her, I'm Boomerang.

I guess called this, cuz of my knack,

She throws me out, and I come back.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Give Worst, Be first

U.S. attack upon Iran

We're being told is to stop now

Iran's oft stated goal for plan

To nuke bomb the U.S. somehow.

Whether this does be false or true,

This U.S. President is first

To not to just think what to do,

But do as though truth be the worst,

That Iran has the wherewithal

To target now in time and place,

And use nuclear arsenal

To bomb the U.S., win the race.

Iran promised U.S. mayhem.

Just in case, we'll give it to them.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness

Rachael Heyhoe Flint, captain of

The English women's cricket team,

Twelve gloried years in game she'd love

To excel in from childhood dream.

A cricket playing pioneer,

Role model for young women who'd

Watch her victories, as she'd steer,

To join her in her path pursued.

In the Women's Cricket World Cup,

First held in 1973,

She flashed vee sign, two fingers up,

And led her team to victory.

Now in the Cricket Hall of Fame,

First she inducted from the game.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 His Belt

Well made but well worn leather belt,

It took me back to my childhood.

So many memories I felt,

And none of them felt any good.

Always on a hook it had hung,

Beside our home's kitchen back door.

My body'd felt the lashes strong,

But my spirit felt so much more.

Used when he'd thought I had done wrong.

To my punishment it was tied.

Just holding it brought feelings strong.

My only keepsake, now he'd died.

Once was his belt, but now I had,

Reminding me, be better Dad.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 The Pastor's Deadly Sin

The pastor in a sermon said

He had a sweet tooth for fruit pie.

Making such a confession led

Soon after to his deathbed. Why?

The congregation all brought him

Fruit pies by the dozens, and so

The pastor ate all on a whim.

His belly ballooned up to blow,

Causing his death. The pastor went

To the Pearly Gates, and he told

St. Peter the pies incident.

Frowning, St. Peter then did scold,

"The sin of gluttony you tell,"'

"Burn those calories off in hell!"

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Lost Track of Me

Hubby no more had good me with

Wifey, now me with her was bad.

That I, time, don't care is just myth.

One final good me should be had

By Hubby, so I took him to,

With his buddies, a last night out.

Such a good me, Hubby did do.

I got away from him, no doubt.

So later, Hubby came back home,

And Wifey was not in good cheer,

For the me Hubby spent in roam,

"Why the hell were you gone a year?"

Hubby lost track of me, now I'm

Back to his bad from his good time.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Tongue Lasher

I'm in the Savannah for lunch,

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo.

And while I eat, watched by a bunch

Of human visitors, all who

Seem quite impressed with the length of

My twenty inch long tongue that I

Grab the acacia leaves I love.

Each tongue lash grabs a good supply.

Dark purple blue my tongue does be,

Protecting from burn of the sun.

I watch the humans watching me,

This giraffe, a crowd favorite one.

I note tall Chicago skyline,

And none have tongues as long as mine!

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Home B Ball Game

My boys are playing basketball.

Hoop's on garage in the driveway.

Mom, Dad, Sis, the family all

Are cheering on this lovely day.

My job is as the referee,

Make sure rules followed in the game.

My boys pay attention to me.

They know sportsmanship is my aim.

Of course I want them to have fun,

And we all are having a bunch.

Then right after the game is done,

We all are gonna break for lunch.

Keeping my boys' game on the up,

Barking decisions be this pup.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 We Amazed Each Other

You are a man, when but a boy

With other boys climbed to the top

With your music, brought the world joy.

Your band broke up, would music stop?

You are a man without your band,

Which was so very hard for you.

Your loss, you could not understand.

And too much drinking you would do.

You are a man who could not cope,

And relied more and more on me.

All I could promise you was hope

You would get better, and you be.

So yes, you are a man, my man,

And when you can't, maybe I can.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 The Downfall of King Saul

King Saul of Israel had long fought

The Philistines in constant war.

Then a witch told Saul he was not

In God's good favor any more.

On Mount Gilboah Saul did fight

His last battle and which would cost

His life, as the Philistine's might

Overwhelmed them and Israel lost

Pieter Bruegel The Elder chose

To paint of King Saul's suicide.

Depicted painting battle shows

Saul falls on sword and falls on pride.

Painting, "The Suicide of Saul,"

Of how "pride goeth before the fall."

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 "Drama"dary

Life on the desert is hard, and

The wind is always blowing up

My nose, sand boxes full of sand.

I'm hot under the collar, yup.

Inside the water inside me

A lot of tension on the boil.

This ship of the desert, I be

A mental shipwreck with this toil.

I can call no oasis mine.

This camel's life, I can't escape.

Always caboose in a long line,

My hump's really bent outta shape.

I constantly am getting hit,

Camel ahead is full of spit.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Her Veggie Over Him

She serves me to him many ways.

Sometimes I'm boiled or baked or fried,

Sometimes served raw with mayonnaise.

However to him I'm supplied,

She serves me up with carnal aim,

To render him helpless for sure.

She knows that I am her best game

To get and keep him stuck on her.

Cuz she knows as long has been known,

Enticing love, I've got the edge,

Potent properties, all my own,

For making love, I'm super veg.

As a love potion I enchant.

He's her sex slave with this eggplant.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 I'd Choose Loki

Loki seems like a fun Norse god,

Full of mischief and trickery.

Other deities deemed him odd,

Causing chaos with poetry,

Called flyting, exemplified by

Crashing a party big gods had,

Loki was in mood to defy.

Other gods cried he was so bad,

Insulting all in witty verse.

But he'd just grin while goading them.

The more he'd goad, the more they'd curse.

He left the party in mayhem.

If picking a Norse god be done

By me, Loki sounds like most fun.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 I Have to Grieve Alone

My dear wife died, and yes I grieved,

But glad that someone close to her

Remained with me, and I believed

The two of us could cope for sure.

But he was still very aloof

With me, as he had been before.

Treating him well, I thought was proof

That his companionship meant more

To me, now with loss of my wife.

One day I let him outside, and

He just disappeared from my life,

So hard for me to understand.

I guess I just will never learn

Why her cat never did return.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Kept Hidden

"People don't fake depression, they"

"Fake being okay ..." quote went on,

"Remember that. Be kind." He'd say,

And then Robin Williams was gone.

When alive, most public did not

Know how depressed Robin did be.

His talent covered it a lot.

Under, most of us could not see.

But if we'd known the truth about

Robin's depression when alive,

Would such knowledge have cast doubt

On whether his career could thrive?

Your great wit and humor did cease.

Sad, Robin Williams, rest in peace.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Oh Well!

If I lived well, I heard it said

That death would tremble to take me.

So maybe never I'd be dead,

So well my life I lived to be.

Of course live well as I defined,

Which probably was not the way

A well life might have been divined,

Which I knew not, never did pray.

And so there came that point in time,

The docs all told me time to go,

So lie here in my deathbed, I'm

Waiting to see if death will show.

I did not take death's coming well,

Looked at me and giggled like hell.