Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Death of Dave

Heaven let new arrival Dave

Return to Earth so he could go

To the funeral that they gave.

Victim of a hit and run show,

Crossing that busy road, Dave tried,

But a ten ton truck flattened him

Before he reached the other side,

Unlucky Dave with his last whim.

But now Dave watched his family

By Reverend Rooster be assured

That Dave succeeded finally,

Reaching the other side occurred.

New angel, Dave, plays harp and sings,

Flies 'cross that road on chicken wings.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Henry the Hen, My Collaborator

I visited the chicken pen

To collaborate a sonnet

With my pen pal, Henry the Hen,

Who clucked she would get right on it.

And right away began to scratch

"Eggs"actly the right words that came

To her quick mind in the dirt patch,

With her perfect poetic aim.

I thanked her for her help indeed.

In pecking order she would get

Top billing and prime chicken feed.

Best rhymer I had ever met.

Getting help on a rhyming notion,

Henry Hen be poultry in motion.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Ever a Market

It is a market time and place

That began very early on,

Evolving of the human race,

A buy and sell phenomenon.

A lot of haggling always is,

The way of supply and demand,

Game playing in serious biz,

Buyers and sellers understand.

From low, from high, the price agreed.

Good game players do haggle well,

A popular market indeed,

Back and forth, trades haggled in hell.

Still an active market, be told,

Where just children are bought and sold.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 I Taught Achilles and Patroclus

Achilles and Patroclus were

Young, handsome boys who came to me.

Both be quite gifted students, sure,

Destined to Greek mythology.

Yes, I taught both the art of war,

But also of the healing art.

Two curious minds would learn more

Of truth to bind them close in heart.

Yes, a love grew, each had for each.

Their love, the future would debate.

I only tell, I loved to teach

Their gifts to use in future fate.

I, Chiron, the Centaur and taught

Both boys the good manhood they sought.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Grandma Sang to Me

When I was three years old, I went

To live with Grandma for a while.

Just the two of us, so we spent

Many a time that made me smile.

Especially when Grandma sang

Sweet lullabies to wish good night,

With all her love in southern twang,

Always an end of day delight.

And then there came that night when she

Sang so sweetly, but sadly last

Special lullaby just for me.

Next morning, I learned Grandma passed.

I hope in death I'll have the choice

To once again hear Grandma's voice.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Glasspianoitis

Princess Alexandria had

A glass piano inside her.

Now most did deem this princess mad.

Which I once thought, but now not sure,

Cuz I had dream the other night

That into my chest it did roll.

I opened wide my mouth in fright,

Swallowed a glass piano whole.

So now I cannot leave my bed,

Fear an internal shattering.

My wife believes me not, instead

Says I am just mad hattering.

And now my wife is just being mean,

Brought a bottle of Windex to clean.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 I Don't Smoke Anymore

I don't smoke except when you be

Not here, and I later find out

That you have been cheating on me.

And then I smoke a lot no doubt.

I don't smoke except when I feel

That loving you is just my dream,

And never will be a love real,

But just your latest pretend scheme.

I don't smoke except now when I'm

Watching you in our bed asleep.

When you cheated on me this time,

I made a promise, now I'll keep.

I don't smoke, a bad habit, true.

Set you on fire, now smoke you do.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Cinderella Modernized

Once upon a modern time, bored

Cinderella, always online

Surfing through all the data stored

To find her true love, she did pine.

At Instagram Ball, to stand out,

He fairy godmother changed her

So she could catch her Prince no doubt,

Left glass slipper like to assure

That she would charm the Prince the most,

Turn two into one Web address.

And this modern couple would post

Happily ever after, yes!

Came out as a gay Prince is he.

Now in trans, Cinderfella be.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Mass Manipulated Mindset

However came the humankind

By God or un God on this Earth,

Such maker must now be of mind

Such an experiment is not worth

Ills caused to animals and plants

By humans, who choose to use will

To abuse every circumstance,

For a better world to fulfill.

Of course humans point fingers at

Each other for the blame all share

For sins upon Earth habitat,

Twisted between hope and despair.

Optim and pessim isms be

Crutches of flawed humanity.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Sorry I Scared You

I tried to call you on the phone,

But when you didn't answer, knew

You'd told me that I'm on my own.

I wish I wasn't, but it's true.

I'm sorry that I broke your heart,

And left a scar to never heal.

I'd give anything to restart

Us again, but know it's unreal.

Now on a mountain road, I drive,

Passing a sign, ahead's a curve.

Better off if I'm not alive,

So over the cliffside I swerve.

I can't live without you, so I

Leave my last message of goodbye.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Purgatory

My body buried, my soul is

Waiting in purgatory for

Reincarnation hope, gee whiz,

That I can be with you once more.

Powers that be review my case.

Decision could go either way.

Reunited next time, next place

For me would be the best birthday.

There surely is no question of

The fact that I want to give you

Again the sharing all my love.

I certainly hope will come true.

I guess I am satisfied that

I will come back as your pet cat.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Dealmaker

For churches I'm best friend there is,

Cuz they know they can count on me

To give them their profitable biz,

From all the sinners that there be.

Heaven's getting harder to sell.

Churches need fear that's all my own,

A one way trip to go to hell.

Nothing sells like fire and brimstone.

So churches, to meet money goal,

Have contracted with me, so I'm

Now owner of the churches' soul,

Satanizing me all the time.

Sunday church goers I do seek,

Cuz they're sinners rest of the week.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Party Rule

Hitler's Nazi Germany is

Example of a fascist state.

Nazis ruled in one party biz,

Causing lots of suffering fate.

Fascist is defined as far right.

But far left parties want the same.

Left or right, a matter of might.

Any government form does aim

To let parties be the prime tool,

Each party trying any way,

Be the party with total rule,

And forever in power stay.

All the parties have the same goal,

Be the party with all control.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Color Me Yellow

In early Spring is when I bloom,

And my bright yellow petals do

Help me avoid any frost doom,

Absorbing lots of sunlight, true,

To warm the inside of me up,

Much warmer than the outside air,

Like a solar collection cup.

Early season bugs are aware

That spending time inside of me

Is warm and safe environment,

And my pollen be had for free,

Sharing by mutual consent.

Bright yellow color does fulfill

Good purpose for this daffodil.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Perfect Murder So Far

A so far perfect murder case,

The year was 1982,

Chicago area the place,

The murderer, one or more who

Tampered with the Tylenol brand,

Putting poison in capsules, then

Put bottles back on store shelves, and

A string of victims did begin,

Who consumed the capsules and died.

Lots of attention all this got.

Nobody has been charged, then tried.

Of course the public scared a lot.

Now opening pill bottle is

A murder driven craze, gee whiz!

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Guest on Quest

A treasure trove of goldenrod,

Lovely sweet flowers all abloom.

A sight and scent I so applaud,

And quickly to the flowers zoom.

The nectar of goldenrod is

Nutrient concentrated so

Motivates my filler up biz,

For my food pantry overflow.

And goldenrod pollen is best

To gather up as much as I can,

For stockpiling in my snug nest,

Goldenrod hangout, awesome plan!

Winter soon for this bumblebee,

This goldenrod, must stop for me.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Self Conscious

I had something to sell, so I

Set a meeting date on a whim.

Whereupon, he agreed to buy.

Something surprising about him,

So very self conscious he was

About his receding hairline.

I could identify, becuz

Same self consciousness once was mine.

So to further my sales price goal,

I gave to him my best advice.

And to the devil, sold my soul,

And got for it, my asking price.

We spoke as we went down that way.

Yes, going to be hell toupee.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Tom

Through the alleys he loves to roam.

He has street smarts and so I know,

When gets the urge, he will come home.

It's just his way to come and go.

And so I let him do his thing,

The arrangement we two agreed.

Neighbors complain when he does sing.

Quite vocal he can be indeed.

He knows that he can count on me

To provide lots of tasty snack,

And provide him safe company.

As a charmer, he's got the knack.

Now seeking out potential mom,

But will return to me, my Tom.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 She Talks, He Listens

A wife and husband, married long.

She talks a lot and he does not.

He never tells her when she's wrong,

Though what she says is wrong a lot.

She speaks her mind on little stuff.

He listens to it all, in mind,

That he cares about them enough,

With all her talk, he will be kind,

Because for her, he be best one

To listen to all she might say,

And patiently, until she's done.

Knowing her well, it's best this way.

Maybe some day the truth will don

On her, he lets her jabber on.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Ill Afford

Too many powers that be do

Have nuclear bomb weaponry.

And soon most likely to come true

Will be triggered idiocy

Of one, then more of these elite

To unleash chaos on the world,

No victory and all defeat,

As back and forth the bombs are hurled.

Kitchen table issues of cost

Of everyday necessities

Will very likely just get lost

By all, when radiation seize.

Nuking of all humankind, who'll

Be turned to cheapest fossil fuel.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 She Will Always Love Him

"I Will Always Love You," she wrote

To the man who gave her her start,

And her longtime mentor of note,

A man she loved with all her heart.

Her duet partner, they would sing

Together for years on his show.

1973 would bring

The time she felt she needed go,

And work on a solo career,

Hoping he supported her quest.

She took many memories dear,

And wished for him the very best.

To Porter Wagoner, song to tell

Dolly Parton's grateful farewell.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 My Caprice

On a caprice, I married her,

Though just knew her for a short while.

It would be wedded bliss for sure,

As she walked toward me down the aisle.

On a caprice, my family

And friends had warned me to beware,

That maybe she was not for me.

But what they thought, I gave no care.

On a caprice, the first such whim

That has turned out to be no fun.

In fact my life has turned quite grim.

I so regret what I had done.

On this caprice, I've had no peace,

Since I got married to Caprice.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Adjectively Objecting

Excited I, as you come near.

Wedding anniversary is

25th one for us, my dear.

Special a time for me, gee whiz,

Lovely a gift from you to bear.

Such a deserving one, your wife.

Gorgeous item, that I can wear.

Best giving you, years of my life.

Anticipating, I watch you,

But that smiling, don't understand.

Frowning, I remember so true,

So cheap you are, gift in your hand.

Red is the rose you give to me.

Blue is my mood, no jewelry be.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Hard Hit

Anytime I am not online,

What are all of my friends doing that

I am missing out on? I pine

To be back on my habitat.

And of course when I get back on,

All my friends are talking about

This and that fun phenomenon

That did occur, and I missed out.

And of course I pretend that I

Was on for this and that as well.

I laugh outside, inside I cry.

My off online sure hurts like hell.

Only cure for my FOMO, damn,

Is deleting my Instagram.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Forever Love Tale

And once upon a time there be

That from the realm of light she came.

And from the realm of dark came he.

Though different, they shared the same

Feelings of loneliness, and they

First met each other early on.

He came from night, she came from day.

And when together, they made dawn.

Though each encounter would not last

Long, love affirming would occur,

For all time future, all time passed,

Happily ever after were.

He came from dark, she came from light.

She's now his day, he's now her night.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Family Game

Mom reminded Dad that it be

Take me, the kid, to Dad's work day.

Mom kissed my cheek, and Dad took me

Off to his office where I'd play

My tricks and pranks on people there,

Which made them all so very mad.

But amused me, so did not care.

At end of day, I looked for Dad.

But he'd left for home I was told.

I wasn't too surprised, I guess.

Surely no grudges would I hold.

Told the cab driver my address.

Back home, folks gone, just as I knew.

But I'll find them, I always do.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 From Bad to Good Luck

While walking to school one dark day,

A black cat close did cross my path,

A sign of bad luck, many say.

Later, I've got a test in math.

Of course this means that flunk I will,

Not being good at math at all.

The black cat curse, fate to fulfill.

Then came an event to forestall

My test taking, when suddenly

I could not breathe, and then passed out.

An ambulance was called for me.

No test for me today, no doubt.

So my path crossed by this cat black,

Good luck with allergy attack.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 U.S. Civil War Rewrite

The South has won the Civil War,

Thanks to help from England and France.

Loser Lincoln tried, now in store

For lynching as just circumstance.

The southern way of life now is

The way the whole U.S. must live,

Stick to agricultural biz.

There's no time or place to forgive

Any who don't give Dixie due.

God has clearly spoken on this,

The old ways good, bad be ways new.

Thank God, all's now in state of bliss.

Plantation's only home for me.

I'm sure a slave I'll ever be.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Goblins Got Me

Goblins selling forbidden fruit,

Warning to humans to beware

That such is an evil pursuit

By the goblins, who do not care

That such fruit accepted within

One's body does assure ill fate,

Guilty of self destruction sin,

Resulting in tormented state.

Even though I knew of all this,

I bought the goblins' fruit to be

Taken to ecstasy and bliss,

Now ruled by my insanity.

Goblins' forbidden fruit I take,

Paid for by my soul to forsake.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 She Sang the Pop to the Top

'Twas the year 1964,

November 19th on the show,

"Top of the Pops" when she would score

A hit that very few do know.

The writer of the song gave her

First chance to record, and she sang

The song with great talent for sure,

Would hit worldwide charts with a bang.

After her show appearance, then

Petula Clark's "Downtown" song went

To top including Grammy win,

And Clark's career on the ascent.

Petula's song decision be

While sipping on a cup of tea.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 In Anticipation

Each dusk they know is nature's way

To tell them that a rest they need

Until next called on for display,

Anticipating, yes indeed.

So as the night falls, they all seek

To take a respite for a while.

Of course from time to time they peek

For time to come, they know they'll smile,

When once again they'll be in place

To welcome surely their best friend.

So to the east, they now all face,

As finally night comes to end.

They danced when dawn opened its eyes,

Sunflowers set for next sunrise.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Power Game

Long, long ago set up on Earth

The game board by powers that be,

Who were quite bored and sought some mirth,

So pieces of humankind, we

Be pushed and pulled that way and this.

Opposing powers promised of

Ending either despair or bliss,

Making choices with hate and love.

The game plays any time and place,

We players playing bad and good

To win and lose the human race,

However powers deem we should.

We human pawns o'er time to tell

Game winner 'tween heaven and hell.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Last Cafune'

Cafune', the tender act of

Gently running my fingers through

The hair of one who me does love,

And trusts me as one faithful, who

Would never have cause to betray

Him to his enemies, who know

Secret of strength he does display,

That has caused them a lot of woe.

And so their chosen one I be

To help in their defeat him quest.

As I hold him, he says to me,

"Delilah, let me get some rest."

Samson, asleep, so not aware,

That for their bribe, I'll cut his hair.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 My Mr. Darby

Jane Austen's Mr. Darby, I

Indeed believed I'd met online.

From the data he did supply,

Handsome gentleman, rich and fine.

Though fiction Mr. Darby had

Character flaws, Austen wrote out,

My Mr. Darby, nothing bad,

And all good he appeared, no doubt.

So online back and forth went with

Positivity so complete,

My Mr. Darby, fact not myth.

So we arranged face to face meet.

When met in person, truth I got,

Mr. Darby, this gal is not!

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Mama Was Wrong

I like to comb the beach, I do,

Looking for gals to pick me up.

Fret not sun burning my fur blue.

Admit I'm a horny guy, yup,

And like to make the beach my lair,

For luring the lovelies to me,

Some beast magnetism to share.

And very successful I be.

Mama warned, may she rest in peace,

Cuz what I am, I'd scare away

The gals, their fears would never cease.

But with this monster, gals do play.

Gal grabbing is easy pursuit,

Becuz I be monstrously cute.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Bone Study

My high school anatomy class

Was very boring for me, so

I goofed around, barely did pass.

Later in life I'd come to know

That human body study is

Very vital for each of us.

Good human health became my biz,

And lots of bone study a plus.

As I got older, my bones had

Problems and lots of fixing done.

But I died from bone cancer, bad,

So I bequeathed my skeleton.

In my old high school, I would be

Young bone up by studying me.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Rudy Still Roams

Rudolph Valentino, my name,

The Hollywood silent film star.

Romantic leading man, my fame.

From rags to riches, I went far.

When death took me from the limelight,

I just could not leave Hollywood.

Paramount Studios, I'm sight,

Also in my crypt neighborhood.

Knickerbocker Hotel, I'm seen,

Also at Falcon Lair, my home.

It is my afterlife routine,

Wherever may be fans, I roam.

My dog, Kabar, as ghost does be

Often going haunting with me.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Call of the Quilt

Love of my life is quilting, yes,

Born and raised a quilter I was.

Older I get, more I progress.

Quilting a quilt till I die does

Be a pursuit of mine well worth.

All the stitches in time I have done,

My destiny while I'm on Earth,

To be an awesome quilting one.

So many colored patterns sewn,

Keeping me busy day and night.

Quilting is all I've ever known,

And for me has been sheer delight.

My goal's to quilt a quilt unfurled,

Will cover o'er the whole wide world.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 The Cat Who Collected Stars

Cat lover and astronomer,

Jerome Lelande, long time ago

Made new constellation occur,

Felt an honor he should bestow,

And so named it after his cat,

Believing this collection of

Stars needed be recognized that

Be "purr"fect for cat he did love.

Sadly, soon after his peers deemed

Such naming to be an erred fluke.

So, what the astronomer dreamed

Was cancelled out in a rebuke.

A constellation by the name,

Felix the Cat, had short lived fame.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Proposed National Holiday

National holiday for this,

Suited in reason and in rhyme,

For all like me would be pure bliss,

Be recognized for leisure time.

And everybody should get paid

By the government same amount

Top government employees made,

For doing nothing at last count.

With family, friends or alone

Each can celebrate, more or less,

But let relaxing set the tone

On holiday for laziness.

Of course every day for me,

A day for laziness does be.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 The Other Person

My point of view, I want to share,

Since breaking up their marriage, I

Am guilty of, but really care

Of criticism as to why.

I knew about their marriage when

I got involved with all of this,

But did not think of it as sin.

Seemed to be just mutual bliss.

Their marriage in route being done,

Before I chose to get involved.

In place and time while we had fun,

Issues between them weren't resolved.

I'm other person in each life,

Affairs with both husband and wife.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Graduate

Graduation from college is

Supposed to be a happy thing.

But I'm not feeling so, gee whiz,

'Bout my future I'm worrying.

Years spent on being sold on why,

Armed with my liberal arts degree,

All the world was waiting for my

Problem solutions, thanks to me.

Promised that it was all well worth

Accumulating huge loan debt.

But now that I am back on Earth,

Screws tightening in my mindset.

Reality more evident,

Now viewed from my parent's basement.

Sense Sonnet - Ticker

 Wishing Well Wish

As I am walking to school, I

Remember it's report card day.

I'm pretty sure that all of my

Grades will be bad on clear display.

And of course the folks have to see

And sign my report card, so I'm

Gonna, in lots of trouble, be,

Grounded to study much more time.

Walking through the park, I come to

The wishing well, maybe I could

Wish for a long shot to come true.

Can't hurt, and maybe turn out good.

Throw a nickel in and wish hard

I get an all A report card.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Incurable Me

Annual checkup with my Doc,

Always same, his prognosis is.

So never comes to me a shock.

I know he's minding my best biz.

This habit I've got, yes called bad,

But not like smoking and drinking.

Always this habit I have had,

Just way I am in my thinking.

So when I hear my Doc tell me,

The same before, bad news still now,

Ongoing curiosity,

I tell Doc "Thanks" in my meow.

Curiosity killed the cat?

But I've nine lives to outlive that.

Sense Sonnet - Ticker

 Blamestorm

Whenever I do something that

I'm prime candidate to get blamed,

I rely on my think tank at

Giving me varied options, aimed

At finding another blamee

That the blame could be placed upon,

Thus removing such threat from me.

A committee phenomenon

I use often as means to find

The way blame can be shifted best,

Always a challenge in my mind,

Debating how to pass this test.

My mind committee blamestorms no doubt

On who best be blamed to bail me out.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Breaking News

Worldwide, this is your breaking news.

The rules you continue to break

That's set by you know who, and is

Taking it bad for goodness sake.

So coming quite soon on the way,

Another big flood or some ill,

To bring you all to judgement day,

Destiny you're meant to fulfill.

Cuz most of you will take the turn

To where we're good at being bad.

Eternally, your souls will burn,

Leaving you know who very mad.

Humankind, you're doing so well.

Keep up the bad work, thanks from hell.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Change of Opinion

At first opinions were a mix,

But quickly mine be same as her,

Especially on politics.

Both now be liberals for sure.

But then came twenty twenty four

And Trump running for President.

I supported him to the core,

'Bout this to my wife, kept silent.

After the election, one night,

Drunk, I told my wife the truth be,

I had changed from the left to right.

My wife's opinion changed of me.

Opinion change caused me great strife,

Apparent, when I told my wife.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 "The Star Spangled Banner"

The Star Spangled Banner came down

Throughout all U.S. government,

As the Chinese took over town

Of Washington, D.C. and meant

To abolish the U.S.A.,

Which had found out the heavy cost

Of too much internal decay.

The Chinese won when U.S. lost

All common sense and will to be

Protecting what was good and right,

To have freedom and liberty,

Of course to the Chinese delight.

The Star Spangled Banner now banned

Across the all once U.S. land.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Cloud Mine

A bunch of us clouds do hang out,

As we go rolling 'cross the sky.

I am the group leader, no doubt.

Not just biggest, but also I

Have the last say weather or not

We are gonna play bad or good.

Others depend on me a lot

To set the example that would

Determine weather black or white.

And if black, how severe we'll play,

With booming sound and flashing light,

And turn a nice to nasty day.

The other clouds idolize me?

Sure raining champion I do be!

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Favorite Metamorphosis

I certainly do love Springtime,

Uplifting change from Winter, yes.

And with each new Spring season, I'm

Changing for better more, not less,

As new, fresh leaves and flowers sprout,

And lots of animal offspring,

Puts me in giving mood, no doubt,

For humankind, what I will bring.

So this is a shifting for me,

I look forward to every year,

A lot of fun and joy to be.

In favorite shape I will appear.

My metamorphosis uplift,

To Easter Bunny, I shapeshift.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Donut Daddy

At the monastery he be

The head friar who was well known

For his buns a glazing as he

Would flip new, young monks to his own.

Daddy Donut he be nicknamed,

Jammin' and dunkin' he did do

With the monk donuts he got flamed,

A holier for them, so true.

Uncivilized, this friar in act,

Bavarian to the monks young.

Take advantage, the friar well knacked.

"Dick"tating lots with a long tongue.

Donut Daddy with lust desire,

A very, very naughty friar.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 As Bear, I Share

Native American tribes all

Learn healing powers of the Bear,

Seek out my cave and come to call.

My healing secrets I do share

With one and all who come to me.

I feel duty to help their need.

Children of the Great Spirit, we

Care for this world in thought and deed.

The wisdom and the knowledge that

Is given me from the beyond,

I share in my cave habitat

With all tribes in natural bond.

My mystic and my magic of

Healing I give to all with love.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 First Vampire

Yes, after He was crucified,

I no longer had will to live,

And so committed suicide,

In hope in death, He would forgive.

But at the Pearly Gates I found

Forever banned from heaven be,

And also never be hell bound,

Sent back to earth eternally.

From host to host wanders my soul,

Ever in darkness as undead,

Forced into my inhuman role,

Upon human blood must be fed.

Abhorred by all, Judas my name.

As the first vampire I became.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Ohio River

Ohio River is my name.

Ohio means "good river" is.

But modern day, my claim to fame,

Most polluted by dirty biz.

Plants and animals that once thrived

Because of me, no longer do.

Very few of them have survived

All the pollution in me through

The carelessness of humankind,

Using me as a dumping site,

Out of their sight, out of their mind.

Hazards pour in me day and night.

Most polluted in the U.S.

River dying, humans care less.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Manipulation

Always advice that I do share

To anyone I'm speaking to,

Of manipulators beware,

They tell just lies, never tell true.

Manipulation always is

Best way they try to trick you with

All their fancy smoke and mirror biz,

Filling you head full of just myth.

Manipulation warn I must,

To hope by them you won't be fooled.

I tell to you the truth to trust,

For on this subject I'm well schooled.

A politician, I so state,

Hoping I can manipulate.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Droplet to Fall

In space I formed but do not fall

Until Mom Nature lifts her ground,

Letting me fall forth, it's her call,

When falling for you I am bound.

Right now where you are, there's a drought.

All around you is hot and dry.

I know you wish for me a lot.

Certainly, I understand why.

But please be patient, if you will.

It is just a matter of time,

My heart upon you, I will spill,

All for good reason, for good rhyme.

This rain droplet in space, I do

Await my chance to fall on you.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 My Unpardoned Interruption

I just had to interrupt them,

No apology that I did,

Causing a whole bunch of mayhem.

But after all, I'm just a kid,

And interrupt when I have got

Something very important to

Act in a manner, maybe not

Good manners, but still I must do.

They should understand, but instead

They were very upset with me,

That I had disturbed them in bed,

A welcome presence, I not be.

My interruption made them mad.

Now I'm grounded by Mom and Dad.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 I Wish Irish

I know that you don't like it when

I party at the pub all night.

You think my drinking is a sin,

Of course as any drunk's wife might.

Staggering from the pub I roam,

Hoping that maybe you'll not find

Me drunk again when I get home,

Becuz I know you won't be kind.

Open my eyes where I pass out,

See your scowled face, but in changed form.

You've shrunk, all dressed in green, no doubt,

Something is different from the norm.

You've turned into a leprechaun,

So if I blink, will you be gone?

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Our Golden Hour

Long wintry hours we come from.

Nature wakens our trees to

The springtime hour, so we come

Sprouting buddings all fresh and new

Upon our trees, set the scene

As summer hours lets us grow

Into maturity all green.

Then to autumn hour we go,

Knowing that change soon comes to us,

From color green to gold display.

Of course we leaves do never fuss,

Because it is just nature's way.

Accept, golden hour be we,

Nature's golden our  we be.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 We People Need to Understand

With the creation of the Earth,

First came all water, land and air.

Then Mother Nature felt it worth

Having plants and animals share.

Last of the animals to come

Were we the people, and too fast,

Behaved in manner worrisome

To Mother Nature, so at last

We wasted and ruined so much,

Mother Nature installed pure fear,

A stern ultimatum as such,

Behave better or disappear.

We people need to understand

We share all, water and land.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Peony

I am a flower, peony,

Deemed by humans, good luck I bring.

Right now I am hosting a bee,

Who loves all my sweet nectaring.

And when the bee leaves, it will take

My pollen to spread all around,

Help for more of my kind to make.

And then I sense that you are bound

Right toward me, and I can guess why.

But as you sniff me, that bee might

Fly up your nose, so bid goodbye

To bee, now set for your delight.

I do bring lots good luck, I do,

Just brought for bee and me and you.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Loser

It was a high stakes poker game,

One player on a winning streak,

A stranger, Jack was his first name.

Still, that big winning hand I'd seek,

But kept losing, last hand I'd bet

My home, and was a hand I lost.

My wife and kids left me, upset.

A losing poker hand had cost

Not just my home, but family.

I gambled all the best I had.

All around loser I did be.

The gambling bug, I had it bad.

My bluff, the stranger, Jack, did call,

And won that hand, I lost it all.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Remember Me?

What will people remember me

As? A question that my answer is,

I don't think much about that be,

Not caring to mind other's biz.

Lot of words said, lot of deeds done,

Some right, some wrong, some bad, some good.

People's memory of me is one

I don't change, even if I could.

One thing, lots of people know it,

I am a long time sonneteer,

So remembered as such poet,

Okay when I'm no longer here.

Remember me spending much time

Finding reason, this or that rhyme.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Shadowed by Death

Into a valley pasture green

I found myself one lovely day,

Such a natural beauty scene,

I decided a while to stay.

So a leisurely rest I took

Upon the grass and flowers by

A gently flowing babbling brook,

Watching white clouds roll through blue sky.

Then I was startled suddenly,

Threatened I had ignored all sign

This place was not welcome to me,

So dire consequence was all mine.

A stranger and trespasser, I,

The owner shot, was left to die.

Sense Sonnet - pumper

 Sir David Attenborough, Our Friend

Sir David Attenborough, you

Are a one hundred year old boy.

For all butterflies, old and new,

Thank you for helping us enjoy

Better lives in the world we share.

Your great conservation work on

Behalf of us, we know you care.

And so I fly and land upon

Your nose, to wish happiest of

All your birthdays, and many more.

For all butterflies, I give love.

You're one human we all adore.

Sir David Attenborough, I

Am a most grateful butterfly.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Change Direction

For the last several hundred years,

By western lords, the world's been ruled.

Power and money instill fear.

Dissent and protest ridiculed.

But in the last decade there is

A shifting in the ruling game.

More at stake, playing dirty biz,

Fighting amongst western lords came.

Old alliances fell away,

Rotting within the team until

They forfeited due to decay.

The destiny, fate would fulfill.

As reign of western lords be ceased,

World ruled now by lords of the east.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 "To Be Or Not To Be"

"To be or not to be," Shakespeare

Made this famous in Hamlet play.

Will also was famed sonneteer.

Maybe I too can be someday

Good sonneteer, I want to be,

Bad sonneteer, want not so much.

Bunches of sonnets are in me,

Some turn out good, some bad as such.

In Shakespeare's league, most likely not.

But try and try again, I spill

Ink, pouring my sonnets a lot,

Hoping be good one, next one will.

To be or not to be good sonnet,

I'm sure gonna work hard on it.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Disappointed

I adopted a family,

And their child soon became my own,

A favorite, this child for me,

Watching my child through the years grown.

No doubt, my child is very bright,

And in school always performs well,

Which is of course to my delight.

But one night's homework, I could tell

My child's laziness did show through.

Lots of errors done fast and loose.

And my child wanted me to do

The dog ate the homework excuse.

My child does know that such does irk,

So would not eat my child's homework.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Whale of a Tale

So many tales of whales there be

Told to all in prose and in song

Of the largest "fish" in the sea.

But technically, such tales be wrong

When a whale as a fish is called.

Even in Bible's Jonah tale,

When Jonah's swallowing befalled

By a "big fish," in truth a whale.

So as I sit on a ship's bow,

And see a giant whale go by,

Indeed a tale to tell somehow

About a whale up in the sky.

I told my tale, all thought absurd,

Largest mammal turned largest bird!

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Off on Well Deserved Vacation

Another busy season done,

Cold winter workshop shut up tight.

They all head off to have some fun,

Flying south fast in the moonlight.

Off to a sand beached tropic isle,

A well deserved vacation to

Be traveling toward in high style.

At last it is their dream come true.

All expenses, the boss has paid,

Including the company jet,

Boss's backup crew, flight is made.

For happy time, they all are set.

At stroke of midnight, Christmas Day,

Elves parachute from Santa's sleigh.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 White House Meeting

Winston Churchill in World War II,

On visit to the White House, stayed

In the Lincoln Bedroom, and through

With his night bath soaking, he made

His way to his robe, when appeared

Tall man with frock coat and top hat.

At first Churchill thought this was weird,

But very soon realized that

He recognized who this man be.

Though some flustered, as bareness will,

"You have the advantage of me,"

"Mr. President," said Churchill.

Abe stared at Churchill for a while,

Then Abe disappeared with a smile.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Grandfather Clock

My Grandfather Clock, I do love

How regularly he does chime

In on telling me stories of

Far off places, long ago time.

My Grandfather Clock tells so well

His lifetime stories to me with

Such an awesomeness, I can't tell

Whether such time's are truth or myth.

My Grandfather Clock, with him I

Spend lots of time listening to

His tales of his past times and why

I don't mind whether or not true.

Grandfather, favorite for me

In hour whole Clock family.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Aldebaran Dream

Aldebaran, giant red star,

Created in the Aztec mind,

The Follower in night sky far

Of demons bound for humankind,

Seeking to catch them before they

Could reach and demonize the earth.

Aztecs charted the star display,

Built pyramids to worship worth

Of Aldebaran to at last

Catch and destroy the demon plan,

Before reaching the earth to cast

Doom o'er Aztecs place and time span.

Aztecs fretted the wrong mayhem,

As Spaniards came and destroyed them.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Devil Be Damned

I remember the day I fell,

God told me that my punishment

Was to be landlord over hell,

Where all the sinners would be sent.

And since then I have had to deal

With only humans, all a bore.

I'm constantly punished for real,

With this afterlife cleanup chore.

All humans go to hell with sin,

A very few to heaven go.

Just plants and animals let in,

Bummer arrangement,  doncha know!

In hell's where most humankind be,

So have some sympathy for me.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 "Blackadder" Sequel

A new "Blackadder' series planned,

During reign of King Charles the Third.

The Epstein files are exposed, and

Prince Andrew's downfall has occurred.

Charged with treason, the prince may tell

Of how the king knew all about

His brother's misdeeds, and not well

For monarchy's future no doubt.

And so the Blackadder is hired

To make the whole thing go away.

A save the king plot is desired,

And made to happen by foul play.

This "Blackadder" ends with the take,

Prince Andy's killed off by this snake.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Subjecting

Paint a picture for you to read,

And hope you see yourself therein.

An end I would hope for indeed,

But am not sure how to begin,

Since I don't really know you, so

I'll start by just saying, "Thank you,"

For letting me just say, "Hello."

And hope you are a person who

Patiently gives me enough time

To make attempt to do my best,

By having you read my whole rhyme,

And then take part in this contest.

Please, as your eyes gaze upon it,

Picture myself in my sonnet.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 From House to Shop

There is a fairy tale of old,

Three pigs, and a house each did build

Of straw, of wood, of bricks, retold

With a different ending fulfilled.

The tree houses left empty when

Off to market did go each pig.

The houses were foreclosed on then.

At the market, having grown big,

All of the three pigs found themselves

Each taking on a change of name,

And put up front on a shop's shelves.

Once pigs, but now pork chops became.

These three pigs ended up in this tale

Daily special in butcher shop sale.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Favorite Sound

Whenever walking outside or

Inside and with a window down,

Sound I always want to hear more,

Whether in country or in town.

It's the natural music there,

Through all the seasons of the year,

The music floating in the air,

Which always puts me in good cheer.

Melodic chirps, whistles and trills,

Warbles, buzzes, short or long tune,

Lifting my spirit such fulfills,

A welcome sound, most opportune.

I always hope such sound be heard,

Sound of any and all songbird.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Game Players

In every nation 'round the world

There are elites who seek control.

Upon the masses ever hurled

A lot of tricks and lies, with goal

To keep the masses in the dumb,

Easy to do, as most are fools,

Always believing what spews from

Wannabe or elite who rules.

Yes, there be many an elite,

Going up and down, left and right,

Playing their game as each compete,

Rule masses with money and might.

So which elite is winning out?

China's elite, best odds, no doubt.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Aging with Right in Mind

All throughout this life I have had,

I know what ten commandments say.

Mostly I'm good, a little bad,

And keep in mind for Judgement Day.

So, as I get older, I try

To be good more and be bad less,

Cuz I should know better is why.

How God will count, just have to guess.

Most my bad done when I was young,

God maybe gives allowance for.

But now old me, by deed and tongue,

Likely God expects good much more.

So when at Pearly Gates I be,

Sure hope God's Judgement's for entry.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 I Show But Don't Tell

As in the darkness we two wait,

He often whispers to me here

Of his excitement that her fate,

By her footsteps,  is coming near.

These ladies of the evening walk,

Each into his trap set for them.

Then he with me gives each the shock

Of their lives, when they feel mayhem,

As with me, flesh is ripped and torn.

We leave each victim lifeless to

Be discovered next early morn.

He takes such pride in what we do.

As Jack the Ripper's knife I be

Silent on Jack's secrets with me.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Ima Giver

You call me "Honey," am I sweet,

Smellin' like love, lookin' like rain?

You want my demons, you repeat,

Which makes me think you are so vain,

You thinkin' you are just the one

The gods above made just for me.

And dancin' with you's all the fun

That I should ever want to be.

Call up the boys, you tell me to,

Cuz you're too busy with your booze.

Get rid of you, I gotta do.

Your boys are your demons I choose.

You wanted all my demons, so

You got'em and to hell you go.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 If You Knew?

If you knew you were guilty of

Breaking hearts just to have your fun,

Making a mockery of love,

With all the crappy stuff you've done?

If you knew you were preying on

Affections of the innocent,

Telling lies, playing tricks upon

Gullible with selfish intent?

If you knew you would have to be

Telling the truth to me one day,

Having to face your baby, me,

With hurt you've done, you had to say?

If you knew one day that I'd come,

Why did you have to be so dumb?

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Breathing For Now

Enjoying being on a cruise.

Aboard a ship moments ago.

But while alone on deck, I lose

My balance, overboard I go

Into sea waters late at night,

Plunging into cold, dark unknown,

I about pass out from the fright.

Come to the surface, all on my own,

Feeling lucky to be alive.

Tread water is all I can do.

Try to stay calm, hope to survive

Till if and when will come rescue.

Breathing now, in and out, I wait

For whatever, good or bad fate.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Me Choose Cookie Monster

Cartoon character I'd want be

Dinner companion, my first choice,

Cookie Monster, dining with me.

Long on eating and short on voice.

Oft dinner conversation is

An obstacle to chowing down.

So eater, not talker, gee whiz,

Cookie Monster has got renown.

And for a monster, Cookie's cute,

Shaggy blue furred and googly eyed,

In ever cookie search pursuit.

"Me want cookie," me too's applied.

So we'd both dine from just one source,

Chocolate chip cookies, of course.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Sausage Simile

A special sonnet I will write.

I think about as bratwurst make

Of and for her, I'm in delight.

Sonnet to pen, bratwurst to bake.

Yes, she a brat and she the worst.

Like my sausage my sonnet will

Be very tasteful and well versed,

And both prepared with special skill.

My tools for bratwurst and sonnet,

Both sharpened pen and sharpened knife.

Each work of art, yes I'm on it,

Least I can do for my late wife.

Her special sonnet, I begin,

Writing upon her bratwurst skin.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Life Recycled

Reawakened from winter nap,

Begin my sprouting upward bound.

Well rooted, got go ahead tap

To reemerge out of the ground.

Form first a jagged leaf rosette,

Well suited to capture sunlight.

My stem grows, until I am set

For flowering, yellow and bright.

And then my flower transforms to

A white seed head nicknamed "puffball,"

With lots of seeds all fresh and new,

To scatter forth at nature's call.

Time to spring in springtime indeed.

I'm dandelion, oft called weed.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Best Camping Experience

Best camping experience I've had,

Was at an Arkansas campsite,

Pitched a tent with my Mom and Dad,

Shared ghost stories into the night.

The folks said it was time for me

To get some sleep, and so I went

To where my sleeping bag did be,

And slipped inside under the tent.

I felt a poking right away

On my back, so curious, I

Dug in the ground, till on display,

I discovered the reason why.

Cause of my back pain quite a shock,

A 40 carat diamond rock.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 My Lady of the Lake

My wife somehow found out I had

Cheated on her, wanted divorce.

Yes, she was right that I'd been bad,

And so I killed my wife, of course.

Took her body to nearby lake,

Rowed out to the middle, dropped her 

Overboard, and began to make

My way back to shore, feeling sure

I could avoid my getting caught.

Then I heard splashing suddenly,

looked behind, could believe it not,

What now was happening to me.

She rises from the lake with sword,

My wife smiles at me, moving toward.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 My Son in Time

My son, being my only child,

I tended to spoil quite a bit.

So when he did wrong, I was mild,

Did not want him to throw a fit.

My son got older, and I saw

He got in trouble more and more,

A teenager, well known by law.

Each wrong got worse than wrong before.

My son hated being in school.

I was shocked what he wrote on line,

Then stopped peeking, I'm not one who'll

Believe such in a son of mine.

They came and told me, was my son

Who shot up his school with my gun.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Philosophy that I Live

My philosophy of life is

Laziness, which I live quite nice,

Avoiding all the rat race biz.

Lazy is value, not mere vice.

If an outcome be destined, then

Lots of effort toward, I not need.

Just go with the flow is no sin,

But just better approach indeed.

Of course, so called experts do say

That laziness is habit bad.

But famed philosophers did weigh

Lazy for more happiness had.

Aristotle philosophized

Laziness called leisure be prized.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Death Penalty Alternative

The death penalty, yes or no?

Such finality, maybe find

A place for criminals to go,

Stop this conflict in human mind.

A prison place not at all nice,

Just necessities while jailed there.

Wannabe bad ones might think twice,

Taking the chance of going where,

In order to pay for their keep,

They would have to labor as long

As sentenced, in the mines dug deep

For precious metals. Right or wrong?

Alternative could come quite soon,

Stick the found guilty on the moon.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 O.J., Yea and Nay

For breakfast, ever since a child,

I like to have orange juice to drink.

Sometimes it's strong, sometimes it's mild.

The in between is best I think.

Orange juice tastes good, and is good for

Me, in having vitamin C.

But when drunk, I know I'm in store

Often for discomfort in me.

So as some orange juice I sip, I'm

Wondering if whether or not

I will go from good to bad time.

But, still drink and wonder a lot.

Orange juice I ever still yearn,

Love the taste but hate the heartburn.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 If Human

If I were human, I am asked,

Then I would want to be what kind?

I observe that humans be tasked,

Being given choice of will mind.

Born innocent, as grow from young

To older, humans seem to choose

To be meaner by deed and tongue.

The choice of will, humans abuse.

So if I were human I would

Use my gift of the choice of will

To say and do whatever good

God created me to fulfill.

So a good bee I try to be.

Thank God, a human is not me.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Prey Upon, Then Neon

I'm a mistress of neon, and

Spray darkness with electric light.

In just a small shop I did start

To use my craft, after a night

Of hunting in a stalking spree,

Then bringing back each trophy to

Enshrine with electricity,

A feat I am the first to do.

O'er time and place of darkness tell

Of serial killers galore.

My special talent does compel

Me to make from the dark, much more.

I take each victim that I kill,

And light up in neon with skill.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Too Close a Shave

I razor shave in front of mirror,

A daily chore I always do.

Behind, the wife at me does peer.

She wishes that a beard I grew.

But, as I've often told her, my

Growing a beard does have a hitch.

I have grown one before, but I

Don't like the fact it makes me itch.

Then the wife often reminds me,

Seeing a razor cut, I lose

Consciousness from my blood I see.

And now of course, I see blood ooze.

I wake from faint, and quite upset.

Electric razor I should get.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Supermarket Battleground

Supermarket behavior is

With the more shoppers, the more worse.

Hard not to mind others' bad biz

Of push and grab and scowl and curse

At me for simply being there.

Dairy, produce or bakery,

I constantly have to beware

Other shoppers out to get me,

For daring be in the same aisle.

Their shopping carts are weapons aimed

Offensively straight at me, while

Their shopping's disturbed and I'm blamed.

Early morn, market opens, when

I avoid most their super sin.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Choose to Forgive

Drunk and druggie for way too long,

Hurt myself and others a lot.

Would not admit my life lived wrong.

Then I was blessed, and help I got.

As I made amends for my worst,

Lots of forgiveness given me.

But there were some who at me cursed,

Never forgiven would I be.

I sowed seeds of resentment toward

These others and then myself too.

But, resentment I can't afford.

Forgiving done, I needed do.

Clean and sober, now well I live,

Grateful I found choice to forgive.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 While You Are In Me

In complicated rhythms, I

Entertain, when in me you are.

I just wish that you could sense my

Behavior which is not bizarre.

So please, when you are in me, do

Let your senses be more aware.

And in a different no light, you

Would know how much I yearn to share,

Would hear my masterpiece of verse,

Would see me choreograph so well.

No longer in me would you curse,

And so content in me you'll dwell.

Be assured when you're in me, I'm

Darkness who loves to dance and rhyme.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 I Took the Lead

I, Cassius, conspired to kill

Julius Caesar, foe of mine.

But would the Senate have the will

To carry out my plan design?

Over and over they did shout,

"Kill him, kill him, kill him," but they

Acted not, and so I had doubt,

And so stabbed Caesar to display

To fellow Senators that act,

And not just words, fulfilled the need

To make Caesar's death a done fact.

Thus, others followed me indeed.

Just like Caesar, I now have died,

By same dagger, in suicide.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Your Kryptonite

You kept on thinking that I thought

You'd always be my Superman,

That with your strength, you always got

Me at your side, so was your plan.

You fretted that if you should go

Crazy, would I still stay with you?

But something you refused to know,

Is everything you say and do

Is craziness, I had enough.

So took a hammer, hit you hard.

No more of your Superman stuff,

Now buried deep in my backyard.

No Superman, but you were right,

I did become your kryptonite.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Glove

Vitiligo, pigment disease,

I first began get on one hand.

So to put myself more at ease,

Wore a glove as a cover planned.

When my audiences saw this,

They thought I was even more cool.

Their reaction filled me with bliss.

Single glove worn became my rule.

Of course, not just any glove would

Do, so I picked one rhinestoned white,

Became  a trademark for me good

For my image, my choice was right.

Personal explanation of

Why Michael Jackson wore one glove.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Setting by Sitting

In an El Paso diner, I

Gobbled down some ordered eggs, and

Felt some heartburn in hot supply.

Took a detour, I'd not planned,

A prisoner in the rest room.

Sad song changed from "Eternal Flame"

To bottom rumblings of deep doom,

As out the eggs and all else came.

Could not stay here forever, so

Googled my phone to check how far

From here it would take me to go,

If I just had to, to E.R.

Upon the throne sits this sad one,

Who can only just sit and run,

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Kickball

Kickball, a competition game,

I like to watch the young kids play.

Pitcher rolls ball, kicker takes aim,

Misses or kicks fair or foul way.

An out if kicked fly ball is caught.

Other fair kick, the kicker's off

To run the bases, safe or not.

Tagged by the ball, kicker may scoff.

Playing this game, young kids can learn

To be a good sport, win or lose.

Hopefully, each kid gets a turn

To play in manner to enthuse.

Can be fun game for one and all.

For me, a kick being the ball.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Flock Fate

On guard, the shepherd of the flock,

Protecting his sheep through the night,

Because of wolves, who'll kill livestock,

For food to eat, an outcome quite

Contrary to the shepherd's plan,

Of tending to his sheep until

The sheep reach time in their lifespan,

The shepherd's goal then to fulfill.

So any wolves that roam about,

The shepherd needs protect his sheep.

And wolves attack at night, no doubt,

And so the shepherd must lose sleep.

The shepherd be the wolf who'll eat

The sheep when butchered up for meat.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Just Asking

I'd embezzled a bunch of cash

From my company, they found out.

Cops coming, so I acted rash,

Climbed on a window ledge, no doubt

A jump ten stories down would end

My facing up to what I'd done.

But I did it for my girlfriend,

A lovely but expensive one.

So I did bad for good excuse,

So the blame is really on her.

Money I stole was for good use.

So my bad did some good for sure.

"My bad ... but it?" I yelled loud.

"It is, so jump," yelled back the crowd.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Consequence

He is in a bad time and place,

Picture of her spread on their bed.

Both hands he holds against his face,

Tears from his  eyes, bloodshot red.

She told him, he'd broken her heart,

Let their marriage crumble away.

Now she needed to be apart

From him and left their home today.

No rant and rave, a quiet she

Just told him they need take a pause.

At her parent's house she would be.

Of course he knew she had good cause.

A bad decision made for sure,

When he did choose to cheat on her.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 I'm Waiting

With welcome basket, I now wait

For my sailor to arrive home.

Each time I do this, fret the fate

He'll not return from his long roam

Around the world, upon the seas.

Hopefully, my sailor returns,

As I await, eager to please

With my welcome, I know he yearns.

I think my sailor's ship soon should

Arrive in port, not just sure when.

So day by day, I feel it's good

To await, again and again.

For my sailor, I wait with some

Welcoming home bottles of rum.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Just My Luck

I'm deemed the seamen good luck charm,

So in a trap myself got caught

By ship of fools who caused me harm.

I was made to suffer a lot.

So my bad luck I chose to share.

No good luck for this ship from me,

As this ship's crew was unaware

That my comrades in wings did be

Flying by thousands from above,

Catching this ship's crew by surprise,

By landing with such impact of

Causing the whole ship to capsize.

Albatross 'round this ship crews' neck,

I got my payback, what the heck!

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Hope Lives Eternal

"Man cannot live by bread alone,"

Jesus did say when tempted by

The devil to turn bread from stone.

Jesus chose not to do so. Why?

Yes, He was hungry in the wild,

And knew such power, yes He had.

But because Jesus be God's Child,

Such use of power would be bad,

Giving the devil food for goal

To prove that Jesus only be

Just another false, selfish soul,

Hopeless of God's divinity.

And Jesus proved the devil wrong,

Kept hope in God, steadfast and strong.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Your Diamond Girl

Your Diamond Girl you call me, and

Say I am precious, say I shine.

Such a nickname, I understand,

And certainly does suit me fine.

Your Diamond Girl, I'm rare for you,

A radiant, beautiful child.

You very much like that I do

Like a lot to be roaming wild.

Your Diamond Girl, you say you could

Another like me never find.

All of this from you sounds so good.

So just one question on my mind.

If your Diamond Girl I do be,

How 'bout buying diamonds for me?

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Home and Land of the Dumbing Down

We the people of U.S.A.

Keep letting elites, right and left,

Keep dumbing us down, the elites' way

To give elites all the more might.

Of course elites do shift around,

Whichever side best trick and lie,

Gets the more people dumber bound.

We've got dumb in endless supply.

Future elites will make a deal,

Of course at such elites do scoff,

Smarter foreigns await for real,

Will buy left or right elites off.

This fact to China, most welcome,

U.S.A. just getting more dumb.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 I Fret Not

Into an evil land I be

Born, but the Bible taught me young,

Truth and righteousness is in me,

Beware of wicked act and tongue.

And yes, through many years I live,

The wickedness looms all around.

The Lord within me helps forgive

My questioning of where I'm bound.

I feel I am a chosen one,

Blessed by the Lord to trust His path

To walk until this life is done,

For salvation from evil's wrath.

Patient in this evil land, I

Live righteously until I die.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Cracked Up from Cracked Down

My ulna bone is feeling sad

Over a healing not gone well,

Concerning a break that it had,

And needs resurgery, do tell.

Since for this, I will be knocked out,

I've called upon my funny bone,

My humerus, some jokes to shout,

Lightening up my whole arm zone.

Maybe having a little fun

Will ease my ulna's sad a bit,

While surgery is being done.

A few bone jokes could be a hit.

Hopefully, my ulna bone will

Laugh at jokes my humerus spill.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Trust Disgust

"Trust me, trust me, trust me," all ask,

While promising all that and this,

To try to garner our trust task.

Gullible babies, they all kiss

Us with their lips that flap a lot

Out of their mouths, whichever side

Gets most support from us they've sought,

To trust in all the stuff they've lied.

We should have learned the truth by now.

The only trust in them we need,

Is sooner or later, somehow,

They all earn mistrust by misdeed.

All politicians beg for trust,

Whenever given, later cussed.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Blue Lagoon

The Blue Lagoon in Iceland be

Self cleansing ecosystem that

Does welcome the public like me

To share its soothing habitat.

A winter evening that I sought

To soak some in these waters with

Connection to history I've got,

Contributing to human myth

That Vikings to Valhalla bound,

Found portal underwater here.

Volcanic mountains all around,

Old lava field, flow to appear.

Weather is faint dark blue and warm

Within this lagoon's calming charm.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Redecorate My Room

Redo my room does come to mind.

Cover the ceiling and the floor.

A lot of it, I need to find.

Cover all the walls and the door.

And of course, must cover my bed.

Use it for sheets and blankets to

Keep them from getting in my head.

With lots of it, I can redo

My room to block out their mayhem

That they want to be causing me.

Redo my room with it stops them.

All throughout my room it must be.

Just tin foil will protect me well,

Keep me safe in my padded cell.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 No Longer My Excuse

I used to drink an awful lot,

Became an addiction for me,

And very handy when I sought

An excuse for the wreck I be.

Whenever so badly I stunk

At what I'd thought and what I'd done,

I would remind I was a drunk.

That's why I was the guilty one.

Just another crutch for drinking,

The victim role I would self cast.

Not at fault was my wrong thinking.

I got help, got sober at last.

Thinking and doing right, my aim.

Wrong drunk, I can no longer blame.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Young Gardener

In our poor neighborhood is

A community garden where

I am learning a lot, gee whiz,

On growing plants with loving care.

My Mom and Dad say that I will,

Even though only eight years old,

Learn from them good gardening skill.

In heart and mind and hands I hold

The hope to help turn just bare ground,

With time and effort, to make true,

Fruits, veggies and flowers abound.

I am so proud of this I do.

A young gardener I do be,

Helping to feed my family.