Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Catastrophic Nightmare

I had a dream the other night,

That my saucer of milk and I

Had grown to giants, and the fright

Was I dumped the whole milk supply

Onto a city express lane,

On lots of tiny traffic there.

Had I suddenly gone insane?

Because I am not one to share,

My milk, let alone dump it all.

Such behavior, a true surprise.

And to this cat, did so appall,

Only way to categorize!

To full saucer of milk I wake.

Just a bad catnap I did take.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Retired

I was one of a team of four,

And did a lot of moving 'round.

Privilege to serve, not just a chore,

Whatever time and place be bound.

Keeping my family safe was my

Main mission and I did so fine,

Till a bad puncture wound, and I

Knew that forced retirement was mine.

But my family did decide

To let me serve another way.

So I'm still here for them to ride.

This happy tire does get to stay.

Hung from a rope on back yard tree,

My family kids now swing on me.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary

For 50 tears, shared wedded life,

Begun as hopes and dreams of young,

Bound together, husband and wife.

So many memories among

The ups and downs through all the years.

The good, the bad, you both did share

Through all the laughter, all the tears,

Each with the other to take care.

Your family and friends give you

Best wishes for your special day,

Celebrating your love be true,

Holding you together to stay.

Such a blessed event does be,

Your Golden Anniversary.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Always Dressed Appropriately

Mother Nature's four seasons of

Winter and Spring, Summer and Fall,

Each one Mother Nature does love

To dress appropriately for all.

Colors and patterns and fibers, she,

Does for each season, take such care.

Always sensation, she does be,

And willingly does ever share

Her fashions and adornments with

All present in each time and place,

To be recalled in fact and myth,

Mother Nature's fine style and grace.

Which season is, can best be guessed

By manner Mother Nature's dressed.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Missed Again!

A kookaburra bird in flight

Sees a human hunter below.

Then a boomerang comes in sight,

So to a wattle tree does go

The kookaburra very fast,

Protected in its branches till

The flying boomerang has passed,

Missing the object of its kill.

The kookaburra then does sound

Its call that it is well known for,

Heard by the hunter on the ground,

As heard so many times before.

The disappointed human's grim,

The kookaburra laughs at him.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Weight Less

Charly's a tubby teddy bear

According to awful true scales.

He has a sweet tooth, he's aware,

And so added poundage prevails.

"Go on a diet," says his wife,

But skinny, she can't understand,

A diet's full of stress and strife,

Notwithstanding spousal demand.

So Charly has promised his wife, he,

To please her, will surely lose weight,

Giving his wife a guarantee,

She'll soon have a less tubby mate.

Charly feels he'll lose weight for sure,

By shaving off all of his fur.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Living God's Will

My living God's will is well worth

The promise I will receive my

Salvation when I leave this Earth,

When it comes time for me to die.

My living God's will, I have erred,

And sometimes let my will go wrong.

But then when I would pray, God shared

Guidance on my finding faith, strong.

My living God's will, I know of

Jesus, my best friend and God's Son,

Always with me, giving me love,

Helping me live, God's will be done.

My living God's will, and I will

Earn trip to Heaven to fulfill.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Pluto

A dwarf that dumb blue ball calls me,

Pluto, non planet redefined.

Since then, very perturbed I be

With all those pompous humankind.

Just because I am far and small,

Take centuries to orbit sun,

Judgmental humans have the gall

To deem me as an exiled one.

Named after god of underworld,

Another jab by human folk.

Insult after insult they've hurled

At me as brunt of their sick joke.

With my revenge I'll have rebirth

When I plow into planet Earth.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Reading Pick for August 14th

If I were a romantic, I

On this August 14th would read

A Danielle Steel romance book. Why?

Celebrate her birthday indeed.

Bestselling living author, she

Has written 210

Books, mostly romance novels be,

Bestselling, again and again.

Yes, lack of critical acclaim,

She has millions of fans worldwide,

Who love to read her books, in aim,

Love fantasy being supplied.

Reading Ms. Steel gives me the chance

To improve my skills on romance.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Business Opportunity

His secretary I became.

He is a very wealthy man.

Catching the old guy was my aim,

Divorced his wife in short time span,

Having fallen in love with me.

Even with divorce settlement,

He still had plenty of money,

And I dreamed how it would be spent.

Each day he turned more frail and ill.

I hurried up our wedding date,

The legality to fulfill,

And close the deal before too late.

Now ring  around my finger, and

Soon, wealthy widow as I planned.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 The Talk

The father's son has reached the age

When it is time to have the talk.

Difficult subject to engage,

But according to nature's clock,

The son needs given knowledge of

What the father learned long ago,

Difference between young lust and love,

Facts of life the son needs to know.

So at the kitchen table they

Come together, each takes a seat.

And the father begins to say

Why he has asked the two to meet.

Father and son, the talk to be

Made easier o'er pot of tea.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Bullying

I was bullied some as a kid,

And I was a bully some back.

It was just stuff most of us did,

Getting and giving dumb attack.

As I grew up, luckily I

Learned the hard way a bully is

A very ugly trait in my

Behavior, so made it my biz

To no more bully any way,

Even if I be bullied, and

When bullying comes on display,

Find strength in me, best understand.

My question when bullying's done,

How will I be a helpful one?

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 With Happy, Without Worry

Worry and I were walking down

The road, suddenly we got stuck

In a mud hole, Worry did frown,

Complaining typical bad luck.

But then, Happy walked up to us,

Offering to pull us both out.

Worry's reply was just to cuss,

Did not want Happy's help, no doubt.

Then Happy looked at me and said,

"Stay with Worry or come with me."

"We'll look for good in life instead"

"Of stuck bad here like Worry be."

With Happy, we walked on our way.

Worry, stuck in the mud, did stay.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 I Pray for My Friend

Oh God, You once gave me the gift

Of saving me from suicide,

Body, mind and soul to uplift,

With lots of human help supplied.

Oh God, I now know of a friend

In great despair as I once be,

Thinking an unnatural end

As solution, once thought by me.

Oh God, as human help I ask

You give me strength and wisdom to

Be there for my friend, and do task,

Convincing life's worth does come true.

Oh God, I pray same gift You gave

Me, please give, my friend's life to save.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Beyond This My Life

Since birth, in my life I have had

God, and I strive to live God's will.

But over my life, I've lived bad,

Letting me be sinfully ill,

Hurting my family and friends.

Then to me some strangers God sent

To help me, and I made amends.

With any sin now, I repent

In a heartfelt and truthful way,

Knowing that God is with me to

Give me strength and faith as I pray

For God's salvation to come true.

With God in my life to forgive

My sins, eternally I'll live.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 8/8, The Lion's Gate

This August 8th, early morn, I

Wrote, "I'm ready to forgive me."

The Sun's in Leo in the sky,

And star Sirius again be

Seen, risen out of the Sun's glare.

Each 8/8 this alignment peaks,

Time a human can be aware

Of untold truth a human seeks.

The Lion's Portal opens and

Offers a window to see through,

One's self to better understand,

Opportunity to come true.

End of this 8/8, late at night,

I feel forgiven and feel right.

Sense sonnet - Tickler

 Crawling While Hauling

Addict on Coca Cola, I

Do a lot of traveling, so

I keep an abundant supply

Close to me wherever I go.

Coca Cola folks are so kind,

Sending their trucks to follow up,

No matter how hard I'm to find.

I'm provided great service, yup!

Whenever running low, I just

Send Coca Cola my email,

And very quickly I can trust,

Coca Cola comes to this snail.

Drinking Coca Cola goes well,

Suck lots from storage in my shell.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Escape to Mars

The spaceship took off from Earth, and

Carried a family on course

To planet Mars where they did land.

Because they had great wealth resource,

Robots had built them a compound

With all vital necessities,

But also fancy toys abound

To live in luxurious ease.

Worldwide nuclear war on Earth

Made their escape to Mars a must,

The trillionaire no longer worth

Much in radioactive dust.

Who is the first Mars colony?

Elon Musk and his children be.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Enterprise Size

Decades old the Star Trek show is.

He started with it, young and lean,

Became a star in this show biz,

Doted on each dramatic scene.

From T.V. to the movies, he

Went with the show where no one had

Gone before in celebrity.

Uniform in which he was clad

Rose in rank and in waistline girth,

As the many decades went by.

In space weighed less than weighed on Earth,

Older he got, heavier guy.

And though he's built up quite a paunch,

Captain Kirk is still out to launch.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Mind Forgot, Body remembered

When I was four years old, I fell

Into sagebrush on trip out west.

Rash o'er my body then did swell,

Allergy to sage by a test.

The rash cleared up, my life went on.

Sagebrush again I did not touch.

No more occasion came upon

For me to be involved with such.

Then when 84 years old, I

Saw sage burger on a menu,

That sounded good, so I did try,

Without really thinking it through.

Rash over my body did rage,

Guess I'm still allergic to sage.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Changed My Life

An ugly life I felt I had,

Just a poor, useless one who be

Stuck in a life that I deemed bad,

Not knowing life's purpose for me.

But then one day, Mom Nature came

And told me that a choice I could

Make, and that would turn real my aim,

Changing to a life I deemed good.

Since I knew Mom Nature knew best,

Hardship and pain I did endure,

But made it through the cocoon test,

And emerged the better for sure.

An ugly caterpillar, I

Now a beautiful butterfly.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Surrender for Victory

I made a mess out of my life,

Caused hurt with my bad thought and deed,

Stuck in a hole of stress and strife,

A miracle, I was in need.

With help, I surrendered my will,

And accepted God's will to take

Me to a future to fulfill

A better life for me to make.

With God I now live with my goal

To be a good and useful one,

Seeking salvation of my soul,

Doing so as God's will be done.

The bad of me I leave behind,

The good of me with God to find.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 His Lasting Gift

Mom and daughter stand on the beach,

Say goodbye to husband and Dad,

His ashes spread in the sea, each

Hold close the other, feeling sad.

Both begin walking back home, and

The daughter takes a moment to

Bend and pick me up from the sand,

Then gave me to her Mom, who knew

That somehow I was meant to be

A gift from him, reminding of

His giving forever through me

To Mom and daughter, all his love.

In their home, in their hearts I dwell,

His spirit in me, this sea shell.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Please Pardon Me

A bumblebee is flying o'er

A bunch of flowers down below,

Where will be sweet nectar galore,

So in a beeline there does go.

But then the bumblebee does grouse,

Seeing the flowers being picked

One by one by a tiny mouse.

The bumblebee does buzz quite ticked,

"Hey mouse, you're picking flowers I"

"Thirst for, your picking better end."

The very scared mouse does reply,

"I'm sorry, they're for my girlfriend."

The mouse does get a pardoning

From the bumblebee's lethal sting.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 I am a Child of God

A child of God born to this Earth,

I was told by my parents, and

Was taught to believe in such worth,

When old enough to understand.

My parents introduced me to

Jesus, the Son of God, who would

Be my sure friend and help me do

The will of God by living good.

As I grew to an adult, I

Made mistakes, and Jesus helped me

To seek God's forgiveness with my

Living as child of God I be.

With the help that Jesus does give,

This child of God does better live.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Reunited

They fell in young love, she and he,

When next door neighbors they both were.

Years old, she was two, he was three,

Lovely couple they made for sure.

Then for both of them came sad day.

Their folks helped them to bid farewell.

She with her family moved away.

Now far apart, but fate would tell.

For a long time, the lives they led

Did not include each other, till

Fate brought them together to wed,

And a reunion to fulfill.

They're still in love forevermore,

She's ninety three, he's ninety four.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 I am Rikki in His Song

Many years later I found out

I am the Rikki in his song,

Apparently written about

His feelings he had very strong,

Meeting me at a social dance.

And his phone number he then gave

To me, an awkward circumstance.

I had no intention to save

His number, and later forgot

About him at this dance event.

But then a hit song this guy got

On this phone number incident.

Tossed his number, admittedly,

Cuz happily married I be.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Double Draw

"Draw water from the well," the wife

Does order me in her stern voice.

This chore always fills me with strife,

But do so cuz I have no choice.

At last I pull the bucket up,

Which makes me so thirsty, so

I tip the bucket like a cup,

And all the water in does go

Down my throat, and then I return

To the wife, empty bucket in

My hand, now she tells me real stern,

I have to draw water again.

Draw water from the well, but I'm

Too scared to drink any this time.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Random Passersby

Busy street, I was walking down.

A panhandler did glare at me.

Being new to this part of town,

I hoped no trouble there would be.

Then this panhandler got up from

Where he'd been sitting on the street,

And in my direction did come.

Then face to face, we two did meet,

As strangers in this time and place,

But connected in lives we live.

The panhandler, scowl on his face,

A stern message to me did give.

The panhandler made me aware

That I need panhandle elsewhere.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Color Me Orange

Being the color orange, I seek

Among all the other colors be

One individually unique,

That is only true about me.

So I pondered a while on it,

A uniqueness found, I know it,

Choose to tell of in a sonnet,

Being a wannabe poet.

Uniqueness of me that occurred,

When I tried rhyming with me, orange,

I share no perfect rhyming word.

The closest is two words, door hinge.

Then purple reminded me I'm

Not only color with no rhyme.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Walt Named Me

When Walt Disney brought me to life,

He named me after goddess of

Wisdom, but not liked by Walt's wife.

So nicknamed Minnie, to be love

Of his long life, my Mickey Mouse.

He can be dumb, so I'm the voice

Of calm and reason 'round our house.

So for him, I've been a good choice.

Now in my nineties, I have had

A wonderful life in show biz,

Older and wiser, but so glad

For my life with Mickey, gee whiz!

As gal with wisdom be Walt's aim,

He gave "Minerva" my real name.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Big Scene

One of thousands of extras, I

Am picked for this scene as the one

Being chased by the cowboy guy,

He on his horse and me all run.

The best an extra could have hoped.

A lariat loop swinging 'round,

Its purpose is that I get roped

As a stray maverick on the bound.

Of course I knew the scene calls for

Me getting caught and branded be.

So my scene stealing all the more

Brings out the action steer in me.

No speaking part, but I take pride

In my action scene in "Rawhide."

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Age to Wear Safety Factor

My 3 year old granddaughter, Sue,

I let play dress up in clothes I

No longer wear, I happen to,

Near the closet be walking by,

See Sue pull out a high heels pair

Of my shoes, and tries to step in.

Then suddenly I am aware

This is a danger to Sue when

She starts to lose her balance, so

Before she falls, I lift her out.

Sue's unhappy with me, I know,

Wants to hear a why not, no doubt.

Too young to wear these shoes, she's told

By Grandma who is now too old.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Sore Me

I fell in love with a cute lass.

We were often called B and B,

My name be Bruce, her name be Brass.

And so as wedded couple, we

Were sharing ups and downs of life.

One of the downs was that I had

Flirtations with gals not my wife.

When Brass found out, she was quite mad,

And told me she had better not

Find out I flirted any more.

But then I flirted, I forgot

Brass could make me feel very sore.

I hurt a lot when she took aim,

Brass Knuckles be her maiden name.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Forest Calling for Us

The forest called us and we came,

Young lovers, the two of us be.

The trees around called us by name,

Felt very welcome, you and me.

In Springs we shared the forest's birth,

Grow into Summers' luscious green.

In Falls, tree leaves fell back to earth.

We both enjoyed the golden scene.

In Winters, we walked under trees,

Leafless branches to us would wave,

When there'd be any chilly breeze.

Each forest visit, thanks we gave.

We walk together, seasons all,

Feeling blessed by the forest's call.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Fall Fest for Me

I smell the smoke from a campfire.

My fond memories of such leaves

Me to pine in yearning desire

To sense what my visit achieves.

As usual, I make some noise,

Causing all the campers to flee.

Ah, fresh s'mores, one of my fav joys,

Sweet toothfully crunch, downed by me.

Being autumn, it is a cinch,

Apples covered in caramel,

Also in cider, thirst to quench,

Baked pumpkin pie, love taste and smell.

So nice of these campers to share

Some tasty goodies with this bear.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Forgot Us!

We, a bouquet of roses, he

Bought as peace offering for her.

Now on a city park bench, we

Were left by him, when did occur

A sudden downpouring of rain,

And he ran off, not to get wet,

As out of sight and mind, he'd lain

Us near, no doubt he'll be upset

When later, halfway home, recalls

We lovely roses he had bought.

And empty handed, back he crawls

For her forgiveness, he so sought.

A hefty price for us he spent,

But will she buy his hoped intent?

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Durian Fruit

I am called the durian fruit.

The Malay word, dure, means thorn.

When I'm picked in human pursuit,

If picker's wise, hardhat is worn.

Like dirty gym socks I do smell,

So in some public places banned.

For many beasts, I do taste well,

So sniff out where my tree does stand.

Eaten as food, humans enjoy.

And as an aphrodisiac,

Non food appetites I can buoy.

For multi use I have a knack.

When confidence in me is placed,

I can become an acquired taste.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Memory Mystery

My shrink tells me in therapy,

I hold a memory from my past,

But it remains a mystery,

That for some reason I have cast

Far down in my subconscious, deep.

Once in a while, I get a clue

That I dream of when I'm asleep.

But that's the only time I do

Feel that some hidden treasure is

Waiting for me to find someday.

And I am so curious, gee whiz,

So a detective's role I'll play.

Memory mystery in my mind,

I still need some more clues to find.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Inner Space Traveler

Instead of outer space, I be

Sent to deep inner space first time,

Where no one's gone before, but me.

Now here and hard to believe I'm

Watching bodies orbit around

A larger nuclear core one,

Kind of like planets orbit bound

Around a larger central sun.

Thanks to A.I., NASA did find

Ways and means to go in, not out,

Using teleporting designed

To send me into small, no doubt.

Miniaturized more and more,

Now in atom world to explore.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Misha

The Russian bear, first used as joke

By the West as a ridicule,

Making fun of the Russian folk

As being quite easy to fool.

So Russians then decided to

Make their bear to portray success,

Misha, a cute, young bear cub who

Was the successful mascot, yes,

Of 1980 Olympics

During the summer in Moscow,

For a Russian pride and warmth mix,

Feel good bear image to endow.

The West no longer seems to care

Poking fun at the Russian bear.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 What Hilda's Fishing For

Hilda in her hammock does fish

Well, two caught, next soon on the hook.

But Hilda's got a different wish

To do well, so does read a book,

That when done, hopefully will

Provide her much better insight

In other sort of fishing skill,

Going fishing for Mr. Right.

So far, she's about half way through,

Now reading on best fishing line

She should use as a come on to

Catch the trophy of her design.

Hilda's deep in attention span,

She's reading "How to Catch a Man."

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Pink Sunset

As sun is setting, we birds think

It's time to take a break from flight,

The sky now such a lovely pink,

Welcome hello to coming night.

Nice bush branches we see below,

And each of us find perching spot

To snuggle in, mid pinkish glow.

In perfect time and place we've got

A bird's eye view of nature's best,

As we prepare ourselves to get,

Over the night, a blissful rest,

Beginning with this pink sunset.

We sing in song, bid sun goodbye,

Thanking her for such pretty sky.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Incandescent

We Incans weren't allowed to go

Up to Machu Picchu at night.

But I was curious, and so

Walked up the mountain with no light.

Once I got to the sacred place,

I lit a torch to look around,

But didn't stay long, cuz I'd face

Death, so back home I soon be bound.

First, I tried to put the torch out,

To not be seen, but then set me

On fire, waving the torch about,

Then fanned the flames when I did flee.

A human fiery torch, I went,

As I made my Incandescent.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Wedding Night

I was attracted to you, and

Set my sights on making you mine,

Became my husband as I planned,

Your loving me by my design.

And on the night after we wed,

To consummate in time and place,

We came together in our bed.

You, powerless in my embrace,

As you became the latest of

Many a husband come my way,

Feeling my special skill in love,

Making you unsuspecting prey.

Black widow spider I become,

And make a meal of you, yum, yum.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Making

I'm ready in right time and place

To make a poem from pen flow,

Arranging reason into rhyme,

Find words for each line, make it so.

Sometimes such task is easy, and

I am always grateful for such.

Other times, which I understand,

The task brings difficulty, much.

But whether easy or hard be,

Bringing forth a poem to live,

Becoming a critic is me

On worthiness of what I give.

My mind then asks my heart and soul,

Did what I pen achieve my goal?

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Apples, but No Pears

Nature gave me an apple tree,

But be pears I really did crave.

Apples okay, but not for me.

So a lot of wood that tree gave

Me, after I had chopped it down.

Using the wood, I then built up

The pear totem god of renown

That would give me lots of pears, yup.

While I built this, a raven was

Near, maybe some pears waiting for.

Then I felt uneasy becuz

It kept on quothing, "Nevermore."

The more I plead, more I despair,

All my effort and not one pear.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Cursed by My Beauty

I, Helen, went to Troy from Greece,

Under spell of Aphrodite,

Causing disturbance of what peace

Exited 'tween the kingdoms be.

I was returned to Greece of course

When Troy was defeated in war,

Thanks to trick of the Trojan Horse.

But I was hated all the more

By Greeks and Trojans, who both thought

I was the cause for either side,

That so many uselessly fought,

Because of me, so many died.

I'm sorry that my beauty had

History that made me look bad.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Bed Ridding

"I think Fluffy's hungry," says her

To him and yes this Fluffy is.

That makes me one hot ball of fur,

When my humans neglect my biz.

In their bedroom in this cat's house,

I know they hope I'll go away,

Maybe go off and chase a mouse,

But I have other paw to play.

I have installed a car jack, yup,

Under their bed where both oft found,

And I begin to jack all up,

Roll off to my need, both be bound.

It seems whenever I want fed,

Both of my humans be in bed.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Sniffed Us Together

She and I pushed close in packed train.

Same deodorant we both had,

And perked up each scents sense domain,

Causing both of us to feel glad.

Soon after, my girlfriend she is,

And of course I am her boyfriend.

Sharing deodorant, gee whiz,

A train ride to a happy end.

We thank our having common smell

Being the prime connection of

Knowing by our noses to tell

That we were bound to fall in love.

Sharing deodorant a plus,

It's our Secret, just between us.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Cancer Constellation

My favorite constellation is

Cancer, main reason because I

Came, thanks to Mom's and Dad's done biz

On the 20th of July,

Making Cancer to be called mine,

With all the consequences had

Cuz me being born with this sign,

Whatever happens, good or bad.

Cancer's associated with

The crab that Hercules did slay.

Then goddess Hera in Greek myth

Put the crab in the sky to stay.

Cancer constellation suits me,

Very often crabby I be.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Return of the White Witch

The White Witch, Queen of Narnia, I

Do enjoy my villainess role.

Sadly, in the tale, killed, I die.

But return to Narnia, my goal.

And when I return, winter will

Again sweep over all my land,

Providing all with bitter chill.

Pevensie children will be banned,

By freezing up the wardrobe door.

Asian, Lion, who killed me once,

I vow will trouble me no more,

All eaten up in my wolf hunts.

Narnia, again my cold domain,

Forever after I will reign.