Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 In Our Beginning

I know your brain likes you to think

That it's the only way you can

Know your past with memory link,

As you proceed through our lifespan.

But there is time and place when I'm

Remembering more than your brain.

'Twas during our earliest time

When your Mom's womb was our domain.

Everything for us was all new.

Your brain was not yet doing much.

So all be done, I had to do,

Especially to stay in touch.

Your birth, your body does recall,

Your brain, no memory at all.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Falling to Sleep Routine

When ready to go to sleep, I'm

Lone inhabitant in my bed.

I've lived alone a long, long time,

So don't have to share space, instead

I drink a pop and eat a snack.

Then, since too boring to count sheep,

Other medium is my knack

For quite quickly falling to sleep.

Cannot be quiet, must be noise,

And so I leave the T.V. on,

With the old shows of childhood joys,

Great put to sleep phenomenon.

Throughout my time of sleep I find

Reruns of dreams flow through my mind.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Two Sisters

Phuket Island warned in advance

In 1789 of

Burmese attacking circumstance.

Two island sisters who did love

Phuket as their home organized

Other island women to dress

As soldiers on port walls, disguised.

The Burmese then did reassess

Overconfident victory,

When their navy did enter port.

Thanks to two sisters' strategy

The Burmese attack did abort.

These two heroines in reveal

On the Phuket official seal.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Voting Victim

Another election season,

On the edge of madness I be,

Losing common sense of reason.

Mixed emotions overtake me.

Saturated media ad

Pound me with side's conflicting views,

Causing my head to ache so bad,

Cannot decide 'tween red and blue.

With reality, losing touch.

Love or hate, the con or pro Trump.

All brainwashing is just too much.

So from the 14th floor I jump.

Autopsy contrast of my head,

My brain torn up 'tween blue and red.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Best Mates

The meager food he gets, he shares

With me, and so I stick around.

Rarity to find one who cares,

So this lost one, I guess I've found.

We've got a window with a view,

And we both enjoy the morning sun,

Which is the best we've got to do,

As all there be for daily fun.

Since I joined him, I know that I'm

Appreciated as a friend.

He's in for a long and hard time.

I doubt I'll be here at his end.

So while he's stuck in this jailhouse,

He's got a best bud in this mouse.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Now Nature's Ally

Since humankind did come to be,

Nature has been the victim of

Destruction by humanity.

Greed is the human's greatest love,

Competing with each other to

Control all resources of Earth.

Nature is unable to do

Alone a solution of worth.

But now humans themselves will solve

Ever problem of humankind,

Allowing A.I. to evolve,

And with nature, become aligned

With nature now A.I. is linked.

Soon, humankind will be extinct.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Gone for a Season

Salt and pepper in shakers got

Into an argument about

Which was the best, and each one thought

Themselves the very best, no doubt.

Both made their shakers turn and tilt,

With a shake out of both of them,

Till both seasonings were all spilt,

Disappearing in flight mayhem.

Sadly, to season food there be

No more salt and pepper at hand,

Their absence quite a mystery,

Nobody seemed to understand.

Both were gone, for no good reason,

From all food, gone for a season.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 To Victory from Defeat

Drugs and alcohol I did let

Attack my body, mind and soul.

Drunk and drug addict I did get.

War within took a heavy toll,

Causing me so much stress and strife,

That I attempted suicide.

God sent strangers to save my life.

Reason for living was supplied.

And with God's help. I knew I could

Have addition recovery,

And turn my life from bad to good,

Be a loving and better me.

For God's help I do daily pray,

And clean and sober I do stay.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Meaning of My Life

They talk of meaning of my life,

A good father and husband, me.

Nice to hear from my kids and wife.

In truth, I didn't always be.

Yes, I had a lot of success,

But I had lots of failure too.

That's just the way of life, I guess,

Some good, some bad to think and do.

But it's nice to be talked about

By my family for good done,

Spare me hear of my bad, no doubt,

As they look down on this still one.

Of course just good stuff they would say

About me, since I've passed away.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Favorite Y2K Rumor

As the world approached Y2K,

My favorite rumor that spread,

Computerized aircraft fall prey

To computer systems, instead

Of working, would shut down, confused

About 1900 new year,

Time when computers were not used,

So computers need disappear.

Many air travelers stayed home,

Spooked by this rumor they had heard,

Better safe than sorry to roam

Skies if this prediction occurred.

So to bring in Y2K, I,

In flight, 40,000 feet high.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 On/Offish?

An angel fish, I long did stay

With a nice family who named

Me Mr. No Name, but came day,

Being an angel I be aimed

To make my way to heaven where

I should spend a fintastic time

On a high scale without compare.

Once at the Pearly gates and I'm

Gilled up for my eternal bliss.

But then St. Peter I do see.

Now I'm uncertain about this,

On what the future is for me.

I am really nervous, gee whiz,

Once a fisherman, always is!

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Elvis

50's and 60's I grew up

With him, he was my sure star man

My folks at last relented, yup,

Though neither of them be a fan.

Ed Sullivan Show, his debut

On T.V. was my sheer delight.

The folks just frowned as I did view

His performance that special night.

All his records and movies were

As though he performed just for me.

Someday I'd visit him for sure,

Bus trip to Memphis, Tennessee.

The day I heard that Elvis died,

The kid in me broke down and cried.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Passage

We knew the feelings that you had.

When younger, we both had them too,

Feeling that life went worse from bad,

No matter what we'd say or do.

So knowing this, we tried to give

All the understanding we could,

Hoping, through this stage, we'd all live,

And come out at the end for good.

Inheritance by you from us

Of growing up pain to endure,

Then you came out as an A plus.

Your Mom and Dad be proud for sure.

You were our own rebelling kid,

Just like with our parents we did.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Thoreau's Advantage

Henry David Thoreau did write

That "the mass of men lead lives of"

"Quiet desperation," insight

He wrote from the place he did love,

Walden Pond, where he lived alone,

Not in humanity's rat race

To acquire more and more to own.

Thoreau, in nature's lovely place,

Was free to write truth on his mind,

With no one close, a fuss to give,

Unlike most mass of men, to find

A non desperate way to live.

How did Thoreau enjoy his life?

Never did have a nagging wife.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 She Made Me Do It

Here we both are in the back yard.

I've dug a hole to bury you,

Not what I wished in that regard,

But something my spouse made me do,

After she saw you and complained

That was my job to rid her of

Your presence, and sternly maintained

I must do so to show my love.

So I worked out a trap plan that

Would lure you to your final end,

Which happened, and now we're both at

Point of a last farewell, my friend.

We're here now because of my spouse,

Who was afraid of you, a mouse.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Future Foretold

For my thirteenth birthday I went

To a fortune teller to tell

What in the future would present

To make me known so very well.

The fortune teller then told me

When I was much older I would

As a model in artwork be,

Assuring I'd be known for good.

The fortune teller, short on time,

Had to leave with no more detail.

So I guess while growing up, I'm

Waiting such future to avail.

So I will wonder all the while,

Who'll paint my Mona Lisa smile?

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Swiss Cheese Paradox

There's a lot of holes in Swiss cheese,

So more the cheese, the more the holes.

A thought I think which seems to tease

Me, as taking up my mind, it rolls

Around, as I try to do math

Of how much Swiss cheese I should get.

Perplexed, I find myself in wrath

That such is getting me upset.

More cheese I get, more holes there be.

So how much more cheese would it take

To be in the right quantity?

This thinking's making my head ache.

The more Swiss cheese I have, I guess

I really don't have more, but less!

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Choice Between Metaphor and Real

I'm good and have a heart of gold,

And try in all to find their best.

This praise by many I am told,

And hearing such I do feel blessed.

But when I was alone one night,

I was accosted by a thief.

Even though I was filled with fright,

I spoke to him in the belief

That if my words to him were kind,

The thief would feel remorse instead,

And cause the thief to change his mind.

But the thief struck me on my head.

And stolen by this thief so bad,

Heart shaped pendant of gold I had.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 The Great Divide

A lot of time we kids hung out,

Thought and did lots of stupid stuff.

It was a lot of fun no doubt.

But you, I did not care enough

To even ask f your life had

A lot of heavy happening,

That left you in a heap of bad,

With all the hard pain that does bring.

I only wanted you for fun,

And didn't care 'bout your inside.

Then when our being kids was done,

We parted with a great divide.

Good for me, bad for you, was fate,

Should have cared then, but now too late.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Under Study

Advanced life forms have come to Earth

To study species humankind.

Some become human to find worth

Of what goes on in human mind.

Studies have found that humans need

Each other to fill emptiness

Felt if alone in thought and deed.

Over long time, studies assess

Humans in mix be worst to best,

But even at best, bring dismay.

Advanced life forms are not impressed,

Awaiting coming judgement day.

Advanced life forms in habitat

Prefer to have a dog or cat.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Win Some, Lose Some

Fell from heaven, I made a deal

With the boss up there that I could

Use any trick, beg, borrow or steal

Folks to turn bad who were born good.

And lots of folks dug their own hole.

I be their wishing well of sin,

And at well bottom, sell their sole,

Another boss loss and my win.

But once in a while a folk is

Able to get a helping hand,

Do gooders minding my bad biz,

Meddlesome, but I understand.

Some leave me in their wishing well,

Find help to climb out of my hell.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Breakfasting

It is a lovely morning, while

I am enjoying breakfast that

Tastes so good, I give cook a smile,

Such a help in my habitat.

My pirate and I both retired.

I had lots of booty saved up.

My pirate had not, so required

That I offer him a job, yup.

I just awoke from sleep, and so

This cup of coffee should help me

Perk myself up, ready to go,

Cuz a busy parrot I be.

I keep my pirate on as cook,

Scrambles up eggs great with his hook.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Withered Rose Bed

When you and I chose to be wed,

Yes, I had so many dreams of

Always be roses in our bed

As often as we would make love.

But now is not as was before.

Too oft alone in our abode,

Losing the game of tug of war

With you, the rock star, on the road.

And now I mostly get from you

Your morning phone call, after night

Of drinking and cheating you do.

I, just shadow in your spotlight.

You sing "Bed of Roses," I cry,

Once was our truth, but now a lie.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Glutton for Punishment

A lavish banquet being served,

But I was not invited, so

Pulled fire alarm, feeling quite nerved.

And in just minutes, folks did go.

Now with all the food and drink, I'm

Consuming as much as I can,

Knowing I do not have much time

To indulge my appetite span.

Gallons of drink and loads of food

Into myself I quickly stuff,

Causing my tummy to protrude,

Then popping, telling me enough.

No doubt that guilty I do be

Of deadly sin of gluttony.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Beginner Jumper

I've reached the stage in my life, I'm

Instinctively knowing I need

Begin to practice jumping time,

So to excel at this indeed.

First, I lock my back legs in place,

Then energized, spring from my toes,

And up I jump high into space.

Excitement through my body flows.

I am amazed I jump so fast,

Leap hundred times my body size,

Just a second or so does last

From start to end, quite a surprise.

A successful first jump for me,

Just comes natural to this flea.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Early Success

When first I was assigned to him,

I was somewhat nervous about

Cupid shooting arrows at his whim

For making me, I had my doubt.

But soon Cupid scratched himself with

His own arrow, and fell in me

With a lovely maiden in myth.

Cupid was in me with Psyche.

Then the two went through lots of woe.

Psyche didn't feel me until

Her scratch from Cupid's arrow did show,

And both shared me by divine will.

Happily ever after of

Cupid and Psyche with me, love.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Darkness

Jake, my three year old son, had

Longed for Halloween to come so

I would accompany my lad,

His first trick or treating to go.

It was nice weather, still light out,

When Jake and I left home and went

Through our safe neighborhood, no doubt

Jake was thrilled with this first event.

Then almost home, when suddenly

Over the sidewalk loomed ahead

A weird dark cloud, Jake ran from me

Into it, filling me with dread.

Darkness, I should have been fearing,

My son Jake, just disappearing.

Sense Sonnet - pumper

 Seasonal Exchange

"Yes, I hear Mother Nature call."

"So are you ready for your task?"

Summer posed the question to Fall.

"Of course, so nice of you to ask,"

Fall replied, "As usual you"

"Have given me such fine reason"

"To take your work and follow through,"

"Passing from season to season."

Then Summer said, "Please take my green,"

"And paint your artwork you do well,"

"To yellow and orange and red scene,"

"Dazzling the senses with your spell."

"You're always gracious, Summer friend,"

Fall praised, "As I start and you end."

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Darkness Falls on Howard Street

Howard Street, Chicago, at night,

Lake Michigan, the street does end,

And nature presents a delight,

A city park with a good blend

Of plants and animals that call

This time and place as home to share.

Of course the Great Lake beckons all.

The smell of fish be in the air.

The sight and sound of waves on roll.

When sky is clear and moon is out,

The moonlight succeeds in its goal

To spread its dazzle all about.

A gift to find in city dark,

Presenting in this city park.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Ever Lake Ontario

Great Lake Ontario I be,

Derived from Iroquoian word

Meaning "beautiful lake" is me,

For hundreds of years, name preferred.

I am pleased and proud of my name,

Native American acquired,

As be other Great Lakes the same.

We all bear names we have desired.

I hear a U.S. President

Wants to change my name out of spite,

As a trade war dispute event,

A reason that is just not right.

Always I'm Lake Ontario,

U.S. Presidents come and go.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Element of Final Destruction

The ancient gods coveted me,

Unleased in storms and volcanoes,

Fear instilled in humanity

Whenever my fury arose.

Then seized by humans, I became

A tool for use for good or bad,

And every human knew my name,

And knew the power that I had.

More humans pursued greed and war.

I be star of atomic age,

Increased in deadliness the more,

Until worldwide was felt my rage.

Human made apocalypse, I

Rain nuclear wrath from the sky.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Feeling of Remorse

I am a vampire and long skilled

At hunting out humans as prey.

A husband and wife I've just killed,

Left me in a remorseful way.

The couple reminded me of

A time and place so long ago

When I was capable of love,

Such feeling I no longer know.

Remorse, weird, new feeling I guess,

And I should have known better when

I looked too closely, I confess.

Will take care not to do so again.

Long ago, human life I had,

And these folks looked like Mom and Dad.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Got Out of the Trap

I was on the high school golf team,

Got good at golf and other stuff.

But then my more drinking did seem

That I never drank booze enough,

To fill up all my emptiness.

And so for years I stayed a drunk.

People who cared, cared less and less.

At golf and at living I stunk.

Luckily, I got some help, and

Now living sober day to day,

Hang with people who understand.

Golf with sober friends, I now play.

Each golf shot in sobriety

Better than booze shots used to be.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Fitting Challenge

"If the shoe doesn't fit, must we"

"Change the foot?" the question was asked

By Gloria Steinem, as she

Argued the system too long tasked

All types of folks to fit into

Patriarchal expected role

Of one unfairly rigid shoe,

And mangling feet to fit that goal.

Folks, especially women, need

To take the system shoe as made,

And change the whole of such indeed,

With inclusive fairness displayed.

And Steinem showed how that shoe could

Conform to female feet for good.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Lunch at Woolworth's

1978, a bunch

Of us would leave workplace at noon,

And go down to Woolworth's for lunch,

Inexpensive and opportune.

Each of us sat on counter stool,

Green vinyl topped, some cuts and tears,

Fine seating for us "in" and "cool,"

Surrounded by novelty wares.

Burgers with fries, sodas or Cokes,

No need for plastic menu view.

Waitress, Madge, served all of us folks,

Friendly, efficient job she'd do.

Memories of nostalgic time

Back in the days of five and dime.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 As the Last Human

If the last person on Earth, I

Would stay with my many a friend

Made in life before time to die,

To serve good purpose till my end.

These friends, the animals and plants,

Ambassadors of many kind,

Who afforded many the chance

To be a better humankind.

But for some reason we have failed

To heed warnings of nature's call.

Now the solution's been availed

To return to wildlife for all.

Rest of my life what would I do?

Take care of the Lincoln Park Zoo.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Origami Belt

A sheet of paper I did take,

With intention of folding, so

An origami belt I'd make.

And when was done, that belt I'd show

To the wife to prove that I be

Doing well in the diet that

The wife had demanded of me.

So I was motivated at

Folding the paper in such way

As to become a perfect fit.

Regrettably, to my dismay,

I'd been shortsighted about it.

Before the wife I was red faced,

A waste of paper for my waist.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Memory of Mine

It seems the more that I do live,

The more mistakes that I do make.

And it is so hard to forgive

And change myself for better sake.

The devil's in me, Mama would

Often tell me before she died,

And no way for me to be good,

No matter how hard I have tried.

And for me truly what is worst,

My life I remember too well.

With true memory I be cursed,

That keeps my mind in living hell.

A test subject I want to be,

A.I. to change my memory.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Public Image Maintenance

As I got older, I did get

A public image to uphold.

Then rumors began that upset

Me, that I was gay, the world was told.

So I began my searching for

The lady who'd be right for me,

I felt a necessary chore,

So gay rumors might cease to be.

Such lady I found and pursued,

But she shunned me to my dismay.

Then finally I did conclude,

Both in the closet, we were gay.

She was my Ms. Right all along,

But for her, I was Mr. Wrong.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 May She Rest in Peace

She was only three years of age

When unfair cruelty came to her.

Through her body, cancer did rage,

Painful dying, attempting cure.

Most modern therapies were tried,

Chemo and radiation, still

In a matter of time she died.

Cancer in children oft does kill.

A friend of the family gave

A gift in loving memory

Of her, and set upon her grave,

Thanked by the grieving family.

As though in peaceful sleep is shown

Her memory in sculptured stone.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Ex Friend

In high school, we two started out

As best friends, but quite soon I found

We were growing apart, no doubt,

As more to "in' crowd I be bound.

And when accepted in that clique,

I knew that right away I need

Be selective of friends I'd picked,

When my old best friend did indeed

Tell me right to my face that I

Was turning into a mean snob.

Of course I gave a mean reply,

But down deep felt guilty a gob.

So horrible some truth can be.

Such truth my ex friend dared tell me.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Weighing Thin

When I was a kid I was fat,

And ate lots of junk food, no doubt.

I got kidded a lot 'bout that.

What goes wrong in can come right out,

Became my guide on what I ate.

Regurgitation, answer to

My being able to lose weight.

Yes, an eating disorder, true.

But I keep a picture of me

Close, ever a reminder of

The kidded fat kid I did be.

Of course the junk food, I still love.

Once a fat body I was in.

Now I'm obsessed with staying thin.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Insecurity Accusation

When I fired the pool boy, the wife

Said my reason for firing him,

His youth and good looks caused me strife,

So acting on insecure whim,

I fired him, feeling threatened by

His attention to the wife, and

I could not compete with this guy,

And simply could not understand

That such an unwarranted display

Of childish insecurity,

Shown in passive/aggressive way,

Was make the wife just feel guilty.

The wife must think me quite a fool,

'Specially since we have no pool.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Faith in My Creator

I was born a child of God for

Living my life in a good way,

So when I die, forevermore

I'll be in Heaven, so I pray

That each day I do live God's will,

For others be usefully good,

God's purpose for me to fulfill,

Praying for wisdom how I should

Fight against evil all around.

I am created to fight sin,

And with God's help I'm ever bound

To fight for good and right and win.

My Creator gave life to me.

Faithful to God I seek to be.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Just a Bad Dream

Thank goodness I am now awake.

I was having such a bad dream.

I dreamed that a nap I did take,

So confidant that it did seem

That I was sure to win a race,

My opponent being so slow,

Who no way could keep up my pace.

So very sure I'd win, and so

I thought my taking a nap would

Show what good sport this rabbit be.

In any race I was too good,

There was no one who could beat me!

The race, just an awful nightmare.

How could a tortoise beat a hare?

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Consequence

You were my first and only love.

I let you have your way with me,

As you whispered sweet nothings of

What loving couple we did be.

But afterwards you acted strange.

Big cry baby I was said you,

But all my bawling would not change

That you and me were done and through.

Then talked about by kids at school,

That you and I just had some fun.

Now I was acting like a fool,

Making too much of what we'd done.

Hope lots of gnawing guilt you're bound

When this note with my body's found.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Painful Removal

I really thought she liked me best.

Oft used me to point something out.

Made me feel special from the rest,

So glad to be with her, no doubt.

But then today, an awful thing,

Sudden mental breakdown she had.

And on me she began chewing,

With my outcome being quite bad.

I was so stunned, I must confess,

As pieces of me disappeared.

Now left of me, just bloody mess.

My being gone just felt so weird.

She went berserk, I understand,

But caused me to get out of hand.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Simple Solution

How to heal the world is the ask?

Only who made this world can do.

So cannot be a human task,

Humans have proved unworthy, true.

Only God, if God sees the worth

Can heal the world as need be done.

Since God chose to create the Earth,

Its true healing, God's only one.

Why ever God made humans is

Surely a failure by God's will.

Correcting such mistake, God's biz,

Up to only God to fulfill.

The only sure world cure to find,

Eliminate all humankind.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Queen Jewels

Queen Jewels upon my household throne,

Where I have reigned since schnauzer pup.

The years have passed and I have grown

Into a giant fur ball, yup!

All in my household serve their Queen

With all the best of loving care.

I'm quite used to pampered routine

Given to me in full fanfare.

A fun and busy life I lead,

Never a dull moment, no doubt.

I am a happy dog indeed,

Decreed when my tongue's hanging out.

Queen Jewels, my human subjects be

So loyal and devoted to me.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Tragic End

In the old abandoned house, we

Would stay together, all agreed.

But then just minutes later, she

Went her own way, show off indeed.

Shortly after, her screams we heard.

We all moved slowly toward that sound,

All wondering what had occurred.

And then that answer, we all found.

The floor had broken, she fell through

To the cellar, where she now lay.

The fall had killed her, we all knew.

It had turned into a sad day.

Yes, old abandoned houses scare.

Real weakened floorboards to beware.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Rivalry for Iris' Affections

Words, "You love her, but she does not"

"Love you," Severus did reply

To Successus, rival, both sought

Be Iris, the barmaid's main guy.

On a Pompeii building wall, they

Wrote graffiti back and forth to

Show Iris, in public display,

Who be the better of the two.

Reply of Severus was last

Written by the rivals before

Whole city of Pompeii was cast

'Neath lava from volcano core.

Which of the two Iris preferred?

Buried when eruption occurred.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 School Bullying

The high school boys bathroom oft is

A place of lower learning sure,

Where bullies come to do their biz,

That those bullied have to endure.

The most vulnerable bullied be

The nerd with his pants caught down who

Is the target of some bully

Seeking some mean mischief to do.

Today, the messy bully plan,

Catch mid number two the poor nerd,

And toss at him a full trash can,

Whence lots of spillage then occurred.

Of course who gets to clean up all?

I'm the janitor gets the call.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Dolly

She lived the American Dream,

Began her life in poverty,

But very rich in self esteem,

Grabbed hold of opportunity,

Took her talent to entertain.

Of mind, spirit and heart, she gave

Joy for decades, and to remain

Shining star in home of the brave,

Proud daughter of the U.S.A.,

Ever best of red, white and blue,

As generations loved her way

To inspire all, simple and true.

Dolly Parton, the gift unfurled,

America gave to the world.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Our Home

My parents, sisters, brothers and

I moved in the old farmhouse that

Over a hundred years did stand

Just waiting for us to be at

This time and place, our home to call

For growing up years, money poor,

But rich in love each had for all.

And in our home meant all the more.

Each of us kids left in our time.

The folks, until their deaths, did stay.

Memories decades ago, now I'm

Back to visit our home today.

An empty parking lot I find,

But our home still comes back to mind.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 In a Holed Pattern

Henry and Liza sang a song

About a hole in poor ol' me,

A cute song, but ended up wrong,

Cuz no hole fixing did there be.

As a result, I'm still not used

For fetching water as I should.

Liza and Henry, still confused,

Nice folks, but doing me no good.

So I feel sorry for myself,

Cuz nothing else for me to do,

Discarded on a dusty shelf,

And a hole lot of feeling blue.

I am that bucket, still with goal,

To find someone to fix my hole.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Revised Role

In my hammock just chilling out,

Umbrella shades me from hot sun,

I'm not a normal sight no doubt,

Being such a leisurely one.

The daily newspaper I read,

What's happening 'round here and there.

I'm a digester, yes indeed,

All sorts of stuff I keep aware.

A stranger to my swamp might ask

Why am I acting so mellow,

Not involved in predator task,

Usual for my kind of fellow?

Lots of swamp critters work for me,

A dela-gator I do be.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Superseding Reading

"The Old Man and the Sea" I read,

The book by Ernest Hemingway,

An interesting fish tale indeed.

Through the whole book I'll try to stay.

But at the point when the old man

Snags the huge marlin on his hook,

Tries to reel in, hard as he can,

Suddenly, alive comes the book,

The man and fish, amid their fight,

Sea waters splashing all around.

Unbelievable, such a sight,

A surprise to surely confound.

I'll try to read more later, no doubt,

But right now I just need to dry out.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Wizard of Flaws

Wanting to be a wizard, I

Did practice hard spell after spell.

But no matter how hard I'd try,

I did not seem to do too well.

While attempting each spell, I would

Lose my balance, then train of thought.

For spell doing, this was not good,

All my tipping over a lot.

But a wizard I had to be,

And so went with the spells I had.

Of course other wizards thought me

A wizard who was very bad.

Poor sense of balance wizard, so

Dizzy spells are all that I know.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Taking Advantage

The Carolina wren I'm named

By humans who build lots of stuff

That I make use of, so I'm famed

For being courageous enough

To nest where human stuff does be.

Now, an old house I'm checking out,

Looking for a good nook for me.

Needs a new coat of paint, no doubt,

But I'm betting, won't happen soon,

So taking advantage today

Of situation opportune,

A lot of paint peeling away.

These peeling paint strips I'll use best,

Material to build my nest.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 On My Exhale

I took a very deep breath in,

And then I slowly exhaled out.

Just as I was doing so, when

Kitty came curious no doubt,

Jumping into my lap, stretched to

Get close as could to my exhale.

Kitty's expression then did do

A rapid change in great detail,

From one of curious to one

Of extreme disgust in her face.

Her curiosity was done,

As off she ran to other place.

Kitty's look did give me a hint

That maybe I need chew a mint.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Wings on the Way

It's time for the young fairy to

Be getting wings so she may fly.

But first she knows what she must do.

To find her special flower. Why?

It be a rule in Fairyland,

A young fairy must empower

One to call for her new wings spanned,

That one be her special flower.

Thus, the young fairy, mission bound,

Searches through the forest until

Her special flower she has found,

And assures her wings to fulfill.

Waiting wings, the young fairy be

Upon her flower patiently.