Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Old Wives' Tale

Late at night I awake to all

The screeching of an owl outside.

An old wives' tale I do recall

That such is death omen supplied,

Warning that one in the household

Will soon be dead before next dawn.

Exactly who be not foretold

By the owl as it then flies on.

In the house, only two of us,

My wife and I. But where is she?

Not in the room, I start to cuss,

Wondering where my wife might be.

Then from the darkness comes my wife,

Stabs my chest with a butcher knife.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Raining

Now it is really raining bad,

As through the window Hubby peers.

The look on Hubby's face is sad,

Could even be he's shedding tears,

Most likely very upset that

Before it did begin to rain,

The two of us had had a spat.

To him I made my feelings plain.

I wanted him around no more.

So now he's just in a big pout,

As the rain comes in a downpour,

Further damp on his mood no doubt.

Sadder Hubby looks, more I grin.

He's sad I won't let him back in.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Party Time

Time for big party circumstance,

As by the grapevine goes good news

Heard by all animals and plants.

How to party, each gets to choose.

Some enjoy in a quiet way,

With a lot of fresh air and sun.

Some put on a crazy display,

Acting like children having fun.

Most never thought this time would be,

When all could party knowing that

Life could go on and happily.

Mom Nature saved their habitat.

Why worldwide party has unfurled?

All humankind gone from the world.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Eye Popping Peeper

At last came Christmas Eve, that I

Was looking forward to a lot,

Down the chimney, the jolly guy

Bringing fun presents for this tot.

Of course Mommy and Daddy did

Say first I had to go to sleep.

So did as told, but knew this kid

Would later sneak down for a peep.

Which I did do at 12 o'clock.

Then saw a sight surprising me.

In fact it came as quite a shock,

Such sight seen by this young monkey.

An unbelievable sight, because

Mommy was kissing Santa Claus.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Pool Party

A pool party, I so do love.

I've been to many in the past,

Though not an invited guest of

Such a party, I've simply crashed.

Today, in a nice neighborhood,

I've found a pool and in I went,

In the mood for a party, good,

When does arrive my first playmate.

Not really picky who I choose

To party hearty with, cuz I'm

A party crashing gator who's

All set for fun pool party time.

When will my pool party begin?

Whenever a human jumps in.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Back to December

Back to that December you ask

For forgiveness from me to you.

I know it is no easy task

Admitting that you're sorry, true.

Spring, through summer, through fall we had

The very best of loving time.

But then came winter, all went bad

When I heard you tell me that I'm

No longer the one meant to be

With you, and surely broke my heart.

But then did make a better me,

A blessing that we went apart.

"And I go back to December,"

Forgiving what I remember.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Trickster

"Trick or treat" at the door I say.

Response is "trick," I'm challenged to

Write a poem of my choice way

In any style except haiku,

But must relate to "trick" preferred.

I'm always up for being dared,

Let creative juices be stirred,

Then pen in hand, this poem shared

By this pirate in place and time.

Tale of adventure to unfold

In rhyme and reason style, and I'm

Just a little kid, three years old.

So this poem is quite a trick,

I had to learn to write real quick.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Losing Freedom

The last war that we fought and won

Truly for freedom, World War II.

The fight we knew had to be done

To save future red, white and blue.

Most of us freedom fighters, dead,

Or soon to be, now very old.

Now, fewer patriots, instead

Too many brainwashed youth who hold

Ideas planted by foreign foe,

Who seek to destroy from within

Our nation, so the world will know

True freedom will not be again.

Just pawns be most youth of today,

So soon be gone the U.S.A.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Opportunity Pursuit

We find first time parenting is

A full time job for both of us,

Constantly minding offspring biz.

But Mom and Dad try not to fuss.

We're happy now our young do be

Old enough to go out and play,

Giving Mom and Dad, hopefully,

Some private time to come our way.

Now all alone, we have the chance

To reignite senses we knew,

And engage in some fun romance

That we mating wolves like to do.

We sent the pups out to play, then

We have all to ourselves the den.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 My Rose

My true love disappeared while she

Was hiking in the wilderness.

My hopes my Rose be found safely

Over the years were less and less.

But then one day, news I received,

My Rose found in a deep ravine

Where she'd fallen, I felt relieved

That some closure did intervene.

Though now just bones of Rose there be,

I was happy to hear, with her

Was growing wild flowers that she

Would have been so pleased with for sure.

Her skeletal remains were found,

Wild roses growing all around.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Mysterious Spring

Discovered, 1943,

When I was knocked off of a shelf.

"Walked" down a bunch of books, did me,

Discoverer wowed by myself.

There be no magic in my act.

Gravity and energy flows

Make me a scientific fact

Whenever "magic walking" goes.

I was meant for big time, I guess.

Sleek and sinuous means my name.

I became a commercial success,

For decades have had worldwide fame.

Who is this mysterious spring?

I am Slinky, a wondrous thing.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Duelers

Marvin the Martian does land in

A Loony Tune, Roadrunner is

Wile E. Coyote's prey again.

Marvin decides to mind their biz,

Daring Wile E. to a blast duel,

Winner to get Roadrunner prey.

Roadrunner watches, knowing who'll

Beep happy ending, no surprise.

Wile E. in Acme rocket shoots

Toward Marvin, firing his ray gun,

Both confidant in duel pursuits

As ending up the one who won.

On Wile E. and Marvin be joke,

As both blow up in cloud of smoke.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Assisted Living

Taking a shower is routine,

Told me by authority voice,

Must be maintained my good hygiene,

Wanted or not, I have no choice.

In the shower allowed alone,

As long as I do what I need

To do the job all on my own.

Though checked how well I do the deed.

For getting old, my time and place

Is in this nursing home to be

Where I am just another case,

Waiting for death to come for me.

Shadow on the frosted glass wall,

The nurse's aide, in case I fall.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 The Rise of the Lotus

From the dark muddy depths below,

The lotus flower seeks to rise

From the lake bottom, up to grow.

Hard journey, still the lotus tries

To move up through lake waters till

Reaching the surface of the lake,

Unfurling petals to fulfill

The sun's blessing for success sake.

Surviving through the worldly mire,

Through all the bad and unknown fate,

Knowing true nature does inspire,

Realizing a divine state.

Like the lotus rise to the sun,

I seek rise as spiritual one.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Hearing Hal

A widower I knew Hal be.

Soon after we began to date.

But after Hal did marry me,

I felt burdened by his wife, late.

Hal constantly did talk of her,

Their idyllic time spent in past,

Much better than today for sure.

Once in Hal's mind, long she would last

In my being a victim of

Hal's inability to let

Go, obsessing his first wife's love,

Which got his second wife upset.

Lamenting first wife, dead and gone,

Now I have to hear Hal sigh on.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Bad Time

That time we first met, you and me,

I thought we would have just some fun.

And  then no longer would we be,

Whatever time we had be done.

But then I fell real hard for you,

And no way would I let you go,

No matter that you wanted to.

But I had to have you and so

I went a little crazy mad

Trying to keep you, but instead

Our last time together went bad,

When I went blank and you went dead.

I think about you lots while I'm

Alone in my cell doing time.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Wedded Couple the World Would Know

Whirlwind romance, the two chose to

Elope in 1940, she

Wore a black dress, all she had due

To her lost luggage, and then he

Forgot the wedding ring, so bought

A cheap ring at a five and dime.

Both in show biz, busy a lot.

Honeymoon had a later time.

T.V. producers wanted her

To star in a comedy show.

She wanted him costar for sure.

Producers could not tell her no.

The rest is T.V. history,

As "I Love Lucy" came to be.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Intolerable

We two do try to get along,

Though we have different politics.

I am right, my colleague is wrong.

But we manage to intermix.

Then one day, put on feet to wear

A new stocking  each foot did get,

An expensive athletic pair.

But the brand name made me upset,

As too far left to tolerate.

A Nike sock just would not do.

Maybe okay for my left mate,

But surely not for this right shoe.

Very conservative I be,

So no woke Nike stuff with me.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Extinction

The females took over the Earth,

And learned to clone themselves, and so

Males no longer had any worth.

Execution, all men did go.

Over a long enough timeline,

Copy of many copies, I

Came with hers of the same design.

But then we did begin to die.

Virus in us did intervene,

Quickly dropped our survival rate.

In each of us, a killer gene,

All of us to suffer same fate.

The last female on Earth, alone,

I choose to die before I clone.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 To My Yoh in South Africa

A grogga bug is bugging me.

"How zit," I'm sure the bug does buzz.

A lekker jol I look to be.

"Eina," I'm gonna cry, becuz

Ag, it's trying to bite my neck.

So try to swat it with my head.

Swing round and round, eish, what the heck!

Just vrot dizziness instead.

This bad bug bugs me to the point

I'm a very grouchy giraffe,

With a neck that's now out of joint.

Darn mosquito has the last laugh.

One more pain in the neck I've got,

Cuz I've tied my neck in a knot.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Friends Again

Since kindergarten Bill and I

Were best friends, together a lot.

But then when high school sophomores, my

Being understanding was not.

Being Bill's friend went a bad way,

When Bill had the courage to tell

Me that he was sure he was gay.

I did not take his truth too well.

When Bill came out to everyone,

I thought everyone would think me

Gay too, so Bill and I were done,

No longer could our friendship be.

I was miserable until

Asked and got forgiveness from Bill.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Bouncing Ball

Around 1600 B.C.

In what is now southern Mexico,

Mayans pulled from a rubber tree

Some strips, and wound together so

To end up with a round ball, me,

With 'bout 3 inch diameter.

Easily by human hand be

Hit and caught so as to occur

Compliance in a game to play

By the humans to compete in

Making use of my bouncing way.

Whoever used me best would win.

I began lots of fun for all,

Becoming the first bouncing ball.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Heroine Needed

Whatever purpose humankind

Was meant to serve upon this world,

As time goes by, harder to find,

With destruction that's been unfurled.

Heroes and saviors humans thought

Would come to the rescue of all,

Have just shown up to fail a lot.

It's time to make a judgement call

To end threat of humanity,

Causing its extinction to bring

The world back into harmony,

Humankind's beyond saving.

The heroine to restore worth,

Mother Nature will save her Earth.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Disciplined to No End

I love my couch potato life.

The wife thinks I need disciplined.

If the couch pains me, thinks the wife,

Then my time on the couch would end.

I gave the wife's opinion thought,

And told her that I did agree.

Of course I hated pain a lot,

And best way to discipline me.

So I told the wife that I would

Continue on the couch remain

Till I was disciplined real good

By feeling lots and lots of pain.

So now I always yell loud, "Ouch,"

Whenever I am on the couch.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 In Love with Daisy

With Daisy I did fall in love.

So I'd play my banjo to ask

In music if there was chance of

Success with Daisy in my task

Of singing songs she should enjoy

Enough to maybe love me back.

But Daisy with me was so coy,

No hint if I was on right track

With her, but no hint I was wrong,

So I just kept up my pursuit

Of Daisy, singing my love song,

Hoping for her love absolute.

Banjo playing grasshopper, me,

In love with Daisy flower be.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Lovers Reunited

Under the bright moon in full stage,

I hear you call me in the night.

But I am entrapped in this cage,

Our being apart, just not right.

Because we are so much in love.

But they choose to keep us apart.

They being so ignorant of

Affairs our kind share of the heart.

Yes, you have picked up on my scent,

And soon they will meet fate most foul,

As they receive your punishment,

Your claws and fangs rip as you howl.

My lover, you do set me free.

Now together, we werewolves be.