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.