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.