Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Undeclared U.S. Wars

The last declaration of war

By U.S. Congress, World War II.

Since then, we've fought a whole lot more,

Called and looking like wars, yes true.

Lately, the battles back and forth

Between parties in Congress is

Red v blue, like was south v north,

Uncivil civil spats, gee whiz.

Constitutional yes or no

Is a judicial last word on.

Through the courts such a case must go,

War or war not phenomenon.

So far, the U.S. Supreme Court,

No "war" has chosen to abort.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Wrong "Eggs"pectation

An Aesop Fable often told

About a farmer's goose who laid

Egg after egg, each of pure gold.

So soon, greed in the farmer made

Him kill this goose in the belief,

A huge pile of gold be inside.

But none there, to the farmer's grief.

"Where'd the gold go?" the farmer cried.

Maybe the gold, the farmer thought,

Had transferred to another goose.

Sounded reasonable, why not!

The farmer's mind had a screw loose.

Now, all laying of white eggs cease,

Cuz the farmer's killed all his geese.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Another Noah Coming

God created the Earth in mind

Then creating evolution,

Making for better humankind.

But then was much revolution,

By humans as to way to live.

And most living in sin became

Increasing war. Should God forgive

The most of humankind at blame?

God's world still evolves and revolves.

Humans still choose the sinning way,

Evil, that only God resolves

In God's own time on Judgement Day.

By nuke or virus, by and by,

Billions of humankind will die.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Pathology

Robert Frost in his poem chose

To take the path less traveled by.

But since then, lots of rules arose,

No easy path to choose. And why?

Because the powers that be deem

That We the People walk the path

That's very crooked in its scheme.

Not walk it, then incurs the wrath

Of the powerful, who'll then force

The independent minded to

Either walk on the crazy course,

Or disappear without a clue.

The powers that be stick a wall

Where they want no one walk at all.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Katie Dobson Cundiff Painted Me

A painting, poetry contest

Including him or her and me.

In both artworks, I'm at my best.

In shades of blacks and greens I be

Shown with her or him under trees,

Reflecting shadows back upon

Us in colored patterns to please,

Such a worthy phenomenon.

But will we win best show and tell?

I'm just glad we are entered in

The race, Maybe we'll lose, oh well.

But maybe, just maybe we'll win.

I tote headless rider, of course,

Speechless, so thanks told by this horse.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 My Mirror

My mirror was given just one task,

Reflection of me back to give

Of good and right shown by my mask,

Reflected as long as I live.

My mirror need only show how I

Chose to be seen by others who

Be duped by me with trick and lie,

Believing me so real and true.

My mirror abetted me time long,

Showing me only good and right,

Never showing me bad and wrong,

Until that last reflected sight.

My last reflection that I see,

Evil, ugly creature I be.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Where are the Good Men?

"Where are the good men,?" I do ask

Myself most every night and day.

Gee whiz, it's been such a hard task,

As so many men come my way.

Each new man that I meet, I try

To find something in him that's good.

But so far, just a huge supply

All representing bad manhood.

But I keep giving all my best

Searching for the first good man who

Will make it worth all of my quest.

Try, try again, all I can do.

I've met many a bad feller,

All are buried in my cellar.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 The Tower

Tourist in Pisa, Italy,

To a tarotist I went to,

For my fortune be read to me.

It was The Tower card she drew,

And told me that grave danger would

Fall upon me, and very soon.

Though this news was not at all good,

She sold me beads to be immune.

I left her and walked over for

An attraction I'd not yet seen.

Closer I got to it, the more

I saw the tower, sure did lean.

My truth The Tower card did tell,

On me, Tower Of Pisa fell.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 I'd Like to Fix ...

An issue I should fix in me

Is my gambling far, far too much.

I've bet and lost loads of money,

And lose much more than win at such.

I know there are sources of aid

To help me in this habit bad.

But I'm so sure, each bet when laid,

This bet will be the winner had.

And so my gambling rules my mind,

To bet much on my own defeat.

A fix I really need to find,

Assuring winning if I cheat.

So would come up all of my picks,

The lottery I'd like to fix.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 This Queen's Last Meeting

I was quite young when crowned their queen.

Their old queen then quite dead and gone.

And now I note my girls convene,

In natural phenomenon,

Since I am now quite old as well.

For me, my girls have labored long,

But now instincts in them compel

A change for which they are not wrong.

My girls bee meeting now to choose

The next young queen over the hive.

Then my girls will meet with me, who's

Their queen no longer left alive.

Surrounded by my girls I be,

And all abuzz as they eat me.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Magic Cure

Will there ever be on Earth, peace?

Humankind always wages war,

With no inclination to cease,

Always waging on as before.

Hoped for that humankind would solve

The problems of war before this,

Since humankind meant to evolve

To make a world of peace and bliss.

But such from humankind does be

Not going to happen for sure.

Only will happen hopefully,

Supernatural magic cure.

Magic cure, war atrocities,

All humankind turned into trees.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Ship of Fools

The ship's captain was a mean boss

To all of his crew while at sea.

The crew conspired to give him toss,

And took the ship by mutiny.

Proceeded to drink barrels of rum,

Totally blitzed, all file and rank.

The captain's judgement day had come,

As he was forced to walk the plank.

Rocked the boat, as crew danced and cheered,

All watching from the portside deck.

Nobody noticed something weird

Was happening. So what the heck!

Forgotten was gravity rules,

Topsized, went down this ship of fools.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Pillow Talk

It was quite the shock of my life

To hear, while I was on a trip,

An affair was had by my wife.

Was this gossip by a loose lip?

My wife first denied this of course,

When confronted by me on this.

But no reason to lie, this source,

Long privy to our wedded bliss.

She admitted cheating at last,

And wondered who had snitched on her.

Such infidelity has cast

A double shock on me for sure.

And why for me a double shock?

Who knew that my pillow could talk!

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Trots from Hots

Two stacks of pancakes, freshly fried,

Their misery wants comfort, so

Tell how great it was, as they lied

To the remaining pancake dough.

But the dough sees some eggs fry in

The skillet, and all the eggs yell

They were misled to their chagrin,

And this hot skillet hurts like hell.

Thus, the dough, now misgivings had,

"No," to the pancakes stacks does say,

Which of course makes the stacks quite mad,

As remaining dough runs away.

The pancake dough has faster legs,

Escapes the skillet of fried eggs.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 As Nature Pens

Nature as a poetess is

Using her trees, now seasoned for

Good subjects, her creative biz

To become well versed to add more

On limbs and branches, winter bare,

To be a budding source for new

Poetic greenery to share.

So nature with her pen does do

A reimplanting from her mind,

Creating fresh ideas to sprout

Forth upon all her trees, designed

To be a welcome work, no doubt.

As nature pens in a fresh rhyme,

Leaves on her trees in new springtime.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Final Battle

As more and more, mankind moved toward

The worship of evil from hell,

At last God sent her with her sword

To cleanse all earth and make it well.

So from heaven, descended she,

Sword drawn and taking up the fight

To bring upon earth finally,

Absolute truth of heaven's might.

At last the righteous spirit would

Take on the wrongs the devil had

Instilled in man, now woman's good

On Judgement Day, replaced man's bad.

Archangel Jophiel to find

And destroy evil of mankind.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 God Still Holds Hope

The Bible says that on God's mind

His love and glory meant to share,

So God created humankind,

And hopes for the best with His care.

But we humans so often take

The wrong path in the lives we live.

So does God think us a mistake?

We only know, God does forgive,

And in forgiving, lets us know

He believes that humankind can

Still repent all our sins, to show

Achieved purpose in God's time span.

God still holds hope that humankind will

Find His love and glory to fulfill.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Door in the Woods

Family and I camping out,

In the woods on a nice spring day.

By myself, I'm walking about,

And find a door in the pathway.

A lovely door that looks quite new.

Why in the world is it out here?

I near it, not sure what to do.

In my mind some weird thoughts appear.

Supernatural? U.F.O.?

Does this door stand for best or worst?

I hear familiar sounds I know,

Wishing me happy April first.

Family's giggling at me, who'll

Be teased by them, an April fool.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Hunger Game

Not yet dawn, I am on the lake,

An early fishing start to get.

But breakfast I forgot to take.

Not a single fish caught as yet.

So in my boat under moonlight,

My tummy in a rumbling growl,

Missing my breakfast, such a plight.

"Oh, why me!" to the moon I howl.

Search, but nary any food be.

Hallucinations do begin,

As my hunger takes over me.

Make believe, I find myself in.

Pancake moon in a skillet sky,

With star sparks from the battered fry.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Hot Dot Wrought

After few drinks at home, high noon,

Went to my window, dropped my drawers,

And to outside world did my moon,

Along with my giggle uproar.

Stayed put, and continued to drink.

Felt the hot sun on my bare skin,

Not giving any thought to think

Of consequences of my sin.

Then I felt sharp pain suddenly,

And looked behind, quite horrified,

Saw and smelled smoke coming from me.

Through the glass, the sun magnified.

A single black dot had begun,

Turned into a case of "arsesun."

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Kleptocracy Rules!

Kleptocracy is government

Whose corrupt leaders lie and steal

From the people, and represent 

Every nation with such a deal.

It matters not, called left or right,

Just a mask that the elites wear,

While all use their money and might,

Enrich themselves, and never care

About the people, cuz they know

People are so easily fooled,

Shift around elite status quo,

Keep dumbing down, being so ruled.

Elites continue robbing blind

All of the common humankind.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 The Kiss Shared 'Round the World

"All in the Family," the one

When Sammy Davis, Jr. came

To pick up his briefcase, in fun,

At the episode end, did aim

And plant a kiss on Archie's cheek.

The audience laughter did go

On and on in a record streak,

The longest for a T.V. show.

All in my family, we too

Enjoyed such in this time and place,

A moment sharing, pure and true,

There is hope for the human race.

Last T.V. episode watched by

My Grandma and my Mom and I.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Louie, Louied Out

Louie, Louie, to me you said,

"Baby from you I gotta go."

You could not stay with me, instead

Became for me a shipped off beau.

Louie, Louie, you sailed some ship

Across the sea to sail some dream,

Left me alone as you did skip

Off to pursue your fortune scheme.

Louie, Louie, back from you roam,

Back to me, when you were the one

Took off from our Jamaica home,

Now expect me to you to run.

Louie, Louie, a jerk you be,

So Larry, Larry, now with me.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Tead Off

The Mad Hatter and Alice be

At a party in Wonderland.

The two of them were sipping tea.

Gotcha Alice, Mad Hatter planned,

Chit chatting with her in a way

That would be offensive for sure,

A game Mad Hatter loved to play,

Played with Alice to perturb her,

Which sure enough, Mad Hatter did,

Poking fun at Alice in rhyme.

And the more Mad Hatter would kid,

The more Alice had a mad time.

It was fun time Mad Hatter had,

Rude to Alice till she left mad.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Morning Mourning

Every morning at breakfast, I'm

Reading the newspaper so that,

I've told my wife, the only time

Before leaving our habitat

To go to work when I must be

Upon all current events, well.

My boss relies on this from me.

It took a while for me to sell

This excuse to my wife, so I

Could avoid the chit chat with her.

My wife, skeptical, I guess why

She felt need to jolt me for sure.

The shockingest read of my life,

My obit posted by my wife!

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Hair Raisin' Ride

Too much junk food, so he was told

He needed exercise some more.

So sprayed me lots to help me hold,

And off ridin' a bike we tore.

Offered a helmet, he said no.

The squad assigned would protect him.

Through all the red lights we did go.

He would not stop, once on a whim.

With all the spray on me I got

Hit with a lot of flyin' stuff,

Especially the bugs a lot.

This ride could not quit fast enough.

I'd disappeared by the ride's end,

The famed Trump hair, gone with the wind.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 My Lie Told Me

"Not my Jesus," I said when young,

But my Jesus still stayed within,

Did not depart with my harsh tongue,

Did not depart when I did sin.

"Not my Jesus," when death I tried,

But my Jesus from me saved me,

As I recovered, stayed inside

Myself to help to better be.

"Not my Jesus," a lie I told

Myself, but then His truth I found,

And stayed with me as I grew old,

Now to my Jesus, ever bound.

"Not my Jesus," I now say not.

"My Jesus," I now feel a lot.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Book Bummer

My parents said since I was bad,

I need read a book all alone.

Being grounded by Mom and Dad,

The worst punishment I have known.

I'm sitting by a window for

The sunlight streaming through to let

Good light enough for reading chore,

Which really has me quite upset.

I have to read the book complete,

Cuz Mom and Dad will test me on

The book's contents, so I can't cheat.

All I can do is read and yawn.

Read a book is harder for me,

Than use my phone and watch T.V.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Overcoming

Addictive personality,

Bad habits, I've a bunch of them.

And for too long a time I be

Causing myself lots of mayhem.

But I was lucky, cuz I found

Help for baddest addictions, I

Have, and been recovery bound,

That accepting help can supply.

Abuse of substance, gambling and

Sex lust, I'm recovering, though

Never be cured, I understand,

Have to work to stay well, I know.

Addictions still real, not a dream,

I often relapse on ice cream.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

Been Here, Seen That

Almost noon time, sirens I hear.

From my desk to window I go.

Police and ambulance appear.

I watch sixteen stories below,

Outside Howard train station is

A body lying on the ground,

Authorities doing their biz,

I'm guessing, to the morgue be bound.

A very busy time and place,

With lots of people walking by.

Nothing surprising with this case,

Certainly not surprised am I.

In time and place, I've seen before,

Chicago shooting, just one more.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 U.S. Citizenship Fire Sale

Yes, the U.S. Supreme Court will

Let birthright citizenship stand.

At least five justices won't nil

What long has been law of the land.

Is this right or wrong, good or bad?

Of course depends on point of view.

U.S. citizenship once had

Very high status, prized and true.

But the way that the U.S. is

Heading, is playing to the aim

Of what's hoped for by China biz,

Soon, winning player in the game.

U.S. citizenship will not

In the future be worth a lot.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Shape of Earth

The Bible says God shaped the Earth

As a "sphere" in the heavens with

Land and water and air with worth

For life. Humans made up the myth

Of a flat Earth, but did evolve

To prove the Earth's real shape was round.

Took a while, this puzzle to solve.

Many wondered how be Earthbound

On a round ball and not roll off.

A lot of disbelief there be.

And of course, humans did scoff

When first told about gravity.

If God be asked what shape's Earth in?

Still a round ball, but filled with sin.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Weed Be Blessed

God created the plant called weed

By created folks who'd engage

In smoking the stuff, and indeed,

Kept continuing the stoned age.

But God was not upset by this.

Folks used other stuff God had made

To cause harm, whereas weed caused bliss,

Even though was illegal trade,

And in most countries was outlawed.

But since weed was not deemed a sin,

This did make little sense to God.

More weed acceptance did begin.

Folks legalized weed, by and by,

God found prophets at all time high.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 For Fritz

Out in the wilderness we were,

Fritz, pure German Shepherd, and I,

For many years, best friends for sure.

I was his gal, he was my guy.

Suddenly, Fritz barked, then was gone

Into the woods, I could not see,

But heard a fight was going on.

And then when I found him, Fritz be

Madly mangled from bear attack.

I held him close to me, but knew

No way was Fritz gonna bounce back.

Stop his suffering, I had to do.

I did what hurt, but needed done,

My best friend shot dead by my gun.