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.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 My Unpardoned Interruption

I just had to interrupt them,

No apology that I did,

Causing a whole bunch of mayhem.

But after all, I'm just a kid,

And interrupt when I have got

Something very important to

Act in a manner, maybe not

Good manners, but still I must do.

They should understand, but instead

They were very upset with me,

That I had disturbed them in bed,

A welcome presence, I not be.

My interruption made them mad.

Now I'm grounded by Mom and Dad.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 I Wish Irish

I know that you don't like it when

I party at the pub all night.

You think my drinking is a sin,

Of course as any drunk's wife might.

Staggering from the pub I roam,

Hoping that maybe you'll not find

Me drunk again when I get home,

Becuz I know you won't be kind.

Open my eyes where I pass out,

See your scowled face, but in changed form.

You've shrunk, all dressed in green, no doubt,

Something is different from the norm.

You've turned into a leprechaun,

So if I blink, will you be gone?

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Our Golden Hour

Long wintry hours we come from.

Nature wakens our trees to

The springtime hour, so we come

Sprouting buddings all fresh and new

Upon our trees, set the scene

As summer hours lets us grow

Into maturity all green.

Then to autumn hour we go,

Knowing that change soon comes to us,

From color green to gold display.

Of course we leaves do never fuss,

Because it is just nature's way.

Accept, golden hour be we,

Nature's golden our  we be.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 We People Need to Understand

With the creation of the Earth,

First came all water, land and air.

Then Mother Nature felt it worth

Having plants and animals share.

Last of the animals to come

Were we the people, and too fast,

Behaved in manner worrisome

To Mother Nature, so at last

We wasted and ruined so much,

Mother Nature installed pure fear,

A stern ultimatum as such,

Behave better or disappear.

We people need to understand

We share all, water and land.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Peony

I am a flower, peony,

Deemed by humans, good luck I bring.

Right now I am hosting a bee,

Who loves all my sweet nectaring.

And when the bee leaves, it will take

My pollen to spread all around,

Help for more of my kind to make.

And then I sense that you are bound

Right toward me, and I can guess why.

But as you sniff me, that bee might

Fly up your nose, so bid goodbye

To bee, now set for your delight.

I do bring lots good luck, I do,

Just brought for bee and me and you.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Loser

It was a high stakes poker game,

One player on a winning streak,

A stranger, Jack was his first name.

Still, that big winning hand I'd seek,

But kept losing, last hand I'd bet

My home, and was a hand I lost.

My wife and kids left me, upset.

A losing poker hand had cost

Not just my home, but family.

I gambled all the best I had.

All around loser I did be.

The gambling bug, I had it bad.

My bluff, the stranger, Jack, did call,

And won that hand, I lost it all.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Remember Me?

What will people remember me

As? A question that my answer is,

I don't think much about that be,

Not caring to mind other's biz.

Lot of words said, lot of deeds done,

Some right, some wrong, some bad, some good.

People's memory of me is one

I don't change, even if I could.

One thing, lots of people know it,

I am a long time sonneteer,

So remembered as such poet,

Okay when I'm no longer here.

Remember me spending much time

Finding reason, this or that rhyme.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Shadowed by Death

Into a valley pasture green

I found myself one lovely day,

Such a natural beauty scene,

I decided a while to stay.

So a leisurely rest I took

Upon the grass and flowers by

A gently flowing babbling brook,

Watching white clouds roll through blue sky.

Then I was startled suddenly,

Threatened I had ignored all sign

This place was not welcome to me,

So dire consequence was all mine.

A stranger and trespasser, I,

The owner shot, was left to die.

Sense Sonnet - pumper

 Sir David Attenborough, Our Friend

Sir David Attenborough, you

Are a one hundred year old boy.

For all butterflies, old and new,

Thank you for helping us enjoy

Better lives in the world we share.

Your great conservation work on

Behalf of us, we know you care.

And so I fly and land upon

Your nose, to wish happiest of

All your birthdays, and many more.

For all butterflies, I give love.

You're one human we all adore.

Sir David Attenborough, I

Am a most grateful butterfly.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Change Direction

For the last several hundred years,

By western lords, the world's been ruled.

Power and money instill fear.

Dissent and protest ridiculed.

But in the last decade there is

A shifting in the ruling game.

More at stake, playing dirty biz,

Fighting amongst western lords came.

Old alliances fell away,

Rotting within the team until

They forfeited due to decay.

The destiny, fate would fulfill.

As reign of western lords be ceased,

World ruled now by lords of the east.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 "To Be Or Not To Be"

"To be or not to be," Shakespeare

Made this famous in Hamlet play.

Will also was famed sonneteer.

Maybe I too can be someday

Good sonneteer, I want to be,

Bad sonneteer, want not so much.

Bunches of sonnets are in me,

Some turn out good, some bad as such.

In Shakespeare's league, most likely not.

But try and try again, I spill

Ink, pouring my sonnets a lot,

Hoping be good one, next one will.

To be or not to be good sonnet,

I'm sure gonna work hard on it.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Disappointed

I adopted a family,

And their child soon became my own,

A favorite, this child for me,

Watching my child through the years grown.

No doubt, my child is very bright,

And in school always performs well,

Which is of course to my delight.

But one night's homework, I could tell

My child's laziness did show through.

Lots of errors done fast and loose.

And my child wanted me to do

The dog ate the homework excuse.

My child does know that such does irk,

So would not eat my child's homework.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 Whale of a Tale

So many tales of whales there be

Told to all in prose and in song

Of the largest "fish" in the sea.

But technically, such tales be wrong

When a whale as a fish is called.

Even in Bible's Jonah tale,

When Jonah's swallowing befalled

By a "big fish," in truth a whale.

So as I sit on a ship's bow,

And see a giant whale go by,

Indeed a tale to tell somehow

About a whale up in the sky.

I told my tale, all thought absurd,

Largest mammal turned largest bird!

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Off on Well Deserved Vacation

Another busy season done,

Cold winter workshop shut up tight.

They all head off to have some fun,

Flying south fast in the moonlight.

Off to a sand beached tropic isle,

A well deserved vacation to

Be traveling toward in high style.

At last it is their dream come true.

All expenses, the boss has paid,

Including the company jet,

Boss's backup crew, flight is made.

For happy time, they all are set.

At stroke of midnight, Christmas Day,

Elves parachute from Santa's sleigh.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 White House Meeting

Winston Churchill in World War II,

On visit to the White House, stayed

In the Lincoln Bedroom, and through

With his night bath soaking, he made

His way to his robe, when appeared

Tall man with frock coat and top hat.

At first Churchill thought this was weird,

But very soon realized that

He recognized who this man be.

Though some flustered, as bareness will,

"You have the advantage of me,"

"Mr. President," said Churchill.

Abe stared at Churchill for a while,

Then Abe disappeared with a smile.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Grandfather Clock

My Grandfather Clock, I do love

How regularly he does chime

In on telling me stories of

Far off places, long ago time.

My Grandfather Clock tells so well

His lifetime stories to me with

Such an awesomeness, I can't tell

Whether such time's are truth or myth.

My Grandfather Clock, with him I

Spend lots of time listening to

His tales of his past times and why

I don't mind whether or not true.

Grandfather, favorite for me

In hour whole Clock family.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Aldebaran Dream

Aldebaran, giant red star,

Created in the Aztec mind,

The Follower in night sky far

Of demons bound for humankind,

Seeking to catch them before they

Could reach and demonize the earth.

Aztecs charted the star display,

Built pyramids to worship worth

Of Aldebaran to at last

Catch and destroy the demon plan,

Before reaching the earth to cast

Doom o'er Aztecs place and time span.

Aztecs fretted the wrong mayhem,

As Spaniards came and destroyed them.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 Devil Be Damned

I remember the day I fell,

God told me that my punishment

Was to be landlord over hell,

Where all the sinners would be sent.

And since then I have had to deal

With only humans, all a bore.

I'm constantly punished for real,

With this afterlife cleanup chore.

All humans go to hell with sin,

A very few to heaven go.

Just plants and animals let in,

Bummer arrangement,  doncha know!

In hell's where most humankind be,

So have some sympathy for me.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 "Blackadder" Sequel

A new "Blackadder' series planned,

During reign of King Charles the Third.

The Epstein files are exposed, and

Prince Andrew's downfall has occurred.

Charged with treason, the prince may tell

Of how the king knew all about

His brother's misdeeds, and not well

For monarchy's future no doubt.

And so the Blackadder is hired

To make the whole thing go away.

A save the king plot is desired,

And made to happen by foul play.

This "Blackadder" ends with the take,

Prince Andy's killed off by this snake.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Subjecting

Paint a picture for you to read,

And hope you see yourself therein.

An end I would hope for indeed,

But am not sure how to begin,

Since I don't really know you, so

I'll start by just saying, "Thank you,"

For letting me just say, "Hello."

And hope you are a person who

Patiently gives me enough time

To make attempt to do my best,

By having you read my whole rhyme,

And then take part in this contest.

Please, as your eyes gaze upon it,

Picture myself in my sonnet.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 From House to Shop

There is a fairy tale of old,

Three pigs, and a house each did build

Of straw, of wood, of bricks, retold

With a different ending fulfilled.

The tree houses left empty when

Off to market did go each pig.

The houses were foreclosed on then.

At the market, having grown big,

All of the three pigs found themselves

Each taking on a change of name,

And put up front on a shop's shelves.

Once pigs, but now pork chops became.

These three pigs ended up in this tale

Daily special in butcher shop sale.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 My Favorite Sound

Whenever walking outside or

Inside and with a window down,

Sound I always want to hear more,

Whether in country or in town.

It's the natural music there,

Through all the seasons of the year,

The music floating in the air,

Which always puts me in good cheer.

Melodic chirps, whistles and trills,

Warbles, buzzes, short or long tune,

Lifting my spirit such fulfills,

A welcome sound, most opportune.

I always hope such sound be heard,

Sound of any and all songbird.