Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness

Rachael Heyhoe Flint, captain of

The English women's cricket team,

Twelve gloried years in game she'd love

To excel in from childhood dream.

A cricket playing pioneer,

Role model for young women who'd

Watch her victories, as she'd steer,

To join her in her path pursued.

In the Women's Cricket World Cup,

First held in 1973,

She flashed vee sign, two fingers up,

And led her team to victory.

Now in the Cricket Hall of Fame,

First she inducted from the game.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 His Belt

Well made but well worn leather belt,

It took me back to my childhood.

So many memories I felt,

And none of them felt any good.

Always on a hook it had hung,

Beside our home's kitchen back door.

My body'd felt the lashes strong,

But my spirit felt so much more.

Used when he'd thought I had done wrong.

To my punishment it was tied.

Just holding it brought feelings strong.

My only keepsake, now he'd died.

Once was his belt, but now I had,

Reminding me, be better Dad.

Sense Sonnet - Steamer

 The Pastor's Deadly Sin

The pastor in a sermon said

He had a sweet tooth for fruit pie.

Making such a confession led

Soon after to his deathbed. Why?

The congregation all brought him

Fruit pies by the dozens, and so

The pastor ate all on a whim.

His belly ballooned up to blow,

Causing his death. The pastor went

To the Pearly Gates, and he told

St. Peter the pies incident.

Frowning, St. Peter then did scold,

"The sin of gluttony you tell,"'

"Burn those calories off in hell!"

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Lost Track of Me

Hubby no more had good me with

Wifey, now me with her was bad.

That I, time, don't care is just myth.

One final good me should be had

By Hubby, so I took him to,

With his buddies, a last night out.

Such a good me, Hubby did do.

I got away from him, no doubt.

So later, Hubby came back home,

And Wifey was not in good cheer,

For the me Hubby spent in roam,

"Why the hell were you gone a year?"

Hubby lost track of me, now I'm

Back to his bad from his good time.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Tongue Lasher

I'm in the Savannah for lunch,

Here at home in Lincoln Park Zoo.

And while I eat, watched by a bunch

Of human visitors, all who

Seem quite impressed with the length of

My twenty inch long tongue that I

Grab the acacia leaves I love.

Each tongue lash grabs a good supply.

Dark purple blue my tongue does be,

Protecting from burn of the sun.

I watch the humans watching me,

This giraffe, a crowd favorite one.

I note tall Chicago skyline,

And none have tongues as long as mine!

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Home B Ball Game

My boys are playing basketball.

Hoop's on garage in the driveway.

Mom, Dad, Sis, the family all

Are cheering on this lovely day.

My job is as the referee,

Make sure rules followed in the game.

My boys pay attention to me.

They know sportsmanship is my aim.

Of course I want them to have fun,

And we all are having a bunch.

Then right after the game is done,

We all are gonna break for lunch.

Keeping my boys' game on the up,

Barking decisions be this pup.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 We Amazed Each Other

You are a man, when but a boy

With other boys climbed to the top

With your music, brought the world joy.

Your band broke up, would music stop?

You are a man without your band,

Which was so very hard for you.

Your loss, you could not understand.

And too much drinking you would do.

You are a man who could not cope,

And relied more and more on me.

All I could promise you was hope

You would get better, and you be.

So yes, you are a man, my man,

And when you can't, maybe I can.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 The Downfall of King Saul

King Saul of Israel had long fought

The Philistines in constant war.

Then a witch told Saul he was not

In God's good favor any more.

On Mount Gilboah Saul did fight

His last battle and which would cost

His life, as the Philistine's might

Overwhelmed them and Israel lost

Pieter Bruegel The Elder chose

To paint of King Saul's suicide.

Depicted painting battle shows

Saul falls on sword and falls on pride.

Painting, "The Suicide of Saul,"

Of how "pride goeth before the fall."

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 "Drama"dary

Life on the desert is hard, and

The wind is always blowing up

My nose, sand boxes full of sand.

I'm hot under the collar, yup.

Inside the water inside me

A lot of tension on the boil.

This ship of the desert, I be

A mental shipwreck with this toil.

I can call no oasis mine.

This camel's life, I can't escape.

Always caboose in a long line,

My hump's really bent outta shape.

I constantly am getting hit,

Camel ahead is full of spit.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Her Veggie Over Him

She serves me to him many ways.

Sometimes I'm boiled or baked or fried,

Sometimes served raw with mayonnaise.

However to him I'm supplied,

She serves me up with carnal aim,

To render him helpless for sure.

She knows that I am her best game

To get and keep him stuck on her.

Cuz she knows as long has been known,

Enticing love, I've got the edge,

Potent properties, all my own,

For making love, I'm super veg.

As a love potion I enchant.

He's her sex slave with this eggplant.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 I'd Choose Loki

Loki seems like a fun Norse god,

Full of mischief and trickery.

Other deities deemed him odd,

Causing chaos with poetry,

Called flyting, exemplified by

Crashing a party big gods had,

Loki was in mood to defy.

Other gods cried he was so bad,

Insulting all in witty verse.

But he'd just grin while goading them.

The more he'd goad, the more they'd curse.

He left the party in mayhem.

If picking a Norse god be done

By me, Loki sounds like most fun.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 I Have to Grieve Alone

My dear wife died, and yes I grieved,

But glad that someone close to her

Remained with me, and I believed

The two of us could cope for sure.

But he was still very aloof

With me, as he had been before.

Treating him well, I thought was proof

That his companionship meant more

To me, now with loss of my wife.

One day I let him outside, and

He just disappeared from my life,

So hard for me to understand.

I guess I just will never learn

Why her cat never did return.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Kept Hidden

"People don't fake depression, they"

"Fake being okay ..." quote went on,

"Remember that. Be kind." He'd say,

And then Robin Williams was gone.

When alive, most public did not

Know how depressed Robin did be.

His talent covered it a lot.

Under, most of us could not see.

But if we'd known the truth about

Robin's depression when alive,

Would such knowledge have cast doubt

On whether his career could thrive?

Your great wit and humor did cease.

Sad, Robin Williams, rest in peace.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Oh Well!

If I lived well, I heard it said

That death would tremble to take me.

So maybe never I'd be dead,

So well my life I lived to be.

Of course live well as I defined,

Which probably was not the way

A well life might have been divined,

Which I knew not, never did pray.

And so there came that point in time,

The docs all told me time to go,

So lie here in my deathbed, I'm

Waiting to see if death will show.

I did not take death's coming well,

Looked at me and giggled like hell.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Kukulkan

Kukulkan is my Mayan name,

The feathered serpent god who is

Known for equinoctial fame,

Doing annunciation biz.

Each equinox, autumn and spring,

The setting sun announces my

Generosity in coming.

Display a shadow in light, I

Descend the northern staircase of

My pyramid, bridge, sky to earth,

To grace all the mere mortals' love,

Deeming me of such esteemed worth.

The tourists hunger to see me,

Each having paid a viewing fee.

Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 She Surprised Me!

I remember fourth grade when she

Came into class for her first day.

She sat in the desk in front of me.

I was class clown, so had to play.

Teacher told us, pass papers up

To front of each row, and so I

Gave her pigtail a quick tug, yup,

To get her attention was why.

She turned around, the papers took,

Then she got up, to my side came,

And at me gave a grinning look.

Then at me, suddenly took aim.

Set for anything, but not this,

On my cheek, she planted a kiss.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Life's a Gamble

The aging Colonel and his wife

Become poorer with every day.

Under martial law, a hard life,

As finances dwindle away.

They lost their only son when killed

By the government, they received

A small estate to them he'd willed,

Now spent to live on as they grieved.

Their son's favorite rooster be

All that's left to remind the two

Of their son, now just memory.

The Colonel frets, what can he do!

The Colonel hopes to ease their plight,

Teaching the rooster how to fight.

Sense Sonnet - Tickler

 A Dog's Life on the Road

Tess of the Dormobiles, I ride

With these humans in their cool van,

Old hippies with pot smokin' pride,

As we cruise 'cross the U.S. span.

A hardy Tess, I do hang out,

Soberly watch for any goof

That poor drivin' might cause no doubt,

Then with my humans, raise the woof.

My mottoes are live and let live,

Forgive and forget human stuff.

I try to remain pawsitive,

And fetch some smiles when life is ruff.

Most often high my humans be

And all are sure mutts about me.

Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 My Defenestration

Defenestration I should get,

The wife told me when she learned that

I cheated on her, quite upset

In our high rise habitat.

I'd no idea what meant this word,

Probably nothing good of course.

I told the wife she was absurd.

But could it mean costly divorce?

The wife opened a window and

Then snuck up behind and pushed me.

Suddenly, I did understand,

Flying out the window I be.

Defenestration be my fate.

I learned the word's meaning too late!

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Norma's Comeback

Norma Desmond, silent film star,

Takes in a down on his luck Joe.

Norma believes that the two are

Destined to make her comeback go,

As teenage temptress, Salome,

Though Norma's too old for this role,

Joe sees a chance for pay to stay,

Help Norma with her silly goal.

But over time, Joes gets upset,

Tells Norma he is leaving her.

Mad, Norma shoots her ingrate pet.

Cops come and cameras occur.

"As if we never said goodbye,"

Norma's back in the public eye.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Psalm 29

In mighty thunderstorm be heard

The Voice of the Lord in great force,

Giving o'er seven times, God's Word,

Idol worshippers will remorse

Such false and feeble denials of

Supremacy of God o'er all,

And given life under God's Love.

So from Heaven comes warning Call,

In stormy measures, dark and deep,

God's Will must reign, all time, all place.

God's people must find faith and keep

In glory for Gift of God's Grace.

Message given, God's Wrath does cease.

God's people again live in peace.

Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Repentless

Uncle Pete was a sinner most

All of the years that he did live,

Told repent to the Holy Ghost,

Then Uncle Pete, God would forgive.

But Uncle Pete was blasphemous,

Would not let the Holy Ghost aid.

At such, Uncle Pete would just cuss,

And such a blasphemer he stayed.

When Uncle Pete hit his deathbed,

We tried to get him to repent.

But, "Go to hell" was all he said,

And so we guess that's where he went.

But Uncle Pete's death sure did turn

Us repenters, no yearn to burn.