lucky guy

[Suz-zen]

hahah! More hahahahah's!

[Suz-zen]

thank you DWAYNE!

[lunar glide]

lol yes. tanner wrote about being sent to Siberia!

[RhymeLovingWriter]

lol LG - ask MHenry - or have we already witnessed that convo?

[lunar glide]

I wonder what will happen to him when he forgets anniversary or loses the remote 😄

[DWAYNE]

Such fun.

[Suz-zen]

Indeed!!!! changes the meaning!! kind of like 'old broad' a term i used to detest now i am rather fond!

[Suz-zen]

Thank you M!!

[Suz-zen]

yes RLW! you can change the count per line.... but stay at 17 for the entire piece. that is what I read in a publication for rules to be published in this genre!

[MHenry]

You changed from older to old. I bet you struggled with decision! Either one works!

[RhymeLovingWriter]

Wait - so the syllable count is changeable per line? So many things to remember and I'm starting to get them jumbled in my head. I guess whatever comes out is OK then?

As to your poem Suz-zen - very cute. I particularly like your later comment about prey/predator? That line can be murky sometimes, can't it?

[MHenry]

Yes, I have seen that, too.

[Muttado1sb]

Very amusing, Suz-zen!

[Suz-zen]

P.S.- 17 or fewer syllables total is the 'rule' but syllable count per line not a hard and fast rule. you can write 3 lines or even less. I have read one liners and two that are strong.
Need to count this one and maybe edit down.... (?)

[Suz-zen]

thanks MHenry. while reading an online Haiku publication I was led to more like this. the syllable count was pretty much thrown out, allowing for free-verse senyru if you will. Works with my style....I actually wrote a longer poem with this theme SAT night at a trendy spot in Del Mar... so many short skirts ... the bar was the watering hole... who was the predator... the prey???