Even Prompter

Whew

Whew

Seems to me
a bit twee,
this matter of syllables lengthy and many;
if we had to pay, they’d cost a pretty penny,
for each line to be twelve is much more than plenty -
ambitious it seems but why not go for twenty?
Take a breath
or just death.


Line count: 8
Form: Tigerjade - Syllable Count: 3-3-12-12-12-12-3-3,
Rhyme Scheme: a-a-b-b-c-c-d-d
For Promptly Poetry, Week 41
Prompt: Poet’s choice.
Note: “Twee” is an English word defined by Oxford Languages as “excessively or affectedly quaint, pretty, or sentimental.”