[Glenn Wright]

Hi, Harry and Roger—

Thanks for weighing in, gentlemen.

Harry—I gave your suggestion to fix the rhyme sone thought and came up with an alternative that I think is an improvement. There are a couple of slantish rhymes in S3, (calming/alarming and damage/manage), and an eye rhyme in S5 (remorse/worse), but most of the rhymes are pretty exact, so the puzzle/muscles rhyme you identified stuck out. Glad you liked the opening.

Roger—Emotionally, I don’t feel any connection between the two romances. The poem is about an experience that I regard as a learning experience and object lesson. I just got lucky finding the love of my life soon after. Thanks for the encouragement.

Glenn