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come to mourn the dead
springs bloom infused with souls yearn
dried seeds float in space

dried seeds float in space
a happy happenstance for
our shaman's story

Our shaman's story
analog not digital
undissected dreams.

undissected dreams
he pours into waking hours
and sleeps untroubled

and sleeps untroubled
while the blood dries on his hands
sleep of innocents

Sleep of innocents
is past, murdered. Let us now
mingle with the night.

Mingle with the night
give the moon your eyes and bones
sleep inside the stars.

sleep inside the stars
the sleep of a billion years
burst brilliant awake

burst brilliant awake
do not trickle joy this day
money a mickle

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money a mickle
mac's a muckle. Fie good sir!
That gent's of Gwent bent.

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That gent's of Gwent bent
thought to deed. Bonny ribbons
thread the Wicker Man.

Thread the wicker man
dance from this world to beyond
weave spirit made flesh

weave spirit made flesh
let air inflame. Ashen waves
ghost sleepy refrains.

ghost sleepy refrains
a stilted apparition
largo of egret

largo of egret
a slow flight over the lake
white dress billowing

white dress billowing the rag and bone girl

the rag and bone girl
sleeps on a couture of leaf
in a royal park

In a royal park
proletariat banter
of ducks about swans

Of ducks about swans
though heard, elegance persists,
ugliness ignored

ugliness ignored
except by the gardener
who gave wild things space

who gave wild things space
the bees like tiny flowers
not loud, not too bold

Hi Phil, you must pronounce flowers as two syllables.

Hi Jim,
Yes, I do.

https://www.howmanysyllables.com/questi ... _syllables

best

Phil

I think flower is one of those words that can be either one or two syllables. There are some others too: hour, fire, world. And for Milton and other old poets even heaven could be a monosyllable.

Milton's in heaven
or in that other abode
which is also heav'n.

not loud, not too bold
tentative songbird gathers
courage from crocus