Haiku Train

[Amadis]

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

[Macavity]

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

[pomespennyeach]

Our shaman's story
analog not digital
undissected dreams.

[Macavity]

undissected dreams
he pours into waking hours
and sleeps untroubled

[Amadis]

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

[Jackie]

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

[pomespennyeach]

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

[Amadis]

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

[Macavity]

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

[NotQuiteSure]

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

.

[Macavity]

.

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

[Amadis]

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

[Macavity]

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

[Macavity]

ghost sleepy refrains
a stilted apparition
largo of egret

[Leaf]

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

[Macavity]

white dress billowing

she comes with a toothless grin

the rag and bone girl

[Macavity]

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

[Macavity]

In a royal park
proletariat banter
of ducks about swans

[Macavity]

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

[Macavity]

ugliness ignored
except by the gardener
who gave wild things space

[Macavity]

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

[Jim]

Hi Phil, you must pronounce flowers as two syllables.

[Macavity]

Hi Jim,
Yes, I do.

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

best

Phil

[Jim]

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.

[Macavity]

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