Capture flowers in a vase
What have they done to warrant freedom?
Keep water up or see them list
Pop on sideboard or table the usual custom
Remove from rooms their blankness
Think of flowers and vases in terms of height
Use agapanthus for lots of background height
Choose clear glass or opaque patterns for your vase
Seek advice from a florist if you draw a blank
but let your head go, relish the freedom
to mix and match, don't feel bound by custom
Even take pen and paper - make a list
Group by colour or go for contrast on your list
Bold irises or green gum twigs also offer height
Bluebells and lavender can be customised
to lean out or rocket out of top of vase
Use garden cuttings, both fresh and free
even at the risk of leaving some blankness
Cluster bright colours low but leave some blank
spaces for the eye to fill the floral list
Leave for beholders some freedom
Arrangements can reflect outdoor heights
even within the indoor vase
Anal gardeners started this custom
No reason not to subvert a custom
Challenges defy a stultifying blankness
Apply a fresh palette in your vase
Add metal and coloured plastic to your list
Non-flowers can give a stable height
Unshackle constraints, experiment with freedom
There are no arbiters, you should feel free
to develop your own brand new custom
Imagine wildly. Climb new heights
Fill household blankness
Shuffle up your ingredient list
Eschew static art - embrace the vase
Flower arranging is hardly the height of freedom
But vases abound and call for new customs
Minds turn to blank so soon lest you liven your to-do list
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