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A Collection of Renhai by members of The Renhai Studio

Three Percent Solution

A Renhai by Vaughn Seward (vs) & Trish Shields (ts)

Brittle stars walk
across the sea bottom —
seafood picnic. /ts

Fog blankets the distant shore — /vs
tide pools stalked by gulls. /ts

Low-tide flats —
here and there crabs
in tiny craters. /vs

Archive Id: 52
Vaughn Seward: Canada
Trish Shields: Canada
Written:: May 8-30, 2008

Theme: Sea Hunters; Flat surfaces
Season: Summer
Kigo: Crabs
Verse Form: 2-3-2, 3-3, 2-3-2 (Rhythm)
Process: Forward

Links 1/2: Stars walk & eat / Gulls stalk & eat.
Links 2/3: Flatness (fog / tide flats); Pools / Craters.
Links 3/1: Sea creatures.

Notes: Sea stars are voracious hunters, hence the seafood picnic. Fog acts as cover and creeps along like a sea creature; an octopus. Tide flats have tide pools and both are frequented by hunting gulls and crabs. The oceans of the world contain 3% salt.

There is a secondary theme of Flat Surfaces. The sea bottom is a stretch of land deep below the surface; a fog blanket is a stretch of fog across the surface of land and sea; and a tide flat is a stretch of land exposed at shallow depths during tidal action.