Renhai Studio Archives

A Collection of Renhai by members of The Renhai Studio

Rendezvous

A Renhai by Daniela Bullas (db) & Vaughn Seward (vs)

At the train station —
his and her fingers meet with
a glass pane between. /vs

Lovers at Roman crossroads — /db
thoughts of our first encounter. /vs

Photos: how they've aged —
A rainbow rears above
your green forefinger /db

Archive Id: 58
Daniela Bullas: United Kingdom
Vaughn Seward: Canada
Written:: June 16-18, 2008

Theme: Junction
Season: Summer
Kigo: Rainbow
Verse Form: 5-7-5, 7-7, 5-7-5 (Syllable)
Process: Forward

Links 1/2: Lovers.
Links 2/3: Memories / Old photos.
Links 3/1: Fingers.

Notes:
1) The centre of any Roman camp* was the point where two main roads (north-south, east-west) met. Over the years these crossroads were used as a city/town (usually a cattle) market place, but nowadays most of them stand as a meeting point for lovers, shoppers etc. Daniella wanted to highlight the crossroads of old (Roman) versus new (modern), of war (military camp) versus love (lovers) etc. — the same place has different meanings.

*In Britain any modern town which contains the place-name affix "chester" (also -cester, -caster or -xeter), from Latin "castra", meaning "camp" (as Chichester, the city Daniela lives in); as part of its name, is generally a good indication that the place was originally the site of a Roman military encampment or fortified settlement.

2) There is a wordplay in the first verse with the word "pane" in that there is an implied "pain" of their departing.