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A Renhai by Vaughn Seward (vs) & Janice Thomson (jt)

Musket heirloom —
on the radio, the song
Battle of New Orleans. /jt

The tangle of driftwood logs — /vs
in the bay a vintage yacht. /jt

Plates of pasta —
Grandad retells the stories
of fighting in Italy. /vs

Archive Id: 176
Vaughn Seward: Canada
Janice Thomson: Canada
Written:: September 6-13, 2009

Theme: Having weathered storms
Season: All Season
Kigo: n/a
Verse Form: Free
Process: Forward

Links 1/2: Wood (Gun stock / Logs)
Links 2/3: Tangled (Logs / Pasta).
Links 3/1: Stories.

Notes: This Renhai is unique in the way the inspiration for the first middle line was chosen. Janice picked 3 random numbers which Vaughn used to locate an issue and an article from his collection of National Geographics which date back to 1925.

Janice picked the numbers 5, 783, and 46 and the June, 1997 issue was selected. The article picked was entitled "Old Ironsides" (page 47). It is about a USA sailing warship that had been restored from the days when it had fought in the War of 1812 (against Britain and Canada, and in which the battle of New Orleans had been fought). The ship was built in 1797 and is the world's oldest commissioned warship remaining afloat! See the following for more information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constitution