SALT VERSES · 038
POEM I — FLOOD · 038

What the water keeps

— Mara Ellison · read 0 times
FLOOD · verses surface line by linetap water to cast a line

Reader notes — turning verses

Four tides, four stanzas. Tapping water advances the poem; sliders reshape the sea.

Flood / Slack

Keeping and holding. Full water, then the held glass of slack.

Ebb / Storm

Leaving and breaking. Ledgers on sand, then brass weather.

SEA STATE

Swell lifts amplitude, moon lifts level, storm doubles chop.

Keys 1–4 turn tides. Tap the canvas to cast a ripple-line.

Line reveal

Five spans stagger from 0.1 to 1.3 seconds. Reduced motion shows all at once.

Offline verses

Double-click to open. Poems and water ship inside the file.

Salt colophon — 038

Versed, rippled and shelved in one file. Last lines from the harbor.

KEEP

Flood keeps, slack holds. Read counters remember each turn.

LEAVE

Ebb ledgers, storm rings brass. Tap to settle weather.

LEVEL

Moon lifts the plane sixty strong. Swell lifts the shake.

1–4 turn tides. Ripples bloom where taps land.

Stagger oath

Five lines from a tenth to 1.3 seconds. Motion flags show all.

Offline harbor

Double-click to open. Poems ship inside the tide.

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