Lines Drawn in Starlight

Sushi Wednesday #1, Dec 2004

Unlucky fourth! This sushi night awry,
yet I will say it never is a loss;
just think of how a year has circled by
marked by delicious fish, sake, soy sauce,

green tea, edamame, and miso soup,
sought each occasion at a place that's new,
by friendship in a growing, changing group.
Four in a year is certainly too few!

Goodnights are said with kiss, or hug, or wave;
We plan the next, even as we depart;
I organize, but this began with Dave,
since he is where these friendships had their start.

Edmonton is only a throw away;
"Thank you" is never full enough to say.

( I know *somebody* saw the mistake... )

Do you pay any attention to how your friends have titled their journals? I went through, selected, and compiled them, then strung these poetic little phrases into a poem.
( Title and Subtitles )

This re-discovered poem is nearly a year old.

( and later, he did )

Today's hour of writing:

The Japanese word ki, from Chinese Qi, the originally Chinese cultural concept meaning "life force" or "spiritual energy".

butterfly, in Irish folklore

( poem )