Sue Davis Gabbay’s most recent poem to appear here was “My memories of” (October 2017)

Whither are you bound
Cloud Man in a cloud canoe
As you paddle through the Sky?

         I go in search of
the great Father of Rivers
to beg a favor.

What then do you need?
Your Sky River runs smoothly
Its Dragons friendly.

         I long to sail once
Upon the River of Stars
In the dark Night Sky.

It is I you seek
I, the Father of Rivers.
How have you earned this?

        O generous lord,
My Sky River runs smoothly
Its Dragons friendly.

You shall have your wish
Cloud Man in your cloud canoe,
On one night each year.

        I shall honor you
As I paddle through Night, by
Displacing no stars.