Jeff Russell

Kampai!

I didn't have any sake or Japanese whisky in the house (I should at least remedy the latter, given my tastes), but I hope that a fine scotch is fitting.

I didn't know about the waka form either (basically the extent of my Japanese poetic knowledge is a grade school version of haiku) - but it looks like 5-7-5-7-6 with the first two lines making one sense unit, and the last three another?

Incidentally, some Old Norse poetic forms included rhyme, but not typically the ljodhahatt - I kind of stumbled onto the rhyming long lines in one stanza, saw it came easily to the another, and then decided to make all three fit.

Best of luck with your boast, and thank you kindly for sharing!
Jeff