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Welcome, Pilgrim!

Tom Turkey has been defrocked Cleaned, basted and stuffed Surrounded by pumpkin pie Green bean casserole Tart cranberry sauce Come, Pilgrim, Eat!

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Brandee Augustus

Date: 11/26/2010 6:27:00 PM

Awesome! Love the floe and this can definitely make you hungry. Congratulations on this lovely meal as well as your first place finish!

Robert A. Dufresne

Date: 11/16/2010 5:25:00 PM

hey this one is really cool. Well done including the word set up. Love it, Diane. nYou've done a wonderful job with it.

Duncan Chappell

Date: 11/6/2010 6:35:00 AM

thank you for sharing your excellent write duncan

Wilma Neels

Date: 11/5/2010 10:00:00 AM

Diane where is mine? Hehe Congratulations on your win, hope you will have a great weekend ;) Wilma

Gerard Keogh Jr.

Date: 11/3/2010 7:41:00 PM

Witty first line. It paints a Rockwell picture. Thanks for your kind remarks. THe polls were wrong last night. REid slipped through. But Murray may not. Brown wins in CA, but pot vote goes up in smoke by a wide margin, so go figure the polls, eh!?

Doris Culverhouse

Date: 10/29/2010 12:06:00 PM

enjoyed this again... I about ready for the old turkey and pie.

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 10/28/2010 5:37:00 AM

Nice one! (I could hearJohn Waynes voice!)Congrad's. Light & Love

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 10/25/2010 9:18:00 AM

Congratulations Diane on your 1st Place win in Barbara's contest. Love, Carol

James Fraser

Date: 10/24/2010 5:45:00 PM

Many congratulations Diane on your win in Barbara's contest >> James :)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/23/2010 9:14:00 PM

Well, how nice you entered this one when you did. It came in at its well deserved TOP place! congratulations. LUv, Andrea

Tahera Mannan

Date: 10/23/2010 8:34:00 PM

A beautiful write. Many congratulations for this super win.

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 10/23/2010 9:56:00 AM

Big congrats for taking the top spot, Diane! Way to go. I couldn't write in this form if my life depended on it, but this was a clever and fun approach. Love, Carolyn

Francine Roberts

Date: 10/23/2010 9:38:00 AM

love it, congrats on your first place win

Daniel Cwiak

Date: 10/23/2010 8:10:00 AM

Congrats on your win in the contests with this edible treat, Diane. Dan C

Carrie Richards

Date: 10/23/2010 7:38:00 AM

Congratulations on your win, Diane! Hooray for you! Well done! ~ Carrie

Joyce Johnson

Date: 10/23/2010 7:33:00 AM

You did this so beautifully. Congratulations on your big no. one. Love, Joyce

Constance La France

Date: 10/23/2010 6:50:00 AM

Congratulations on first place, wonderful poem~

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

Date: 10/23/2010 5:17:00 AM

Congrats Diane on your first place win in BG's contest with this delightful menu feast luv..

Sara Kendrick

Date: 10/23/2010 4:49:00 AM

Congratulations on your win..Sara

Barbara Gorelick

Date: 10/22/2010 11:08:00 PM

Congrats on a big 1st in my contest. I loved your poem because it set the fall scene..please soup mail me your address so I can get your surpise in the mail..BG

Date: 10/21/2010 10:57:00 AM

This has made me very hungry again and I just finished lunch!! lol Turkey and the trimmings is my favorite meal. I enjoyed reading and best wishes in the contest. Thank you for your nice comments. Love Scarlett

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/20/2010 6:35:00 PM

wow, you did thanksgiving proud!! I would HATE to be judging this contest!!! YOur last lines are really good too.

Harry Horsman

Date: 10/20/2010 7:12:00 AM

I've read quite a few of these contest entries. they are all very good, hope someone thinks about placing all these in to a poem/Cooking Recipe book. it would be a smash. Harry

Matthew Anish

Date: 10/19/2010 2:53:00 PM

Makes me long for another Thanksgiving. I remeber the Thanksgiving of my childhood and you Eplaervu stirred up those memoires once more. Fine work! Peace & blessinsgs Matthew Anish

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

Date: 10/19/2010 1:08:00 PM

Great poem and entry for the contest Diane.. a lovely menu reminding us all of that first Thanksgiving feast luv.. good luck in BG's contest ...