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Thanksgiving Blessings

Living in the presence of the eternal’s bounty
A grace note in soaring gratitude
Never slipping through the fingers of the heart
Like escaping bits of sand
The patois of blessing heard through horns of plenty
Adorned by chrysanthemum, asters and bittersweet
Like a holiday bonnet worn 
In scents of sweet communion spice of familiar voices,
And warm fires of those that still echo in arias of grace
At a table place saved in memory,
A celebration of nourishing transformations –
Solstice to equinox
 Summer seeds planted in anticipation yield
  Wheat to bread – bread to savory pudding –
   Apples to cider, grapes to wine or raisins
    Sun splashed berries to preserves
    Spent leaves to life giving loams
Barren laughter now blessed 
In soils of tender benediction,
Scattered beauty’s aura of twirling abundance,
 Scarlet, orange and ochre,
In cozy harvest spirit flames 
Transforms the simple ordinary into a banquet
Anointed by familial grace and history
Like grape vines eternally entwined in grateful,
  Ever baptized by harvest mists
   Wearing new silver veils of nourishing rain,
To bless the winding road home.

11-11-21
Contest: Thanksgiving Blessings
Sponsor: Regina McIntosh

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