A Canadian Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day for me is very nice,
I do what my mother did and her mother.
A gathering of family in a circle of eternal love,
with food a part of it,
turkey with stuffing,
mashed potatoes, gravy and corn,
cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie.
It is a day to celebrate the bountiful harvest.
In Canada it is a change in the weather,
the trees are bathed in orange, gold and red,
and we go shopping for the best pumpkins.
The church is decorated,
in cornucopias and corn,
pumpkins and sheaths of wheat,
there are prayers and songs of thanks.
After we go on a hayride and watch a parade.
It is time to recall what the day means,
how the explorers found Canada in the Fall,
and had a great celebration to give thanks.
First celebrated in 1578,
on the second Monday in October,
there is always a football game on TV,
there is always that circle of love.
And did I mention the pumpkin pies with,
whipped cream!
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November 5, 2016
Poetry/Anisometric Verse/A Canadian Thanksgiving
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For the contest, Thanksgiving Day
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