Sam Kauffman Poet Free verse

Thanksgiving Blessings

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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Charles Messina November 20, 2021 at 7:24 PM Fantastic writing, Sam. Filled with great imagery...truly a wonderful blessing. Love this! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. Love & hugs...Charlie Sam Kauffman November 22, 2021 at 11:50 AM Oh Charlie, thank you so much. Your lovely message is among my Thanksgiving blessings this year! It fills my heart with joy to know you loved this write. And, many thanks coming your way for all that you do here on the soup! Sending you all of the blessings of the season. Happy Thanksgiving my friend. Much love and many hugs! Sam

Andrea Dietrich November 16, 2021 at 3:20 PM wowowow, another REALLY good poem from you . You are on a roll. I will be surprised if this is not on the list. Sam Kauffman November 18, 2021 at 9:42 AM Thank you dear friend! You always manage to bring a bright spot into my day with your wonderful messages and your encouragement - a true blessing! I have learned so much from PS over the last eighteen months and am so grateful for the friends I have made like you who are treasures and blessings! Sending you Thanksgiving blessings.

Beryl Edmonds November 12, 2021 at 8:23 PM Wonferful Thanksgiving blessings Sam, in free verse which I find hard to do. We have so much to be thankful for and your poems lists many of those blessings beautifully… Belle Sam Kauffman November 18, 2021 at 9:36 AM Belle, thank you many times over for your lovely message. Every night, no matter what the day has brought, I try to give thanks for at least one thing even if it is sun peeking through the clouds. The kids call it an attitude of gratitude. Heidi Sands keeps a gratitude jar writing on a slip of paper something she is grateful for each day. On January 1st she goes back and reads all of them. I really like that idea. We do have much to be be grateful for every day of the year. I often find rhyme difficult. However, writing lyrics has helped! Sending you a bounty of blessings for Thanksgiving!

Michelle Faulkner November 12, 2021 at 7:52 PM This overflows with autumn abundance, very clever to show 'wheat to bread' and 'apples to cider' - that last line so uplifting too! Sam Kauffman November 18, 2021 at 9:28 AM Hi Michelle, thank you so much for your uplifting message! :D I'm so glad you liked those lines for it seemed to me that autumn, with all of its beauty, is a symbol of continual transformation not only for nature but for us. So grateful for your lovely note! Sending you all the blessings of the season!