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Best Thankful Poems

Below are the all-time best Thankful poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of thankful poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Soul Searching Trek Along Winter's Snow Painted Trails - a Collaboration With Robert and Teppo
Waking to cold blown tent, ground frozen icy hard
woods are my love, as is poetry to a bard.
Today starts my anticipated forest trek,
seeking salvation from...

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Categories: thankful, appreciation, beauty, introspection, nature,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member It Is Possible To Know
It’s possible to know from whence I came
There is no need to even have a name
I am a part of eternal creation
Reunification is my destination

Born...

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© Bill Baker  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: thankful, creation, heart, life, relationship,
Form: Sonnet
Southern Beauty
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How sweet is the southern beauty of a country rose blossom today.
Soft scents that float gently on the breeze through trees that sway.

With bare feet...

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© Mary Hoose  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: thankful, beauty, nature, peace,
Form: Couplet
I Will Be the Stars

I will be the stars
The moon will be my mum
The sun will be my dad
The rain will be my brother

The wind will be my sister
The...

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Categories: thankful, 1st grade, beauty, bible,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Winter Wonderland
~  My favorite Thanksgiving memory was, quite simply, a walk at my grandparents house - I'll never forget how nature spoke to me that...

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Categories: thankful, appreciation, beauty, nature, winter,
Form: Sonnet



Premium Member Cookie Jar
Standing on tippy toes
Top shelf 
Reaching
Stretching
Finger tips edging the jar forward
Imagining the taste of chocolate chips on my tongue
Yumm mom's chewy delicious wait till Saturday...

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Categories: thankful, adventure,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Wild Love
The blackberry's love for the garden rose
Brought down the gardener's wrath.
The blackberry sensed the danger
As he wended the garden path.

" A love so true as...

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Categories: thankful, garden, love, rose, sweet,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Whiners
I write poems because it's fun
And I'm not the only one
It's an outlet for verbal expression
A hobby and not an obsession

I'm an amateur, not a...

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Categories: thankful, conflict, feelings, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Tissue Box
like visitors from outer space
they came with tears, and lined the sidewalk
long in face, and arms embracing
some (I have no inkling) who
they were or why...

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Categories: thankful, child, cry, daughter, grief,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member She Cannot Be Rushed
I stare at dusk-tinged mountains to the east,
anticipating joyously the rise
of an old friend not pressured in the least
 to meet my frantic schedule, I...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: thankful, moon, nature,
Form: Iambic Pentameter
Premium Member Soul Searching Trek Along Winter's Snow Painted Trails
Soul Searching Trek Along Winter's Snow Painted Trails

Waking to cold blown tent, ground frozen icy hard
woods are my love, as is poetry to a bard.
Today...

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Categories: thankful, appreciation, beauty, creation, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ode To Autumn
Ode to Autumn 

Earth’s sphere of fire bids adieu to me
As dying embers gleam across the sea
In rare hues reflected by autumn trees,
Swirling in motion...

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Categories: thankful, autumn, beauty, moon, nature,
Form: Sonnet
Friendship
You said age's only a number, beauty's skin deep
Wise words to live by, now if I could only sleep
Humor never can be taken away, have...

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© Tim Smith  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: thankful, friendship, love,
Form: Rhyme
Forty Today
Visited you today
as the sun set in the horizon…

the orange tinged carnations 
were a perfect complement 
for the skies
and for you… 
orange and blue
always remind...

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Categories: thankful, brother, dedication, family, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ode To the Coffeemaker
To the little machine, that's so hard to clean
And sits alone on the shelf,
I'm thankful to you, for that potion you brew
That turns me into...

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Categories: thankful, appreciation, funny,
Form: Ode

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