Best Thanksgiving Poems
Below are the all-time best Thanksgiving poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of thanksgiving poems written by PoetrySoup members
Thanksgiving from Three PerspectivesA Child's Thanksgiving Prayer
Lord, I thank thee as I sit to eat,
For mashed potatoes that I helped to make.
And thanks, dear Lord, we're having...
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Categories:
family, funnymom, prayer, thanksgiving,
Form:
Sonnet
Thanksgiving Day Twenty-TwentyAlas, hordes of ravenous relatives from very far and even near,
Won't be celebratin' at dear old Grandma's bountiful board this year,
Since the corona virus pandemic...
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Categories:
humorous, thanksgiving day,
Form:
Rhyme
THANKSGIVING TURKEYThey organized a church bazaar,
To raise money for the poor.
A booth for selling chances
Was set up, outside the door.
When I bought the raffle ticket,
My...
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Categories:
thanksgiving, animals, food, funny, seasons,
Form:
Narrative
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU ALLThis is a terrible time of year for Turkeys
How many innocent lives are going to be lost?
All their friends and relations are in for the...
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Categories:
thanksgiving, america, celebration, food, humorous,
Form:
Acrostic
First Thanksgiving Without Him
Autumn’s table set
with one less placemat this year,
...
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Categories:
thanksgiving, appreciation, family, father, grief,
Form:
Tanka
And I Am GratefulA field of wheat cloaked in dewy silence
the orchestra tunes up with avian arias
bullfrog basses and a choir of cawing crows,
xanthic sunflowers turning their heads...
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Categories:
thanksgiving,
Form:
Free verse
I must Carpe Diem
I used to live life full of dreams
Planning, for many years to come.
Where I will be, when I will go,
A future that was filled...
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Categories:
thanksgiving, death, family, feelings, life,
Form:
Carpe Diem
SHORELINEWatching sunrise, shoreline's ablaze
Love letter sent from Thee
I sing a psalm, an Easter palm
And start my day with glee.
Watching sunset, shoreline's agleam
A note Thou sent...
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Categories:
beauty, god, sea, thanksgiving,
Form:
Rhyme
A grateful heartFrom heaven's splendid throne above
You show the world abundant love.
For daily breath and length of days
Oh Lord, I bring you thanks and praise.
You fill my...
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Categories:
god, heart, thanksgiving,
Form:
Kyrielle
WORRY WARTWhy sit and worry over things that seem to happen daily;
Little things that come and go that just annoy us really?
Why get angry over certain...
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Categories:
appreciation, thanksgiving,
Form:
Rhyme
God Is GreatGod is great,
God is good;
Let us thank Him for being here;
...
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Categories:
thanksgiving, celebration, devotion, god, hope,
Form:
Lyric
November...carries the wilted weight of autumn
...
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Categories:
thanksgiving, autumn, celebration, earth, family,
Form:
Free verse
LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY POWER
Lord God, You are my Power against temptations of worldly reign
Thank You for being my Guide toward Your will, devoid of sinful strain
Surely, You’re my...
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Categories:
thanksgiving, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form:
Rhyme
Broken EnglishI love my broken English
Am in love with my broken English
Am honored to have two other languages
The ability to think from language to language is...
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Categories:
thanksgiving, africa, appreciation, birth, blessing,
Form:
Bio
I think backWhen I think back...
I see your eyes on me across the room,
The way your lips slowly curve into a happy smile,
Your strong...
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Categories:
thanksgiving, for him, god, how
Form:
Free verse
SPRING HAIKUmorning quiet time
in nature's warm bosom found
sun kissed flowers shine
12 March 2015
POEM OF THE DAY - 14 March 2015
TRADITONAL HAIKU- POETRY CONTEST : 6th Place
Sponsor:...
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Categories:
thanksgiving, appreciation, flower, garden, introspection,
Form:
Haiku
The Mirror Of TimeI hold three magic rocks, in my hand. Rolling them over and over and over. Leaving this
reality behind, far behind I stepped into the...
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Categories:
thanksgiving, family, imagination, nostalgiaday, mom,
Form:
Free verse
THANK GOODNESS IT'S ONLY ONCE A YEARTurkey so dry that I can’t speak
Brussel sprouts boiled for a week
Roast potatoes burnt to a crisp
Lumpy gravy
I feel
Sick
Jan Allison
26th October
Inspired by Andrea’s contest but...
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Categories:
food, humorous, thanksgiving,
Form:
Free verse
Heroic Crown of Sonnets - Part Two
(continued from A Year Of Months (January-June)
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/heroic_crown_of_sonnets_-_part_one_772928
A Year Of Months (July-December)
8. July
July now follows summer's song of June;
with sun ablaze, her days are humid, warm.
Great...
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Categories:
earth, seasons, thanksgiving day,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Some Thoughts For NovemberAnother month of days has passed us by
We now prepare for cold November rains
For veterans our hearts will sadly sigh
With daylight savings time some sun...
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Categories:
appreciation, blessing, thanksgiving, veterans
Form:
Sonnet
From My CornucopiaThe horn of plenty
on my grandparents’ table
as we sat feasting . . .
the thought of being apart
never entering our minds
though the years have fled
from my...
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Categories:
thanksgiving day,
Form:
I do not know?
MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR EXPOSING MY ERROR
September 24 Scripture Meditations Based on Mark 11-12
Key Verse– Mark 12:24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know...
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Categories:
thanksgiving, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form:
Rhyme
SECURED POSITION OF MINE
Since God already wrote my name in the Book of life permanently
I'm now granted precious inheritance absolutely
Receiving His blessings of great bounty
I must worship Him...
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Categories:
thanksgiving, appreciation, christian, faith, god,
Form:
Couplet
THINGS I'M THANKFUL FORI wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth.
I'm thankful for that.
I know the value of a dollar.
Everything I have I've had to earn...
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Categories:
thanksgiving,
Form:
Free verse
Our Wedding AnniversaryUnlike as in the West, there was no dating in our time. After a formal meeting before the family members, the boy and girl will...
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Categories:
celebration, emotions, longing, thanksgiving,
Form:
Alliteration