Best Thanksgiving Day Poems

Alas, 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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Thanksgiving Day Prayer

Today, dear Lord, we gather here
In fellowship and love,
Mindful of the wondrous gifts
That come from thee above.

For this feast, we thank thee, Lord…
For...

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Around the grown up table bowed in prayer
Familiar faces etched upon my mind
Back then, I never thought the love we shared
Would be so rare, to...

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(continued from A Year Of Months (January-June)
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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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This 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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The 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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An oddly-shaped Thanksgiving bird:
   quirky 
   turkey

What we call Grandma's mashed potatoes:
   dreamy 
   creamy

How she adds...

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I had a friend with a unique way of looking at the world
(although I once thought she was misled)
because when the rest of us said...

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Time to foster your relations
With thanksgiving celebrations.
With family reminisce past,
All our love now remembering
Come together watch our hearts sing.
Nothing earthly will ever last,
Time to foster...

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Today it is Thanksgiving Day
For all dead turkey’s I do pray
That you had a good life
Now you’re carved with a knife
Served on a plate as...

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Thanksgiving Every Day

Every day’s Thanksgiving while I am on this earth,
living life with gratitude for all its grace and worth.

Every day’s Thanksgiving while I have...

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In late November every year
   there is a time we celebrate.
These days of bounty we revere;
   with family and friends relate.

There...

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 Soon the leaves will begin to leave their homes, 
 like floating portraits from the autumn sky. 
Lovely random colors the wind has blown,...

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Fall 
will start
It is near
Is in the air
Now

Say 
Good-bye
To summer
Hot weather is 
Gone

Air 
Crispy
Starts to cool
No more burning 
Sun

Birds
Migrate
Butterfly
Will return next
Year

Trees
Change garb
Leaves transform
From golden to
Brown

Day...

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T aking a revered bow, I convey my Gratitude 
H IS grandeur, blessed are we together or in solitude
A ll days HE is omnipresent, bestowing...

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The table's bounty is piled high
  Family's poised to dig in and try
Mama's turkey, special stuffing
  And sweet potato pumpkin pie

When a knock...

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"When we put our problems in God's hands;
He puts his peace in our hearts."

Inspired by The Gospel According to John 16:33
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My uncle was a vegan
Back before that was a word.
As kids, we always found
His eating habits quite absurd.

His veggies he refused to cut
So there upon...

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How can so few have so much -
so many have so little?
I am rich beyond belief
yet am not considered rich.
I count my riches daily:
the warmth...

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I planned to visit some good friends in the US of A
They said come at Thanksgiving it’s our special day

I arrived with presents but they...

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I am thankful for clouds, earth, stars and sky.
Spiritual goodness and grace of outside.
Grateful for diversity, far and wide.
Children who respectfully question why.

I am thankful...

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Thanksgiving magic
Traditions honored
Family respected
Pumpkin pie with whipped cream
Hot rolls oozing with warm butter
Stuffing no one ever makes as wonderfully tasty as my mother
Do we remember...

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November

Falling leaves crunching beneath booted feet
Crispy mornings filled with pumpkin spice and doughnuts
Soft, warm sweaters covering sleeves
A misty frost across the once green garden plants

Warm,...

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Painting ~ Freedom From Want ~ painted by Norman Rockwell

A skin and nerve disease unspeakable -
outcast, unclean; they came to be restored.
In all, ten lepers...

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As Thanksgiving Day rolls around again,
I take stock of my life and I’d like to say,
That every experience I have ever had,
Has helped shape who...

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