Thanksgiving Introspection Poems

Blessed New Day Beloved
 Sensational is our Father’s Sabbath day,
 A new week beginnings.
 In Jesus name I declare 
That the gates be open 
In...

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I give thanks for gifts from creative ways
And deep blue skies on sunny days
I give thanks for the kind, caring gestures
And wide open freedom in...

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I am thankful for what
I have and what I do
not have, seeing the trials
and tribulations of those
less fortunate -- 

thankful for shadows as
well as brilliance,...

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There’s not much to love in the land of
72 ounce steaks
Air-conditioned grace droning over
AR-15 soaked Saturdays
Remembering is not the problem these days

Rather it is forgetting...

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Swollen knees bring
fears of blocked tubes -- 
harbingers of destruction,
cold limbs, looming amputations.

Swollen knees bring
alternate explanations for pain –
cysts maybe? fears subside.
maybe just an infection…

Swollen...

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The table is old and worn
nicks and scratches 
its red plastic tablecloth left over from a forgotten Christmas
its holiday pattern worn and forlorn
many a Thanksgiving...

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From sunup to sundown
it was indeed a weird day;
it seemed as if the sun rose
wearing dimming shades
and as if the wind had been
blown off course...

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As a virtual passenger 

bound for Auschwitz tour ~~~

my mind tries to evade holocaust realities

while heart throbs fast against historical angst...

allowing tears to express thanksgiving...

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HIGH SUMMER

End of July
The ridges, moraines,
mountains and valleys,
the meadows and farms of 
Upstate New York are a living
mosaic of yellows and tans, vermilions
and browns framed...

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Though absolutely insured because of family’s opulence
We can’t verily buy a bed guaranteed to give peace-prevalence.

Though our financial records show investment’s gain
Our health so stressed...

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I have an aunt out in Cali,
we used to visit every year,
she had a yoga studio,
and my grandmother used to cheer

how she was a ‘modern...

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Out of the darkness of night
crept the dawn.
Steaming with thirst, 
the dry mouth sun rose—
inebriating itself with morning
dew—leaving sparkling stars of green
scattered across the quilted...

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The deck of cards dealt us reaps forged worship 
Proboscis snorts caution to the phlegm leaked
Slowly from prestidigitation
Is the hand quicker than the all seen...

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When you see me,

Me and my radiant face
Me and my comely frame
Me and my stylish clothes
Me and my gorgeous wife
Me and my lovely kids
Me and...

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Thanksgiving, 2017

Why state the year
when the true Thanksgiving
is timeless..
We give Thanks perhaps..for
 the turkey and dressing
or the new home
or a future brightening..
These passing Thanksgivings
outpour from...

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