Thanksgiving Poverty Poems

How do I start this story, 
Let’s begin with an optimistic reader,
Who happens to be my brother,
I got to tell you I really revere him...

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There was something in that dream              
     ...

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A kindly man named Meyer*
On poor folks would take a flyer
   He took me in one wintry midnight
   Knowing naught but...

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Homelessness is so sad.
Slowly it crawls into you,
takes you from yourself,
lock you in a world you never taught existed.
The fright in the night is the...

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Thoughts of Thanksgiving 2020
By: Miracle Man
October 24, 2020

As Thanksgiving nears I think of him,
we’ll share with him our blessing.
Trying, once more, to make his life...

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worn out tennis scuffle through leaves and trash
going nowhere accept 
relocating from the soda machine to the parking lot
this is the intricate routine he follows.
gingerly...

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In late November fam’lies gather ‘round
to always celebrate Thanksgiving Day;
with feast on table, turkey golden browned,
they fold their hands pretending that they pray.

They gorge themselves...

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I do so love harvest thanksgiving, 
That time of year which celebrates agriculture, 
When church flips from being god-centred, 
To remembering farmers and good food...

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