Happy Turkey Poems

We children gathered around the table.
The aromas were rich and dense, we fidgeted.

But we had one last thing to do - before we began the...

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Peter was able to see some of the ant-like Macy's Thanksgiving parade by leaning suicidally over the 50th floor balcony. I go into fight-or-flight panic...

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Mister Tom Turkey says gobble gobble
Mrs. Tom Turkey’s head goes wobble wobble
Zig-zaging through yards of grass they meet
Hen teaching her younglings 'bout how to eat...

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slits in the blinds
of a guestroom
leaking morning through
skinny orange white cat
follows an old man in his underwear
down the hall to the bathroom 
and back to...

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They dressed in the garment of back in the day
Scampered up our walk with a happy hey hey
Are those chipmunks? My husband asked a bit...

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DreamWorks Animation released
A film with a turkey-leg feast 
And Donald Trump laughed,
"Democrats are daft
to believe that's how palms are greased!"...

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Happiness isn’t forbidden, so reach for it.
Look for missing love, or sip the wine of love. 
If love demands, pay the price and rejoice, delight,...

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Turkish Poetry Translations II

Çanakkale Sehitlerine
"For the Çanakkale Martyrs"
by Mehmet Akif Ersoy
loose English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Was there ever anything like the Bosphorus war??
The earth’s...

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The Thanksgiving feast was a shocker
When the turkey danced, doing the flocker
As the family looks on
Pour glasses of patron
Then assume the turkey was a punk-rocker...

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The young turkey started to crest
Then got tricked into a large nest
His feathers were pluck
He was naked as a duck
His get away was done with...

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The turkey was beautifully brown
But, was accidentally knocked to the ground
The family was shock
As they cursed and mock
Packed, then drove to another town...

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Turkey and dressing - A Tanka Poem


Turkey and dressing
It is huge and fills my mouth.
It has two strong legs
And a heavy stomach too
When I eaten...

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Thanksgiving is coming
Emotions run high
Happy I am
To be with family 
Stuffing our faces
of food we made to which
Anger arises
to kill our buzz
Cause of family betrayal
So...

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Good King Wenceslas again
On the feast of Stephen
Saw the snow spread white and plain
Deep and crisp and even.
Afar a snowy hump in sight
Attracted his attention
Could...

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You clean, you shop, you stir, you chop;
You add marshmallows to the top.
You cannot stop or all will flop;
The doorbell rings – you smile and...

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