Before you bake the turkey
and fill it with stuffin'
Before your casserole
and cornbread muffins
Before your tater salad
and candied yams
Before your pumpkin pie
and your honey baked ham
Before your cranberry sauce
and all the fixins
Before your angry mom
runs you out of her kitchen
Before Black Friday
and the holiday rush
Before you complain
about how you ate too much
Before you sit down to enjoy
your gobble gobble
Don't forget to thank The Man
who made it all possible
Because He is the one
who makes life worth living
And without Him
There would be no Thanksgiving.
For the past two years (2006-2008) The Bridge of Silver Wings has earned a name for itself both as a series of poems published in different e-zines and as a book first published in 2007.
What makes this 2009 edition a special one is th
A short story of mine was included in an anthology of short fiction by fourteen of Port Town Publishing Company's authors. It is out of print and no longer available except as a download. Contact me at charlenetess@yahoo.com if you want it.