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Thanksgiving Thoughts
by Budd Nelson → (All Poetry by Budd Nelson)
Wednesday, November 15, 2017    Rated "G" by the Author.
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just a stream of thoughts I had about the coming holiday next week

November 14, 2017

 On this drab grey and dour day
i think on such a day before.
When peoples of different ways
came to share their bounty and more.
One had come from so far away
to stake their claims on others shores.
the otherhere had been always
or for as long as the stories bore.

Others had come in years gone by
to distant North and farther south.
Some poorly planned were lost or died
others endured, no cheers, no shouts.
Of these called natives, none deny
they were dealt bad and shoved about.
So today we celebrate, why
because tis thanks we need to shout.

Thanks to those who in our hearts live.
Thanks to those who help others out.
Thanks to the ones who always give.
Thanks for lives we're happy about.
Thanks to a God who does forgive.
Thanks to one we can't live without.
Thanks to a country where we live.
Happy Thanksgiving without doubt.

 


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 Reviews of "Thanksgiving Thoughts"
Reviewed by Mary Patterson
Reviewed on January 9, 2018
Great write! Yes I agree , we have many things to be thankful for!....M

Reviewed by Michael Jones
Reviewed on December 6, 2017
I regret I hadn't read it any sooner but it is awesome! Life is a gift from God and so is this particular piece of poetry, by you my brother! Thank you! Peace!!!

Reviewed by Mary Ann Biddinger
Reviewed on November 30, 2017
Budd~
Wonderful poem of thankful praise.

God bless,
Lady Mary Ann

Reviewed by Tom Leftwich
Reviewed on November 27, 2017
Enjoyed-- I like your thinking- inspiring

Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on November 25, 2017
Very thoughtful, apt, and timely sentiments, Budd. Thank you. Love and peace to you,

Regis

Reviewed by Bozena Zawisz
Reviewed on November 20, 2017
A lovely Thanksgiving reflection

Reviewed by John Domino
Reviewed on November 18, 2017
I will gladly recite these words for our next Thanksgiving...

I just added an "a" at the end. OK...

Thanks to those who in our hearts live.
Thanks to those who help others out.
Thanks to the ones who always give.
Thanks for lives we're happy about.
Thanks to a God who does forgive.
Thanks to one we can't live without.
Thanks to a country where we live.
Happy Thanksgiving without a doubt.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

John Michael Domino

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on November 17, 2017
THIS is a very wonderful poem of Thanksgiving, Budd. One of the very best I have ever read.

Reviewed on November 16, 2017
Let us be thankful and share with someone. Wouldn't it be nice if everyone did that? You shared reality with gratitude and wrote a thankful piece!

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on November 16, 2017
WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR. FOR WE ARE AN IMPERFECT NATION AND AN IMPERFECT PEOPLE BUT WE SERVE A PERFECT AND FORGIVING GOD...WHO CONSTANTLY CONTINUES TO KEEP AND BLESS US IN SPITE OF US AND FOR THIS, CERTAINLY, I SAY...HAPPY THANKSGIVING! THANKS FOR SHARING, BUDD. OVERFLOWING LOVE, RADIANT BLESSINGS AND AN ABUNDANCE OF FAITH TO YOU AND YOURS...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Mystic Rose
Reviewed on November 16, 2017
You have written a beautiful poem of gratitude. You seem to have covered many avenues. Happy Thanks Giving to you and your loved ones.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on November 16, 2017
Your poem reminds me that even the poor who have to use food stamps just to get by, can have a bountiful feast here in Houston on Thanksgiving day because there are several organizations that pull all stops to make sure that the bounty of harvest is available to all on this day of thankfulness. What started out as the coming together of like and dislike peoples to share what they had garnered in the summer during their hard work and now had an abundance while it was still fresh and there were still ample quantities before winter would set in and make it so hard to even live without starving before spring.

We should be doubly thankful today that our supermarkets are still full of fresh food at everyday low prices in the spring when nothing had grown for six months before when the tradition started, but does now, thanks to modern technology and transportation.

Ron

Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on November 16, 2017
Well done, and thank you for your words of wisdom.

Reviewed by Susanne Leist
Reviewed on November 16, 2017
We should all remember to be thankful for what we have.

Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on November 16, 2017
Tis the coming season of thanksgiving and cheer. Hopefully, we all have much to be thankful for. A fine invocation to the Day of Thanks.

Reviewed by Stephen Pollard
Reviewed on November 15, 2017
Very well written....We all have very much to be thankful for....


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