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A Homeless Thanksgiving
by Linda M Hill → (All Poetry by Linda M Hill)
Thursday, November 19, 2015    Rated "G" by the Author.
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Not everyone has a Thanksgiving dinner on the table or even a home. Let's pray for the ones who aren't as blessed as we are.


Poem Artwork

As I sit here on the corner
Hoping someone will glance my way
They carry bags of goodies
To cook on Thanksgiving Day

I remember so long ago
I was the one scurrying by
With thoughts of Thanksgiving
Cooking a turkey and lemon pie

I lost my precious family
When a fire destroyed my home
In an instant everything I loved
Went up in smoke and was gone
So I sit here on the corner

Praying that someone will see
Not the dirty clothes and matty hair
But the good inside of me

I don't have a fancy house
Are a place to lay my head
But I'm thankful for this bench
I can use it for my bed
I'm thankful for each smile
Some give when they pass by
I say a prayer for the ones
Who can't look me in the eye

My Thanksgiving is the memories
That I will always hold dear
I'm so thankful for my Jesus
I can always feel Him near
I pray for all the people
Who I know are worse than I

I brush the dirt from my clothes
And I hold my head up high....

2015 (C) Linda M. Hill

 





 

 


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 Reviews of "A Homeless Thanksgiving"
Reviewed by Rhonda Galizia
Reviewed on November 25, 2015
Glory to GOD!
I am so blessed by your work - and your beautiful heart, Miss Linda.
A very blessed and safe Thanksgiving to you.. and to all whose lives I am certain you change with your outpouring of Christ's love.

Reviewed on November 24, 2015
Very touching! So much feeling ran through me as I read this. This year my granddaughter asked if she could bring a homeless person over for Thanksgiving. I told her to tell that person to invite a friend to bring over as well. God shines through your words!

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on November 24, 2015
AMEN! THANKS FOR THIS LOOK AT THE SIDE OF THANKSGIVING WE OFTEN MISS. IT REALLY IS ALL ABOUT THE BLESSING OF JESUS BEING IN OUR LIFE AND GIVING US PEACE IN THE MIDST OF OUR STORMS...WHATEVER THEY ARE. THANKS, LINDA AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING! LOVE, BLESSINGS AND PEACE...JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Budd Nelson
Reviewed on November 22, 2015
heart breakingly real and well written
budd

Reviewed by John Domino
Reviewed on November 22, 2015
Wonderful write Linda! Tears at the heart. We have so much in this country but the have-not folks are just down the block. If all well endowed families sponsored just one homeless one I suspect the homeless one the street would be gone, zero, leaving no one! But we hive to these "Black Holes" and the problem never seems to go away. Perhaps you made a difference with your poem because I feel the need to sponsor a homeless person today. Amen

Reviewed by - - - - - TRASK
Reviewed on November 21, 2015
11-21-2015

No One Cares Tells It Better Than You...

Majority Turn Look Other Way
Take IT For Granted It Will Never
Happen To Me...

TRASK...

Reviewed by Connie Faust
Reviewed on November 20, 2015
Your glimpse into the heart of the homeless is so compassionate. We need more insights such as this to open our eyes and teach us how precious each one is to God. They are precious in His sight.

Connie

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on November 20, 2015
A very poignant and timely piece. There but for good fortune go you more I.

Houston is a very generous city and we have two huge feasts into locations in the city during Thanksgiving and again, during Christmas where home was sent poor people gather and can eat their fill of all the things that would normally have on the table at these times.

Unfortunately, that only lasts for a day or two and people that feed the homeless on the street are sometimes stopped because they don't have kitchens that need commercial regulations and food distribution rules. It's a sad state of affairs. Food stamps don't cover most family's needs each month.

Ron

Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on November 20, 2015
A thanksgiving prayer of the homeless, nice work and inspiring. John

Reviewed on November 19, 2015
Brought tears to my eyes Linda. A well penned and meaningful pen.

Reviewed by William Bonilla
Reviewed on November 19, 2015
Awesome write Linda as you always present pray you have a Happy thanksgiving
Love & peace be with me

William

Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on November 19, 2015
This certainly presents a different perspective, Linda. Yet sadly, such a predicament is not at all uncommon. Love and blessings to you.

Regis

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on November 19, 2015
Great poem, Kinda!


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