Think of Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” as a gratitude poem appropriate for Thanksgiving.
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All Which We Behold Is Full of Blessings
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A Wordsworth Thanksgiving Poem
In which I read Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” as a Thanksgiving poem.
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On Black Friday, Stay Focused
In “Ceremony,” Leslie Marmon Silko warns what can happen if we let commercialization blind us to our real gifts. It’s a good lesson for Black Friday.
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Gratitude, as Explained by Milton
Visiting Milton’s hymns of gratitude in “Paradise Lost” are one way of celebrating Thanksgiving.
Joys Are Snowflakes, They Drift and Stray
Hungarian poet Reményik Sándor reminds us to be thanking for the tiny sonders that we encounter from day to day.
This World Is Not Altogether Bad
Poet Mike Hazard captures the joy of a homeless man on his way to a Thanksgiving feast.
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At This Table, We Give Thanks
Joy Harjo takes us to her kitchen table in a poem that, while giving thanks, complicates Thanksgiving by facing up to the bad as well as the good.
A Time for Laughter & Sharing of Pleasures
Kahlil Gibran’s “Friendship” makes for a great Thanksgiving poem.
