Happy Thanksgiving!

Decatur Metro | November 22, 2012

Our best to you and yours!  As a small gift, here are a few Thanksgiving poems for you courtesy of the Poetry Foundation.

  • The New-England Boy’s Song about Thanksgiving Day [Lydia Maria Child]
  • Butter [Elizabeth Alexander]
  • Yam [Bruce Guernsey]
  • My Triumph [John Greenleaf Whittier]
  • When the Frost is Off the Punkin [James Whitcomb Riley]
  • The Gift Outright [Robert Frost]
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7 Responses to “Happy Thanksgiving!”

  1. Chris Billingsley says:
    November 22, 2012 at 1:58 pm

    Awesome Traditional Thanksgiving Poem! Also a great dog name, Jowler. Yowzah!
    Happy Thanksgiving!

  2. Chris Billingsley says:
    November 22, 2012 at 2:27 pm

    At National Review Online (along with DecaturMetro, a website I visit everyday), Rachel Campos-Duffy suggests another famous lyric that is suitable for a Thanksgiving poem:

    “ . . . Land where our fathers died!
    Land of the Pilgrims’ pride!
    From every mountain side,
    Let freedom ring!”

    Oh sweet land of liberty! On this Thanksgiving Day, I pray that we always remain a free people.

  3. Cubalibre says:
    November 22, 2012 at 4:21 pm

    Happy Thanksgiving, DM peeps! (LOVED “Yam”– how have I never read this poem???) T-minus 20 minutes till dinner– the family is pawing at the dirt, so I’m off. Enjoy the day, everybody!

  4. Bryan Alexander says:
    November 23, 2012 at 7:38 am

    Don’t jump the gun, son. My homeboy Riley’s poem is about the punkin with frost on, not off.

    By the way, during Thanksgiving a co-worker brought a treat called “cream cheese squares,” so dreamy with soft frosted cream, and with pumpkin on–put me to sleep over my papers.

  5. Katrina Shoemaker says:
    November 23, 2012 at 5:46 pm

    The Robert Frost is wonderful. And Over the River, I’ve known since I was a child. My mother used to recite the whole thing.. I don’t think I ever heard the writer’s name before. Lovely.

    • Decatur Metro says:
      November 23, 2012 at 8:33 pm

      I’m glad you enjoyed them!

      I must say I’m quite pleased that we’ve gotten over 120 click-thrus on these poems!

      • Parker Cross says:
        November 26, 2012 at 1:00 am

        On the rare holiday when we get to entertain, instead of traveling, we force the youngest members of our party to recite “When Father Carves the Duck.”
        http://www.reminisce.com/2011/10/father-carves-the-duck/