Tomorrow I’ll share my Ode to Autumn for the Poetry Sisters’ challenge. In the meantime, Happy Thanksgiving!
(Gratitudes to Brad West and Unsplash for the photo.)
Ode to Thanksgiving
Tomorrow I’ll share my Ode to Autumn for the Poetry Sisters’ challenge. In the meantime, Happy Thanksgiving!
(Gratitudes to Brad West and Unsplash for the photo.)
A(nother) Year of Reading 
Happy Thanksgiving! I’d replace Mom’s cranberry jello with Mom’s cornbread dressing that I can’t ever quite make like her. But I’ll do it every year for the rest of my life. Enjoy your day.
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That first stanza is so raw and gut-wrenching, but the whole poem softens with the second. Looking forward to reading your ode to autumn!
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Mary Lee,
I love this poem. You have captured the duality and “both/and” of so much of our culture. I saw this post on Instagram today, and your poem reminded me of it. https://www.instagram.com/p/CWtTI_tPOlc/
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It’s almost impossible for American society to separate the two – the horror of the history and the continuation of the pillaging with… the warmest of family gatherings. Greetings from the home of the Ohlone, where I am enjoying leftovers of the first family dinner in twenty-four months…
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Mary Lee, what a contrast of thoughts and actions you share in this amazing ode. I love how you took the negatives of the holiday that signify the materialistic side of life and provided a tender stanza that brings us back to the real thought: family.
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