Thanksgiving Poems

The First Thanksgiving

by Margaret Junkin Preston "And now," said the Governor, gazing abroad on the piled-up store Of the sheaves that dotted the clearings and covered the meadows o'er, "Tis meet that we render praises because of this yield of grain; Tis... Continue "The First Thanksgiving"

The Harvest Moon

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow It is the Harvest Moon! On gilded vanes And roofs of villages, on woodland crests And their aerial neighborhoods of nests Deserted, on the curtained window-panes Of rooms where children sleep, on country lanes And harvest-fields,... Continue "The Harvest Moon"

Little Prayer in November

by Lee Rudolph That I am alive, I thank no one in particular; and yet am thankful, mostly, although I frame no prayer but this one: "Creator Spirit, as you have come, come again", even in November, on these short... Continue "Little Prayer in November"

Te Deum

by Charles Reznikoff Not because of victories I sing, having none, but for the common sunshine, the breeze, the largess of the spring. Not for victory but for the day's work done as well as I was able; not for... Continue "Te Deum"

The Thanksgivings

by Harriet Maxwell Converse Translated from a traditional Iroquois prayer We who are here present thank the Great Spirit that we are here to praise Him. We thank Him that He has created men and women, and ordered that these... Continue "The Thanksgivings"

The New-England Boy’s Song About Thanksgiving Day

by Lydia Maria Child Over the river, and through the wood, To grandfather's house we go. The horse knows the way, To carry the sleigh, Through the white and drifted snow. Over the river, and through the wood, To grandfather's... Continue "The New-England Boy’s Song About Thanksgiving Day"

Thanksgiving

~~ Author Unknown The year has turned its circle, The seasons come and go.' The harvest all is gathered in And chilly north winds blow. Orchards have shared their treasures, The fields, their yellow grain, So open wide the doorway~... Continue "Thanksgiving"

Thoughts of Thanksgiving

by Charles Frederick White (November, 1895 ) Thanksgiving day is coming soon, That long remembered day When nature gives her blessed boon To all America. On that glad day, in all our land, The people, in their wake, Give thanks... Continue "Thoughts of Thanksgiving"

Nothing Gold Can Stay

by Robert Frost Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold, Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing... Continue "Nothing Gold Can Stay"

The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers

by Felicia Dorothea Hemans 1826 The breaking waves dash'd high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches toss'd; And the heavy night hung dark, The hills and waters o'er, When a... Continue "The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers"

After Apple Picking

By Robert Frost My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree Toward heaven still, And there's a barrel that I didn't fill Beside it, and there may be two or three Apples I didn't pick upon some bough. But I... Continue "After Apple Picking"

The Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving

by Edgar Albert Guest, 1881-1959 It may be I am getting old and like too much to dwell Upon the days of bygone years, the days I loved so well; But thinking of them now I wish somehow that I... Continue "The Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving"