Gratitude

The Teacher by Hilarie Jones I was twenty-six the first time I held

Two Countries by Naomi Shihab Nye Skin remembers how long the years grow

Mass for the Day of St. Thomas Didymus [excerpt] by Denise Levertov Praise the wet snow

Thanksgiving Letter from Harry by Carl Dennis I guess I have to begin by admitting

For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children

Around Us by Marvin Bell We need some pines to assuage the darkness

The Thanksgivings by Harriet Maxwell Converse We who are here present thank the Great Spirit that we are here to praise him

Slow Waltz Through Inflatable Landscape by Christian Hawkey At the time of his seeing a hole opened

Rabbi Ben Ezra by Robert Browning Grow old along with me!

Dusting by Marilyn Nelson Thank you for these tiny

Visiting Pai-an Pavilion by Hsieh Ling-yun Beside this dike, I shake off the world's dust,

What Was Told, That by Jalal al-Din Rumi What was said to the rose that made it open was said

For the Twentieth Century by Frank Bidart Bound, hungry to pluck again from the thousand

Thank You For Saying Thank You by Charles Bernstein

Lift Every Voice and Sing by James Weldon Johnson Lift ev'ry voice and sing,

Starfish by Eleanor Lerman This is what life does. It lets you walk up to

The Triumph of Time by Algernon Charles Swinburne Before our lives divide for ever

The Routine Things Around the House by Stephen Dunn When Mother died

Thanks by W. S. Merwin Listen

The Culture of Glass by Thylias Moss Thanksgiving 2004: I’m thankful for

A List of Praises by Anne Porter Give praise With psalms that tell the trees to sing