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tbeaudet
tbeaudet
Oct 10, 2008 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

Thank you Lord
for giving us Life
for giving us Family
we thank you, Life

Thank you Family
for giving us Love
for giving us Friends
we thank you, Love

Thank you Friends
for giving us Time
for giving us Memories
we thank you, Time

Thank you Memories
our soul's souveniers
for giving us Comfort
as the days turn to years

Copyright 2008
— tbeaudet, Oct 10, 2008

About This Poem

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Region, Country: Boston, USA

Favorite Poets: Patti Smith, Lucinda Williams, John Prine, Bruce Springsteen, Jim Carroll, Bob Dylan, Tom Waites

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Barbara Writes

Barbara Writes

17 years 8 months ago

Nice done

Smiles:) Barbara Thank you prayer and toast beautiful sentiments. well written
Rett

Rett

17 years 8 months ago

Thank you Tom

the prayer, the love, the life. Wonderful! Respectfully, Rett: "We can all be thankful that Picasso wasn't a plastic surgeon." Rett
infinite_dwarf

infinite_dwarf

17 years 8 months ago

Tom

Your humbleness is quite moving. Excellent write, sir. ~Jess K. ---------------------------------------------------- - "Everyone needs to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer!" - "Due to budget cutbacks, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off."
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zarul

17 years 7 months ago

Thanksgiving

Thank you Tom, for making me realized how much i have been blessed with. This poem is very good. it deserve stars. Great hug to you, my dear friend. ZaRuL
Linda Moses

Linda Moses

17 years 7 months ago

Tom

A humble prayer. Thank you for sharing.
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JulieMcCarty

17 years 7 months ago

Wonderful

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. This made me think about how lucky I am to have so much. There is nothing like famiy, friends and of course the Lord. Great poem!! :) Julie
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prayersbyPatty

17 years 6 months ago

Tom

Excellent write. I just think this is right on time for the upcoming holidays and how lucky we are if we are thankful for what we have. Family, friends, memories, and of course pets, the sun, mountain dew, ice cream and friends like you. Patty