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To me, Thanksgiving means being grateful for everything I have. It’s a time to say “thank you” to my parents, teachers, and friends. I like helping..

The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Native Americans. The Pilgrims came from England and faced a very..

Thanksgiving Day is my favorite holiday because it brings everyone together. My whole family comes to my house, and we cook a big meal. My favorite..

Thanksgiving Day is one of the most important American holidays. It is celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday of November. On this day..

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because it brings everyone together. I love the delicious food, the laughter, and the warm feeling of family. But..

Thanksgiving started a long time ago when the Pilgrims and Native Americans shared a feast in 1621. They were thankful for the good harvest and..

Thanksgiving Day is all about being thankful for what we have. I am thankful for my family, my school, my friends, and my home. Some people don’t..

On Thanksgiving Day, my family and I cook a big dinner. We eat turkey, corn, and pie together. After eating, we talk, play games, and watch parades..

Thanksgiving Day is a special holiday celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday of November. It is a time to give thanks for all the..

 By N. Scott MomadayI am a feather on the bright skyI am the blue horse that runs in the plainI am the fish that rolls, shining, in the waterI am the..

 By Suji Kwock KimIf the angle of an eye is all,   the slant of hope, the slant of dreaming, according to each life,what is the light of this..

 By Ross GayFriends, will you bear with me today,for I have awakenedfrom a dream in which a robinmade with its shabby wings a kind of veilbehind..

 By W. S. MerwinListenwith the night falling we are saying thank youwe are stopping on the bridges to bow from the railingswe are running out of the..

 By Lydia Maria ChildOver the river, and through the wood,    To grandfather's house we go;        The horse knows the way,        To carry the..

 By Sharon OldsWhen she comes back, from college, I will seethe skin of her upper arms, cool,matte, glossy. She will hug me, my oldsoupy chest..

 By Marjorie SaiserThe adults we call our children will not be arrivingwith their children in tow for Thanksgiving.We must make our feast..

 By Richard NewmanAt Steak ‘n Shake I learned that if you add“Bless their hearts” after their names, you can saywhatever you want about them and it’s..

 By Eamon GrennanAll Souls’ over, the roast seeds eaten, I set   on a backporch post our sculpted pumpkin   under the weather, warm still for..

 By Bruce GuernseyThe potato that ate all its carrots,can see in the dark like a mole,its eyes the scarsfrom centuries of shovels, tines.May spelled..

 By Albert GoldbarthWe know far more about the philosophical underpinnings of Puritanism than we do about what its practitioners consumed at..

By Joy HarjoThe world begins at a kitchen table. No matter what, we must eat to live.The gifts of earth are brought and prepared, set on the table...

 By Maxine KuminThe week in August you come home,adult, professional, aloof,we roast and carve the fatted calf—in our case home-grown pig, the..

 By Robert HerrickLord, Thou hast given me a cell         Wherein to dwell,A little house, whose humble roof         Is weather-proof:Under the spars..

 By Edgar Albert GuestGettin’ together to smile an’ rejoice,An’ eatin’ an’ laughin’ with folks of your choice;An’ kissin’ the girls an’ declarin’..

 By Elizabeth AlexanderA Poem for Barack Obama’s Presidential InaugurationEach day we go about our business,walking past each other, catching each..