This by James Wright from his book:" James Wright: Collected Poems." Hope you are all having a lovely, chilly Thanksgiving day.
A Poem By Garnie Braxton
"Garnie, I wish I was a seagull."
"Yeah, me too,
And when you want to get warm
All you got to do
Is put on your feathers
And fly away to the south.
I been there once."
Thursday, November 25, 2010
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Something I heard as a youngster
from a very insightful minister
came back to me this week:
Commenting on Jesus' healing of the 10 lepers,
where only one came back to thank Him,
he said:
"Thanksgiving is not the fruit of prosperity;
it is the impulse of a thoughtful, just soul."
Or,
as an old mountain preacher in Tennessee
used to put it ....
"It ain't whatcha got...
It's whatcha thot ..."
Happy thinking this Thanksgiving!
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