Giving Thanks Giving Thanks

"Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving;
let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise!"
Psalm 95:2

Ruth Morehead

Giving thanks   giving thanks

for rain and rainbows

sun and sunsets

cats and catbirds

larks and larkspur

giving thanks   giving thanks

for cows and cowslips

eggs and eggplants

stars and starlings

dogs and dogwood

giving thanks   giving thanks

for watercress on river banks

for necks and elbows, knees and shanks

for towers basins pools and tanks

for pumps and handles lifts and cranks

giving thanks   giving thanks

for ropes and coils and braids and hanks

for jobs and jokes and plots and pranks

for whistles bells and plinks and clanks

giving giving giving THANKS

"Giving Thanks  Giving Thanks"

Eve Merriam
(1916-1992)
American poetess and writer