SEASON OF THANKS

“AMAZING THINGS APPEAR IN OUR LIVES, ALMOST OUT OF NOWHERE…

Anne Lamott

HELP THANKS WOW

THANK YOU, DOCTOR—I SHALL BE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL TO YOU…

Gilbert Emery

“THANK YOU, DOCTOR”

“NO THANK YOU I DON’T CARE FOR ARTICHOKES…”

Sandra M. Gilbert

BELONGINGS

…FOR THIS SPECIAL INTERIM, SO RESTFUL YET SO FESTIVE, THANK YOU, THANK YOU THANK YOU, FOG.

W.H. Auden

THANK YOU, FOG

TO MY GRANDMOTHER WITH THE CLEANSING POWER IN HER HANDS, MY INTENTION HERE IS TO GIVE THANKS…WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED WITHIN SOMETHING LIKE THE REDEMPTION IN HER WASHING.

Lorna Goodison

TURN THANKS

FOR THAT GLADNESS, BE THANKFUL. BE HAPPY. THAT’S WHAT I TELL MYSELF.

Simon J. Ortiz

OUT THERE SOMEWHERE

“THANK YOU M’AM,” BUT ALTHOUGH HIS LIPS MOVED, HE COULDN’T EVEN SAY THAT…

Langston Hughes

“THANK YOU, MA’M”