“If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude,
then animals are better off than a lot of humans.”
“My gratitude for good writing is unbounded;
I’m grateful for it the way I’m grateful for the ocean.”
― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
If you have heard this song too many times,
switch off the sound and just search the images for inspiration.
Midweek Motif ~ Gratitude
The New Science of Gratitude:
"Author and researcher Dr. Robert Emmons has discovered what gives
life meaning: . . . . Gratitude improves emotional and physical health, and it can
strengthen relationships and communities."
What do you think?
Your Challenge: Compose a poem around the idea or experience of gratitude.
from
Thanks
by W. S. Merwin,
1927
.
. . .
over
telephones we are saying thank you
in
doorways and in the backs of cars and in elevators
remembering
wars and the police at the door
and
the beatings on stairs we are saying thank you
in
the banks we are saying thank you
in
the faces of the officials and the rich
and
of all who will never change
we
go on saying thank you thank you
.
. . . (Read the rest HERE at The Acadamy of
American Poets)
by Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805-48)
Part
in peace: is day before us?
Praise
His Name for life and light;
Are
the shadows lengthening o’er us?
Bless
His care Who guards the night.
Part
in peace: with deep thanksgiving,
Rendering,
as we homeward tread,
Gracious
service to the living,
Tranquil
memory to the dead.
Part
in peace: such are the praises
God
our Maker loveth best;
Human
hearts to heavenly rest.
Such
the worship that upraises
For those who are new to Poets United:
- Post your new gratitude poem on your site, and then link it here.
- If you use a picture include its link.
- Share only original and new work written for this challenge.
- Leave a comment here.
- Visit and comment on our poems.
(Next week's Midweek Motif is "a day 'that will live in infamy' or a 'bomb' of a day.")
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