Carolina Pastorals
Viewing comments for Chapter 43 "Thanksgiving"A celebration of North Carolina
16 total reviews
Comment from Boogienights
This is a lovely poem about the meaning of home and family. I also love Thanksgiving, it is my favorite holiday because its not about presents and frantic shopping. It's about the warmth and love of family. You have captured that here in your poem. Thanks for sharing.
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2020
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This is a lovely poem about the meaning of home and family. I also love Thanksgiving, it is my favorite holiday because its not about presents and frantic shopping. It's about the warmth and love of family. You have captured that here in your poem. Thanks for sharing.
Comment Written 16-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2020
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Thanks for the excellent review and your comments celebrating the poem. This is exactly what I wanted to recreate in this piece, the warmth and love of family. we are on the same page on this one...estory
Comment from Jasmine Girl
I'm glad that you have had a good year. So did we. You have orchard and a plenty of food to share with a large family. You thank God for everything.
You are lucky. We didn't even get together with my brother-in-law's due to Covid19.
I especially like the first stanza, the last two lines:
like the last of a golden autumn
still clinging to the calendar.
I'm looking forward to the next one.
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2020
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I'm glad that you have had a good year. So did we. You have orchard and a plenty of food to share with a large family. You thank God for everything.
You are lucky. We didn't even get together with my brother-in-law's due to Covid19.
I especially like the first stanza, the last two lines:
like the last of a golden autumn
still clinging to the calendar.
I'm looking forward to the next one.
Comment Written 16-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2020
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Thanks so much for the excellent review and for your wonderful comments and perspective. I wanted to create that sense of the warmth and love of family, recreate those big Thanksgiving dinners of my childhood. Its always great to hear what works specifically. Luckily my dad and sisters live about 5 miles away. WE have a curfew, but only after 10pm. estory
Comment from Raffaelina Lowcock
Thanksgiving is a very treasured day. Although we may be aware of our blessings most of the time, Thanksgiving is the day we ponder the depth of our benefits and realize how fortunate we are to live where we live. I'm in Canada, a free country that I love. We mirror here the lifestyle of
the U.S.A. and so I resonate with your poem of praise and Thanksgiving.
Ralf
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2020
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Thanksgiving is a very treasured day. Although we may be aware of our blessings most of the time, Thanksgiving is the day we ponder the depth of our benefits and realize how fortunate we are to live where we live. I'm in Canada, a free country that I love. We mirror here the lifestyle of
the U.S.A. and so I resonate with your poem of praise and Thanksgiving.
Ralf
Comment Written 16-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 17-Dec-2020
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Thanks so much for the wonderful review and your perspective on the poem. This is what I was trying to get across, the sense of the warmth and love of family, and thanking God for it. I think your Thanksgiving is in October, around our Columbus day. Its been since 1997 that I was in Toronto. One of my favorite cities in the world. I have stock in a gold mining company there. Maybe you have heard of it; Barrick Gold? estory
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Yes, it has been a good stock. I had it
in my portfolio 15 years ago. I'm not sure how it's doing now, but I'm sure it is still one of the better gold stocks.
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It is THE gold stock. 23.25 is a screaming buy right now. I'm going to buy more as soon as I get the cash. We bought it at 18.75 in 1992 it went to 38 split two for one and then we sold into the rally around 2000 when gold went to $1300. Still have 50 shares left. estory
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
You brought the images of a thanksgiving happy gathering to life here and sketched the scene with words, we are thankful for the food on our table after the harvest, much enjoyed, love Dolly x
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2020
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You brought the images of a thanksgiving happy gathering to life here and sketched the scene with words, we are thankful for the food on our table after the harvest, much enjoyed, love Dolly x
Comment Written 16-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2020
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Thanks so much for the excellent review and your wonderful comments supporting the poem. estory
Comment from Wendy G
This is a beautiful and lyrical poem, very skilfully written. We don't have Thanksgiving in my country but In many ways I wish we would, if it would turn people's hearts back to the Lord, and thankfulness for His daily blessings - family, friends and food - enough and to share.
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2020
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This is a beautiful and lyrical poem, very skilfully written. We don't have Thanksgiving in my country but In many ways I wish we would, if it would turn people's hearts back to the Lord, and thankfulness for His daily blessings - family, friends and food - enough and to share.
Comment Written 16-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2020
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Thanks for the excellent review and your interesting perspective on the poem. I am glad that it brought that sense of gratitude for God. It always was one of my favorite holidays and I miss my mother's turkey dinners. estory
Comment from rama devi
Delightful descriptive caliber here, strong message, good spiritual overtones, very fine flow. I particularly applaud the phrasing phonics (so eloquent to read aloud), most especially the medley of F and L sounds in the first section:
This morning there's a coat of frost
sketched on the windowpanes,
snowflakes in flight
drawn during the night,
the first sign of Winter's elf
caught at his handiwork
as the last of the golden leaves
tremble up in the branches of the poplars,
like the last of a golden autumn
still clinging to the calendar.
And both sounds echoed again toward the end:
gathering back from all the far flung places
to the place they still call home.
Two suggestions:
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The Lord is kind and good(,)
and we must not forget that this is His food,
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and our lives,(:) another chance to enjoy it.
Quite an enjoyable read. Delectable!
Happy Holy Days Daze!
Warmly,
rd
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2020
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Delightful descriptive caliber here, strong message, good spiritual overtones, very fine flow. I particularly applaud the phrasing phonics (so eloquent to read aloud), most especially the medley of F and L sounds in the first section:
This morning there's a coat of frost
sketched on the windowpanes,
snowflakes in flight
drawn during the night,
the first sign of Winter's elf
caught at his handiwork
as the last of the golden leaves
tremble up in the branches of the poplars,
like the last of a golden autumn
still clinging to the calendar.
And both sounds echoed again toward the end:
gathering back from all the far flung places
to the place they still call home.
Two suggestions:
*
The Lord is kind and good(,)
and we must not forget that this is His food,
*
and our lives,(:) another chance to enjoy it.
Quite an enjoyable read. Delectable!
Happy Holy Days Daze!
Warmly,
rd
Comment Written 15-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2020
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Thanks for the excellent review my friend, it's always great to know specifically what works and what doesn't. I am glad the opening came across so strong. It probably is the most visual part of the poem. I wanted to capture those frosty November mornings, those hearty, happy family gatherings, and the connection to God. I remember one Thanksgiving in 1992 when it snowed 6 inches in NY. Woke up and smelled that bird roasting. One of the best Thanksgivings estory
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Thanks for sharing. Your poem definitely captured it!
Warmly, rd
Comment from Ulla
Hi Estory, I do appreciate your poem and maybe I should read it in the old spirit. But to be honest, I have great difficulty seeing how this year can have been good to any of us. It has been horrendous and it is far from over. I for one, can't get the vaccine as I'm allergic to penicillin. I'm not yet eligible for an injection, and maybe it will be solved by then. But honestly what is there to celebrate? Ulla:)))
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2020
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Hi Estory, I do appreciate your poem and maybe I should read it in the old spirit. But to be honest, I have great difficulty seeing how this year can have been good to any of us. It has been horrendous and it is far from over. I for one, can't get the vaccine as I'm allergic to penicillin. I'm not yet eligible for an injection, and maybe it will be solved by then. But honestly what is there to celebrate? Ulla:)))
Comment Written 15-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2020
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Thanks for the excellent review and your perspective on the poem. I believe in faith, not fear. As long as we are alive, have family and friends, the possibilities of love, there is hope. This won't last forever. I wouldn't take the vaccine anyway for a while. They normally take years to develope, and when they do, they are rarely more than 50% effective, so this whole things sounds suspicious to me. I was a stockholder of Merck for many years, so I have an idea about how these things work out. estory
Comment from amada
There is a plenitude of great lines celebrating winter time. One of my favorite is this one: " the logs are burning in the fireplace warming every corner of the room.
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2020
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There is a plenitude of great lines celebrating winter time. One of my favorite is this one: " the logs are burning in the fireplace warming every corner of the room.
Comment Written 15-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2020
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Thanks for the excellent review and for your wonderful comments celebrating this poem. Glad you enjoyed it and that it brought some warmth into your life estory
Comment from royowen
I would rather have thanksgiving as a way to concentrate on the fellowship of man and honouring God in the way we were meant to, with the omnipotent one in the midst of His people, enjoying the grateful adoration of His folk. Beautifully written my friend, I don't like Christmas because of its origins, and the fact its pagan inclination remains. Well done, beautifully written, blessings Roy
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2020
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I would rather have thanksgiving as a way to concentrate on the fellowship of man and honouring God in the way we were meant to, with the omnipotent one in the midst of His people, enjoying the grateful adoration of His folk. Beautifully written my friend, I don't like Christmas because of its origins, and the fact its pagan inclination remains. Well done, beautifully written, blessings Roy
Comment Written 15-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2020
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Thanks so much for the excellent review and for your wonderful comments supporting the poem and your interesting comments. The pagan past of Christmas doesn't come into focus in my life. For me, it is a celebration of Jesus' birthday. estory
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Well done
Comment from Teri7
Thank you for this beautiful and very heartfelt poem you have penned about Thanksgiving with you, your family and friends. You used great descriptive words and very lovely imagery. The best part of this poem is thanking the Lord. He is the One that owns it all and gives so freely to us. Blessings, Teri
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2020
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Thank you for this beautiful and very heartfelt poem you have penned about Thanksgiving with you, your family and friends. You used great descriptive words and very lovely imagery. The best part of this poem is thanking the Lord. He is the One that owns it all and gives so freely to us. Blessings, Teri
Comment Written 15-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 16-Dec-2020
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Thanks for the excellent review and I have to say you got exactly what I wanted say here. estory
