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The Eve of Thanksgiving
‘Tis the eve of Thanksgiving, and all through the class,
The students are wishing the time would soon pass.
Though it’s nodes, modes, and frequencies they’re told to find,
Bright visions of turkeys sashay through each mind.
Though the pencils are poised over notebooks with care,
All the students are drifting; their thoughts are not there,
But rather they stray to tomorrow’s great feast
Whose abundance, before their minds’ eye, has increased:
Steaming biscuits and muffins in baskets recline,
Next to butter and honey, and jam in a line,
Mashed potatoes are heaped in a mountainous pile,
Near the turkey, which poses in elegant style.
In addition there’s relish and stuffing enough
And that cranberry goop (‘cause some folks like the stuff).
Then of course, after all, come the marvelous pies,
Both a feast for the stomach and feast for the eyes…
With such treats tantalizing, the class flies right by.
The students awake from their visions and sigh.
With eyes glazed and dreamy they gather their things,
While through each scholar’s head a most thankful voice rings.
It sounds and resounds, as they leap to their feet,
“Happy eating to all! And a bon appetit!”
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A Pennsylvania native now residing in Colorado, Anna J. Arredondo is an engineer by education, a home educator by choice, and by preference, a poet. She also has poems published (or forthcoming) in The Lyric, Time of Singing, Light, Blue Unicorn, Better Than Starbucks, and WestWard Quarterly.
Mouth-wateringly good poem, Anna.
Thanks for the read.
Thank you, Paul. I wrote this in class my senior year of college… 25 years ago! I’m happy to finally share it.
Funnily enough, I’ve submitted a Thanksgiving poem I wrote almost a decade ago – let’s see.
I enjoyed your Thanksgiving poem very much Anna. A feast for the ears. Thank you.
Thank you, Norma!
It’s a flavourful Thanksgiving poem, Anna. It kept a smile on my face the whole time. Also, I could relate well to nodes, modes, and frequencies. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you, Shamik. I’ve been out of touch with the nodes, modes, and frequencies for a while now, but glad you can relate!
Truly a feast for the ears and the imagination! Clement C. Moore would be proud of your perfect anapestic echoes of his famous poem. Happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you, Cynthia. A happy Thanksgiving to you as well!
A Delicious feast of rhythm and rhyme and all things sublime!
lovely poem — just wets my appetite
Thank you, Rohini and thank you, Scott. Bon apetit!
Relishing your style, Anna. Hope your students enjoy the feast after learning celebratory table setting–and God bless the cook!
Thank you, Margaret. As to the celebratory table setting, maybe later… My students are currently eating dino nuggets up in their friends’ tree house, nary a tablecloth or napkin in sight! Happy Thanksgiving and God bless!
Anna, I have been there dreaming of Thanksgiving Day and a couple of days off from school. Well done! Happy Thanksgiving to you!
Thanks for sharing this delicious poem and happy Thanksgiving.
Thank you, Roy, and thank you, Allegra. A happy Thanksgiving to you and yours as well!
I’m thankful for this upbeat treat. I envisioned your engineering class beguiled by the modes, nodes, and frequencies of their own viand-wired wits.
Thank you, Hari. “…viand-wired wits” 🙂 🙂
A mouthwateringly scrumptious poem that is the perfect prelude to a Thanksgiving feast. I note you wrote it when you were at college… Anna, you were obviously destined to be a poet! Happy Thanksgiving!
Thank you, Susan! My Thanksgiving was spent with family and friends “in your neck of the woods” (as though “in Texas” were a precise enough location for that expression). I hope your Thanksgiving was lovely, and I’m looking forward to reading your latest offerings once on the road home…