Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.
Loading... Merrily Comes Our Harvest In: Poems for Thanksgiving (1978)by Lee Bennett Hopkins (Editor)
None Loading...
Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. no reviews | add a review
Contains 20 poems with Thanksgiving themes. No library descriptions found.
|
Current DiscussionsNonePopular covers
Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)811.009Literature English (North America) American poetry Specific kinds of poetry {only by more than one author} Modified standard subdivisions History, description, critical appraisal of American poetryLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |
November is a lady
In a plain gray coat
That's very closely buttoned
Up around her throat.
And after she's been roaming
All around the town,
She reaches in her pocket,
Deep, deep down,
Then pulls out a present,
And with laughter gay,
Says to everybody,
"Here's Thanksgiving Day!"
That being said, I enjoyed most of the poem here, both for the themes they explore and for their well-constructed form and readability. Thanksgiving Magic by Rowena Bastin Bennett was another particular favorite, with its descriptions of the enchantment of seasonal cookery. There are one or two poems here that some readers might found outdated—chiefly those addressing the "Pilgrims and Indians" narrative of the First Thanksgiving—but for the most part these poems are as delightful now as when this collection was first published, back in 1978. Recommended to picture-book readers looking for fun, poetic Thanksgiving titles. ( )