Gratitude is a powerful emotion that transforms ordinary moments into something more, creating extraordinary memories. Even a simple thank you is beautiful. In today’s Poetic Sundays, I bring you beautiful poems of gratitude to inspire and celebrate thankfulness, offering a poetic way to say “thank you” for the big and small joys in life

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Poetic Sundays: Beautiful Poems of Gratitude

Today, as we enter the week of Thanksgiving here in the US, I bring you poems of gratitude and thanks for all we have.

Be Thankful

Guest House

Gratitude

Tell Him So

Those Winter Sundays

You can read the poem at The Poetry Foundation and listen to it below (read by Hayden)

And while the next one is not a poem per se, but a song, I love it for its spirit of gratitude, and aren’t all songs poems first? Have a listen to

Lucky, Lucky, Lucky Me

Recently

On My Blog and On the Homefront

My recent posts (since the last scribblings, as always)

• From Amazing Books to the Box: 13+ TV Series You Need to See
• The Magic in Timeless Tales and Tears of Fire
• Sunday Scribblings #202: Absurd Poems To Make You Think

Not much this week on the homefront.. a quiet one. I did attempt to make cookies (simpler plain healthier ones to make up for the biscuits we always buy from the Indian stores) and they turned out to be pretty good, so I will make them again.

Upcoming

On My Blog and On the Homefront

Family….I have my son back home and the whole family will be back together for the first time in over two months later this week when my daughter’s break begins as well!!! Will you be watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade this year? I heard that Minnie Mouse is making her first appearance on the parade this year, while the Wimpy Kid returns for the 14th consecutive year.

Celebrations

Literary Celebrations (close-to-it also!)

• Literary birthdays this week include: Jandy Nelson on Nov 25th; Marilynne Robinson on the 26th of Nov; Harivansh Rai Bachchan and Kevin Henkes on Nov 27th; Rita Mae Brown and William Blake on the 28th of November; Louisa May Alcott, Madeleine L’Engle, and C. S. Lewis on Nov 29th; Jonathan Swift, L. M. Montgomery, Mark Twain, Tayari Jones, Romila Thapar, and Winston Churchill on the 30th of November; Azar Nafisi and Candace Bushnell on December 1
• The week of Thanksgiving seems perfect for observing Better Conversation Week … and you can make some of those conversations literary ones.. plus great conversations make for great stories too, right?
• It is also National Game & Puzzle Week 

Foodie Celebrations

• Nov 25th is National Parfait Day 
• Followed by National Cake Day on the 26th of Nov
• Then, it is National Bavarian Cream Pie Day on Nov 27th
• With more sweetness on the 28th of November, for it is National French Toast Day
• And National Lemon Cream Pie Day is on the 29th of November adding to the pie-ness of this Thanksgiving week. 
• Next up – National Mousse Day on the 30th
• And Dec 1st is National Pie Day, National Eat a Red Apple Day, and National Peppermint Bark Day.

Other Celebrations and Observations

• The 25th is National Play Day with Dad, and also International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women Day
• Followed by Good Grief Day on November 26 in honor of the Peanuts creator Charles Schulz.
• Then, it is Pins and Needles Day and National Jukebox Day on Nov 27th
• While the 28th of November is cool – with it being Red Planet Day.
• Electronic Greetings Day, International Day of Solidarity With The Palestinian People, and Square Dancing Day make up November 29th along with a host of other things
• The day after Thanksgiving is National Day of Listening and National Native American Heritage Day 
• Followed by National Personal Space Day and Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare on the 30th of November. It is also Perpetual Youth Day (for Dick Clark’s birthday).
• December 1st is World AIDS Day, Day With(out) Art Day, and Rosa Parks Day.

Wrapped Up: My Sunday Scribblings

So dear reader, you have reached the end of this Sunday Scribblings! Which of these poems of gratitude is your favorite? And do share your own favorite poems of thanks as well. As always, I welcome your thoughts, comments, and suggestions about this post And, of course, do let me know if you plan to celebrate any of these mentioned celebrations this coming week/month?

Linking this to the Sunday Post over at the Caffeinated Reviewer and the Sunday Salon.