Welcome to OpenLinkNight everyone. As you know, OpenLinkNight is your opportunity to link 1 poem of your choice as this is no prompt-day. For those who missed the Mr Linky deadline the past week or this Tuesday’s poetics about “Sylvia and Ted“, this is also your opportunity to share your poem.
As today is Thanksgiving day in the USA, here is a poem by W. S. Merwin:
Thanks
BY W. S. MERWIN
Listen
with the night falling we are saying thank you
we are stopping on the bridges to bow from the railings
we are running out of the glass rooms
with our mouths full of food to look at the sky
and say thank you
we are standing by the water thanking it
standing by the windows looking out
in our directions
back from a series of hospitals back from a mugging
after funerals we are saying thank you
after the news of the dead
whether or not we knew them we are saying thank you
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
with the animals dying around us
taking our feelings we are saying thank you
with the forests falling faster than the minutes
of our lives we are saying thank you
with the words going out like cells of a brain
with the cities growing over us
we are saying thank you faster and faster
with nobody listening we are saying thank you
thank you we are saying and waving
dark though it is
See you at the poetry trail. ~Grace~
sanaarizvi said:
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!!! Thank you for hosting us, Grace 😀
Grace said:
Thanks for being here! Please include dVerse Link to your poem!
sanaarizvi said:
Always! ❤️
sanaarizvi said:
PS: I just did. Now off to read and comment .. i need coffee hahaha
Grace said:
Happy Thanksgiving to our USA friends! Happy OLN everyone! Have a wonderful week!!!! So much to be thankful for !!!
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) said:
Hello… Happy Thanksgiving for those living in the US, and hope you join tomorrow instead of blackening the Friday
Grace said:
Shopping is part of the to-do list. Happy week to you Bjorn!
Frank Hubeny said:
Happy Thanksgiving to all! Thanks for hosting, Grace.
Grace said:
Enjoy your Thanksgiving Frank.
D. Avery @shiftnshake said:
Thank you for keeping the Pub open! I am behind in my reading but will return as soon as I can.
Grace said:
Thanks for joining us.
whippetwisdom said:
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you who celebrate today and thank you for hosting tonight Grace! I’ve linked a haibun and will swing by in a moment to read.
Grace said:
See you in a bit in the poetry trail. Enjoy your week.
whippetwisdom said:
Thank you Grace, a wonderful week to you too 🤗💖
Laura Bloomsbury said:
many thanks Grace – am thankful to be nearly packed for my moving home and just managed a poem for OLN
Grace said:
Good luck ! Wishing you a good week!
RedCat said:
Happy Thanksgiving! I took a stroll down memory lane to find the Swedish Thanksgiving day. Shortly after midnight here, time to sleep rather than reading more poetry. 😉
Grace said:
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Rob Kistner said:
Thank you Grace for hosting on this Thanksgiving Day in the USA. I went for the predictably sentimental on this day — a Thanksgiving Dinner. But I think you will discover that my guests weren’t predictable.
Grace said:
Have a good Thanksgiving holiday!
msjadeli said:
Hello Grace and All. Happy Thanksgiving. I spent the day with my family and had a wonderful dinner and long board game afterwards. They left about an hour ago. I’ve linked a tanka I wrote a few days ago.
Grace said:
Happy Thanksgiving! Looks like a good time with the family.
msjadeli said:
Grace, thank you and hope you had a pleasant time with your loved ones.
kim881 said:
Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends! I almost missed Open Link Night die to a setback after starting antibiotics yesterday afternoon. I’m looking forward to reading and commenting this morning.
Grace said:
Hope you are feeling better Kim. Doing my rounds now.
kim881 said:
Thank you, Grace. The antibiotics have taken a few days to kick in, but I can breathe a little more easily now.
merrildsmith said:
Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone–and thanks for hosting, Grace. I was busy with food and family yesterday, so I didn’t even see the prompt. Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!
Grace said:
Have a good weekend Merril.
Xan said:
Happy Thanksgiving everyone, and thank you for hosting Grace! I’ve linked a poem from a past Thanksgiving that was not as joyous as the one I had yesterday.
Grace said:
Happy Thanksgiving as well. Have a good weekend.
pvcann said:
Belated Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. grace, down here it is the end of spring, so that is my focus – summer is coming just as your winter is encroaching.
Grace said:
Love that we are coming from different parts of the world. Enjoy your spring & summer.
pvcann said:
Thank you.
Grace said:
Wishing you all a good weekend.
lifelessons said:
Thank you for printing that marvelous poem, Grace. A bit late seeing it, but its message is spot on.