Giving Thanks

The very term 'Thanksgiving' signifies expressing your appreciation and gratitude towards someone really special and wanted. On the occasion of Thanksgiving, celebrated in America, everyone offers a short prayer to express their thankfulness to God for the things they have got at the end of the harvest season. Celebrating Thanksgiving with the traditional concept of honoring the harvest and God is always a considerate thought. Given here is a poem titled "Giving Thanks" that reminds one of the initial thought of celebrating Thanksgiving. It takes the opportunity to thank God for being around with people and helping them fulfill their needs and desires. This poem makes a great entry for harvest greetings, Thanksgiving cards, and text messages. Use it the way you feel and let loose yourself in the festive mood of Thanksgiving! Hope the wordings help you cherish the religious tradition of observing Thanksgiving.

For the hay and the corn and the wheat that is reaped,
For the labor well done, and the barns that are heaped,
For the sun and the dew and the sweet honeycomb,
For the rose and the song and the harvest brought home --
Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!

For the trade and the skill and the wealth in our land,
For the cunning and strength of the workingman's hand,
For the good that our artists and poets have taught,
For the friendship that hope and affection have brought --
Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!

For the homes that with purest affection are blest,
For the season of plenty and well-deserved rest,
For our country extending from sea unto sea;
The land that is known as the 'Land of the Free' --
Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!
- Anonymous