Thanksgiving feel

Luke throws his broccoli at James,

 hitting him in the face, causing James to fall out of his chair laughing.

Sniped!

The aroma of pies baking in the oven

The long wooden table holds all the wonderful food.

The turkey is not dry this year; it’s finally cooked just right!

The marvelous cranberry sauce, handmade by Grandma Kathy looks like red applesauce.

Saying grace before eating, is something we do every time we eat.

After eating,

“I feel like the turkey, all stuffed up and stuff”

my cousin Brandon exclaims,

puffing his stomach out as if he’s pregnant.

As we are waiting for the pie,

My little cousin Teagan is more excited than anyone to see snow falling

“I’m a snow angel, falling from the sky.”

The blueberry pie is succulent with the juices exploding in your mouth.

A kooky family member who has had a bit too much to drink,

hollers “I’m flying like the turkey before he was shot”

Flapping his “wings” until he drops on the couch and passes out.

This was the first thanksgiving for newly born baby Kylie.

This year we propose a toast to the well being of everyone present.

"Shadow" poem but not really

Watching from the outside looking in

Stepping out of the black 2004 Ford Explorer

I walk closely behind what seems like an under privileged person as we enter Target.

I can’t help but notice that he isn’t dressed for the chilly weather.

I take notice that they are shivering, and shaking.

As I enter the store, we head our separate ways.

But as I near register number twelve, we seem to have met again.

He is still shivering, as he is buying some toys, he explains to the cashier that these are his Christmas gifts for his 3 beautiful children.

But as soon as the cashier says how much the toys are, his eyes grow wide in astonishment.

He realizes that he doesn’t have enough money to buy a toy of some sort for each child.

But before he grabs all of the items to put them back,

 I reach over and hand him one hundred and fifteen dollars and eighty four cents.

This amount of money covers all of his children’s Christmas presents without him having to pay a dime.

As this event is happening, I can’t imagine what it would be like to have no presents on Christmas.

Or not being able to see his children smile with the gifts that their daddy got them this year.

The man is more than thankful for my good deed, he thanks me numerous times.

And all I can say is: This will put a smile on your kid’s faces, Merry Christmas.

This brings me nothing but joy, happiness, and the gift of giving.

 I can’t think of anything better I could have spent $115.84 on than putting a

great, big smile on three kid’s faces on Christmas day.

Nothing better than a Christmas miracle

i'm doing a chapbook

I will be taking the original chapbook approach. I currently have 13 poems, so i will have to revise, and practice them so i can be prepared for the final presentation. I also have to write two or more poems to meet the requirements.