A Polyglot British-Bermudian-American Poem for Thanksgiving
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A Polyglot British-Bermudian-American Poem for Thanksgiving

We came to America without a clue

When November rolled around and Thanksgiving, too

Stories of pilgrims with funny black hats

And Native Americans with feathers – Who knew!


They fled from the British

but wasn’t that us?

Just listen to this little girl’s

vocab of therefore and thus


I’d never seen a turkey, no drumstick or wing

Never saw a pumpkin or eaten a pie

My eyes got bigger and my ears perked up

I knew the tune I heard them sing


My country tis of thee

Sweet land of liberty

but the words were all wrong

cause it’s an English song

“God save our gracious queen

God save the Queen”


We’d come from Bermuda to be a Jew

Religious freedom and expression, too

Where seldom was heard

A Hebrew prayer or word


Now we sit down together

for the best feast ever

Embracing a new life, a diverse one, with pleasure

Giving thanks for our differences and our joy beyond measure.






Satyajit Sinha ?

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7 年

Great Post...

Andrew Scharf

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Happy Thanksgiving #DeborahLevine. Here are some of our thoughts to share with friends and family this weekend: https://bit.ly/2jefAhold

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