A Polyglot British-Bermudian-American Poem for Thanksgiving
Deborah Levine
Forbes D&I Trailblazer, award-winning author (20 books), leadership & EQ educator, documentary creator, interfaith guru, cultural anthropologist
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.
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