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Removed at the request of the poet.

Honorable Mention:

In days of yore, a feast was planned

to celebrate this brand new land

a place, where people would be free

to live, and worship reverently

not fearing their religions, banned.

They learned to farm and till the sand

a meager harvest, yet so grand

the Wampanog 's, shared their bounty

In days of yore.

We thank that small courageous band

our forefathers, who set their hand

against the winter's cruelty,

surviving, through frugality

and daily toil; They made their stand,

In days of yore.

Special Form Poem: Rondeau

Thanksgiving Day

by John Vincent Palozzi

Thanksgiving Day comes once again

it's time to pray and say amen

then pass the bowls filled with the food

we've come to share. Do not exclude

the crude or rude who have no yen

from feasting on the julienne

of from partaking of the hen.

We all must feed the multitude

Thanksgiving Day.

So let us join with kin and friend

around the table one again

with joy and loving attitude

to fill this yearly interlude.

For that's the purpose of this when-

Thanksgiving Day!