Winning Thanksgiving Day Contest Poem

You have probably had your fill of Thanksgiving but thought you still might like to know that my entry was joint winner of a Thanksgiving poetry contest. It's an acrostic which means the first letters of the poem spell a word--in this case Thanksgiving.

To be a poet
Has the advantage of appreciation for it all
Any disturbing event, demented person, devastating emotion
Need not be feared because you
Know they become fodder for the
Soul, fertilizer for your
Garden of verse, the magic ingredient for turning regret
Into shared invective, humorous insight, or positive prayer which fills the
Void, impacts a life, or transforms an ugly view
Into the glimpse of magnificence for at least a
Nanosecond, so when that turkey takes it place at the table
Give thanks for the meal of the moment and the presence of poetry, more filling than pie



Pauli