Giving Thanks
by Sarah Welch and Michael Dylan Welch
First published in Mariposa 37, Autumn–Winter 2017, page 28. Winner of second
place in the 2016 Haiku Poets of Northern California Rengay Contest, judged by
Tanya McDonald. Originally written on
6 November 2016, when Sarah was ten years old, at Sammamish Landing Park in Sammamish, Washington on a crisp
autumn afternoon.
rising sun—
the frozen turkey
set out to bake Sarah
a new chip in the best china Michael
the doorbell rings—
a speck of blood
on the potato peeler Sarah
napkins unfolded—
we keep passing
the green bean casserole Michael
on his cell phone father checks the football
score Sarah
setting sun—
a pumpkin pie
warm from the oven Michael
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