Te Deum by Charles Reznikoff

Happy Thanksgiving. And please take a moment to remember all of our military, especially those deployed and away from their families this holiday.
Te Deum
by Charles Reznikoff
Not because of victories
I sing,
having none,
but for the common sunshine,
the breeze,
the largess of the spring.
Not for victory
but for the day’s work done
as well as I was able;
not for a seat [...]

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Poetry by Charles Simic: One of the things I’m grateful for

For the mother and father who read to me, for the library card I remember signing the very first time before I could even write my last name, for the people I’ve met who loved books as much I do, for the places I’ve been and continue to go in the pages of a book. [...]

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