The words to say it
Thanks
by W. S. Merwin
Listen
with the night falling we are saying thank you
we are stopping on the bridges to bow from the railings
we are running out of the glass rooms
with our mouths full of food to look at the sky
and say thank you
we are standing by the water thanking it
smiling by the windows looking out
in our directions
…..
This is today’s offering from the Poem-a-Day feature of the American Academy of Poets.
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Some days, the poem makes me shrug.
Some days, it changes my whole day
That’s the point
Wishing you many reasons to give thanks.
Dear Ms Diamant
I live in Malaysia and have just finished reading The Red Tent. The book was so compelling and moving, so poignant and painful, and so much about women – my mother, my grandmother, my daughter, me – that I felt you reach into my soul and give our roles in life meaning.
Thank you.
I have just started reading it aloud to my 14 year old daughter because I wanted to share the journey with her.
I just wanted to tell you what a beautiful writer I think you are. I believe that every mother of a young daughter should read this – so that it opens her to sharing her soul with her child.
Thank you so very much.