Poetry Friday--Pumpkin Pie, Yum!

Photo by Deiru
In preparation for next Thursday, here's a stanza from "The Pumpkin" by John Greenleaf Whittier:

Ah! on Thanksgiving day, when from East and from West,
From North and from South comes the pilgrim and guest;
When the gray-haired New Englander sees round his board
The old broken links of affection restored;
When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more,
And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before;
What moistens the lip and what brightens the eye,
What calls back the past, like the rich Pumpkin pie?

John Greenleaf Whittier's home in Massachusetts is a few miles from mine in New Hampshire, and yet, I've never been for visit! One of these days...

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I wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving holiday with plenty of pie for dessert!