Terry L. Kennedy
@terrylkennedy.bsky.social
Author, What the Light Leaves Hidden (Unicorn Press 2023)
Editor, The Greensboro Review
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Editor, The Greensboro Review
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Thank you, instant mashed potatoes, your bland taste
makes me feel like an average American. Thank you,
incarcerated Americans, for filling the labor shortage
and packing potatoes in Idaho . . .
from "Thanksgiving in the Anthropocene, 2015" by Craig Santos Perez
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makes me feel like an average American. Thank you,
incarcerated Americans, for filling the labor shortage
and packing potatoes in Idaho . . .
from "Thanksgiving in the Anthropocene, 2015" by Craig Santos Perez
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November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Thank you, instant mashed potatoes, your bland taste
makes me feel like an average American. Thank you,
incarcerated Americans, for filling the labor shortage
and packing potatoes in Idaho . . .
from "Thanksgiving in the Anthropocene, 2015" by Craig Santos Perez
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makes me feel like an average American. Thank you,
incarcerated Americans, for filling the labor shortage
and packing potatoes in Idaho . . .
from "Thanksgiving in the Anthropocene, 2015" by Craig Santos Perez
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I guess I have to begin by admitting
I'm thankful today I don't reside in a country
My country has chosen to liberate,
That Bridgeport's my home, not Baghdad.
Thankful my chances are good, when I leave . . .
from "Thanksgiving Letter from Harry" by Carl Dennis
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I'm thankful today I don't reside in a country
My country has chosen to liberate,
That Bridgeport's my home, not Baghdad.
Thankful my chances are good, when I leave . . .
from "Thanksgiving Letter from Harry" by Carl Dennis
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November 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I guess I have to begin by admitting
I'm thankful today I don't reside in a country
My country has chosen to liberate,
That Bridgeport's my home, not Baghdad.
Thankful my chances are good, when I leave . . .
from "Thanksgiving Letter from Harry" by Carl Dennis
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I'm thankful today I don't reside in a country
My country has chosen to liberate,
That Bridgeport's my home, not Baghdad.
Thankful my chances are good, when I leave . . .
from "Thanksgiving Letter from Harry" by Carl Dennis
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Gettin' together to smile an' rejoice,
An' eatin' an' laughin' with folks of your choice;
An' kissin' the girls an' declarin' that they
Are growin' more beautiful day after day . . .
from "Thanksgiving" by Edgar Guest
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An' eatin' an' laughin' with folks of your choice;
An' kissin' the girls an' declarin' that they
Are growin' more beautiful day after day . . .
from "Thanksgiving" by Edgar Guest
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November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Gettin' together to smile an' rejoice,
An' eatin' an' laughin' with folks of your choice;
An' kissin' the girls an' declarin' that they
Are growin' more beautiful day after day . . .
from "Thanksgiving" by Edgar Guest
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An' eatin' an' laughin' with folks of your choice;
An' kissin' the girls an' declarin' that they
Are growin' more beautiful day after day . . .
from "Thanksgiving" by Edgar Guest
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The sun hath shed its kindly light,
Our harvesting is gladly o’er
Our fields have felt no killing blight,
Our bins are filled with goodly store.
from "A Thanksgiving Poem" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
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Our harvesting is gladly o’er
Our fields have felt no killing blight,
Our bins are filled with goodly store.
from "A Thanksgiving Poem" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
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November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The sun hath shed its kindly light,
Our harvesting is gladly o’er
Our fields have felt no killing blight,
Our bins are filled with goodly store.
from "A Thanksgiving Poem" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
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Our harvesting is gladly o’er
Our fields have felt no killing blight,
Our bins are filled with goodly store.
from "A Thanksgiving Poem" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
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Let us be thankful—not only because
Since last our universal thanks were told
We have grown greater in the world’s applause,
And fortune’s newer smiles surpass the old—
from "Thanksgiving" by James Whitcomb Riley
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Since last our universal thanks were told
We have grown greater in the world’s applause,
And fortune’s newer smiles surpass the old—
from "Thanksgiving" by James Whitcomb Riley
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November 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Let us be thankful—not only because
Since last our universal thanks were told
We have grown greater in the world’s applause,
And fortune’s newer smiles surpass the old—
from "Thanksgiving" by James Whitcomb Riley
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Since last our universal thanks were told
We have grown greater in the world’s applause,
And fortune’s newer smiles surpass the old—
from "Thanksgiving" by James Whitcomb Riley
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We walk on starry fields of white
And do not see the daisies;
For blessings common in our sight
We rarely offer praises.
We sigh for some supreme delight
To crown our lives with splendor . . .
from "Ella Wheeler Wilcox" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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And do not see the daisies;
For blessings common in our sight
We rarely offer praises.
We sigh for some supreme delight
To crown our lives with splendor . . .
from "Ella Wheeler Wilcox" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We walk on starry fields of white
And do not see the daisies;
For blessings common in our sight
We rarely offer praises.
We sigh for some supreme delight
To crown our lives with splendor . . .
from "Ella Wheeler Wilcox" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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And do not see the daisies;
For blessings common in our sight
We rarely offer praises.
We sigh for some supreme delight
To crown our lives with splendor . . .
from "Ella Wheeler Wilcox" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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We who are here present thank the Great Spirit that we are here to praise Him.
We thank Him that He has created men and women, and ordered that these beings shall always be living to multiply the earth.
from "The Thanksgivings" by Harriet Maxwell Converse
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We thank Him that He has created men and women, and ordered that these beings shall always be living to multiply the earth.
from "The Thanksgivings" by Harriet Maxwell Converse
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November 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We who are here present thank the Great Spirit that we are here to praise Him.
We thank Him that He has created men and women, and ordered that these beings shall always be living to multiply the earth.
from "The Thanksgivings" by Harriet Maxwell Converse
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We thank Him that He has created men and women, and ordered that these beings shall always be living to multiply the earth.
from "The Thanksgivings" by Harriet Maxwell Converse
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Valleys lay in sunny vapor,
And a radiance mild was shed
From each tree that like a taper
At a feast stood. Then we said,
"Our feast, too, shall soon be spread,
Of good Thanksgiving turkey."
from "Thanksgiving Turkey" by George Parsons Lathrop
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And a radiance mild was shed
From each tree that like a taper
At a feast stood. Then we said,
"Our feast, too, shall soon be spread,
Of good Thanksgiving turkey."
from "Thanksgiving Turkey" by George Parsons Lathrop
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November 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Valleys lay in sunny vapor,
And a radiance mild was shed
From each tree that like a taper
At a feast stood. Then we said,
"Our feast, too, shall soon be spread,
Of good Thanksgiving turkey."
from "Thanksgiving Turkey" by George Parsons Lathrop
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And a radiance mild was shed
From each tree that like a taper
At a feast stood. Then we said,
"Our feast, too, shall soon be spread,
Of good Thanksgiving turkey."
from "Thanksgiving Turkey" by George Parsons Lathrop
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Over the river, and through the wood,
To grandfather's house we go;
The horse knows the way,
To carry the sleigh,
Through the white and drifted snow.
from "The New-England Boy's Song About Thanksgiving Day" by Lydia Maria Child
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To grandfather's house we go;
The horse knows the way,
To carry the sleigh,
Through the white and drifted snow.
from "The New-England Boy's Song About Thanksgiving Day" by Lydia Maria Child
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November 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Over the river, and through the wood,
To grandfather's house we go;
The horse knows the way,
To carry the sleigh,
Through the white and drifted snow.
from "The New-England Boy's Song About Thanksgiving Day" by Lydia Maria Child
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To grandfather's house we go;
The horse knows the way,
To carry the sleigh,
Through the white and drifted snow.
from "The New-England Boy's Song About Thanksgiving Day" by Lydia Maria Child
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Thanksgiving for a former, doth
God to bestow a second benefit.
"Thanksgiving" by Robert Herrick
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God to bestow a second benefit.
"Thanksgiving" by Robert Herrick
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November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Thanksgiving for a former, doth
God to bestow a second benefit.
"Thanksgiving" by Robert Herrick
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God to bestow a second benefit.
"Thanksgiving" by Robert Herrick
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Are generally over or around
Erogenous zones, they seem to dive
In the direction of those
Dark places, and indeed
It is their nature to be dark
Themselves, keeping a kind . . .
from "Pockets" by Howard Nemerov
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Erogenous zones, they seem to dive
In the direction of those
Dark places, and indeed
It is their nature to be dark
Themselves, keeping a kind . . .
from "Pockets" by Howard Nemerov
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November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Are generally over or around
Erogenous zones, they seem to dive
In the direction of those
Dark places, and indeed
It is their nature to be dark
Themselves, keeping a kind . . .
from "Pockets" by Howard Nemerov
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Erogenous zones, they seem to dive
In the direction of those
Dark places, and indeed
It is their nature to be dark
Themselves, keeping a kind . . .
from "Pockets" by Howard Nemerov
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Something was about to go laughably wrong,
whether directly at home or here,
on this random shoal pleading with its eyes
till it too breaks loose, caught in a hail of references.
I’ll add one more scoop
to the pile of retail.
from "Mottled Tuesday" by John Ashbery
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whether directly at home or here,
on this random shoal pleading with its eyes
till it too breaks loose, caught in a hail of references.
I’ll add one more scoop
to the pile of retail.
from "Mottled Tuesday" by John Ashbery
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November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Something was about to go laughably wrong,
whether directly at home or here,
on this random shoal pleading with its eyes
till it too breaks loose, caught in a hail of references.
I’ll add one more scoop
to the pile of retail.
from "Mottled Tuesday" by John Ashbery
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whether directly at home or here,
on this random shoal pleading with its eyes
till it too breaks loose, caught in a hail of references.
I’ll add one more scoop
to the pile of retail.
from "Mottled Tuesday" by John Ashbery
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The Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for an assistant professor position in creative writing (poetry), to begin August 1, 2026. For more information and to apply, visit buff.ly/YXi1Y4L, click on “Faculty,” and select position #1460
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for an assistant professor position in creative writing (poetry), to begin August 1, 2026. For more information and to apply, visit buff.ly/YXi1Y4L, click on “Faculty,” and select position #1460
The Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for an assistant professor position in creative writing (poetry), to begin August 1, 2026. For more information and to apply, visit buff.ly/YXi1Y4L, click on “Faculty,” and select position #1460
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for an assistant professor position in creative writing (poetry), to begin August 1, 2026. For more information and to apply, visit buff.ly/YXi1Y4L, click on “Faculty,” and select position #1460
You happened to me. I was happened to
like an abandoned building by a bull-
dozer, like the van that missed my skull
happened a two-inch gash across my chin.
You were as deep down as I've ever been.
from "Nearly a Valediction" by Marilyn Hacker
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like an abandoned building by a bull-
dozer, like the van that missed my skull
happened a two-inch gash across my chin.
You were as deep down as I've ever been.
from "Nearly a Valediction" by Marilyn Hacker
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November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
You happened to me. I was happened to
like an abandoned building by a bull-
dozer, like the van that missed my skull
happened a two-inch gash across my chin.
You were as deep down as I've ever been.
from "Nearly a Valediction" by Marilyn Hacker
buff.ly/b3hzwC8
like an abandoned building by a bull-
dozer, like the van that missed my skull
happened a two-inch gash across my chin.
You were as deep down as I've ever been.
from "Nearly a Valediction" by Marilyn Hacker
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The Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for an assistant professor position in creative writing (poetry), to begin August 1, 2026. For more information and to apply, visit buff.ly/YXi1Y4L, click on “Faculty,” and select position #1460
November 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for an assistant professor position in creative writing (poetry), to begin August 1, 2026. For more information and to apply, visit buff.ly/YXi1Y4L, click on “Faculty,” and select position #1460
First having read the book of myths,
and loaded the camera,
and checked the edge of the knife-blade,
I put on
the body-armor of black rubber
the absurd flippers
the grave and awkward mask.
from "Diving into the Wreck" by Adrienne Rich
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and loaded the camera,
and checked the edge of the knife-blade,
I put on
the body-armor of black rubber
the absurd flippers
the grave and awkward mask.
from "Diving into the Wreck" by Adrienne Rich
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November 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
First having read the book of myths,
and loaded the camera,
and checked the edge of the knife-blade,
I put on
the body-armor of black rubber
the absurd flippers
the grave and awkward mask.
from "Diving into the Wreck" by Adrienne Rich
buff.ly/mKwWwAj
and loaded the camera,
and checked the edge of the knife-blade,
I put on
the body-armor of black rubber
the absurd flippers
the grave and awkward mask.
from "Diving into the Wreck" by Adrienne Rich
buff.ly/mKwWwAj
The Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for an assistant professor position in creative writing (poetry), to begin August 1, 2026. For more information and to apply, visit buff.ly/YXi1Y4L, click on “Faculty,” and select position #1460
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for an assistant professor position in creative writing (poetry), to begin August 1, 2026. For more information and to apply, visit buff.ly/YXi1Y4L, click on “Faculty,” and select position #1460
What thoughts I have of you tonight, Walt Whitman, for I
walked down the sidestreets under the trees with a headache self-
conscious looking at the full moon.
from "A Supermarket in California" by Allen Ginsberg
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walked down the sidestreets under the trees with a headache self-
conscious looking at the full moon.
from "A Supermarket in California" by Allen Ginsberg
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November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
What thoughts I have of you tonight, Walt Whitman, for I
walked down the sidestreets under the trees with a headache self-
conscious looking at the full moon.
from "A Supermarket in California" by Allen Ginsberg
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walked down the sidestreets under the trees with a headache self-
conscious looking at the full moon.
from "A Supermarket in California" by Allen Ginsberg
buff.ly/oLNHzXH
The Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for an assistant professor position in creative writing (poetry), to begin August 1, 2026.For more information and to apply, visit buff.ly/YXi1Y4L, click on “Faculty,” and select position #1460
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for an assistant professor position in creative writing (poetry), to begin August 1, 2026.For more information and to apply, visit buff.ly/YXi1Y4L, click on “Faculty,” and select position #1460
The Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for an assistant professor position in creative writing (poetry), to begin August 1, 2026. For more information and to apply, visit buff.ly/YXi1Y4L, click on “Faculty,” and select position #1460
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for an assistant professor position in creative writing (poetry), to begin August 1, 2026. For more information and to apply, visit buff.ly/YXi1Y4L, click on “Faculty,” and select position #1460
When you consider the radiance, that it does not withhold
itself but pours its abundance without selection into every
nook and cranny not overhung or hidden . . .
from "The City Limits" by A.R. Ammons
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itself but pours its abundance without selection into every
nook and cranny not overhung or hidden . . .
from "The City Limits" by A.R. Ammons
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November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
When you consider the radiance, that it does not withhold
itself but pours its abundance without selection into every
nook and cranny not overhung or hidden . . .
from "The City Limits" by A.R. Ammons
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itself but pours its abundance without selection into every
nook and cranny not overhung or hidden . . .
from "The City Limits" by A.R. Ammons
buff.ly/desBVZY
LAST DAY to register for the 40th anniversary NC Writers’ Network Fall Conference! Don't miss the chance to secure your spot in this celebration of the Network’s 40th anniversary: a weekend full of classes, discussions, readings, and literary community. buff.ly/ZmwSBeh
November 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
LAST DAY to register for the 40th anniversary NC Writers’ Network Fall Conference! Don't miss the chance to secure your spot in this celebration of the Network’s 40th anniversary: a weekend full of classes, discussions, readings, and literary community. buff.ly/ZmwSBeh
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November 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
2 Days left to register for the 40th anniversary NC Writers’ Network Fall Conference! That gives you the rest of the weekend to secure your spot in this celebration of the Network’s 40th anniversary: a weekend full of classes, discussions, readings, and literary community. buff.ly/ZmwSBeh
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October 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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