‘First of all, I am thankful for Beyonce’: Thanks Poems

BY Timothy David Rey
/ 14 Jan 2025

Students read ‘Thanks’ by W.S. Merwin before crafting their poems and musings on thanks!

Lesson Note: “Being grateful is linked to higher levels of life satisfaction, optimism, vitality, helpfulness, empathy, forgiveness, and positive affect. Gratefulness broadens our perspective on life, allowing us to be more creative and insightful. Gratitude also reduces feelings of envy, negativity, depression, and anxiety” Psychology Today. Nov 26, 2024

Ms. Hernandez, 7th Grade

Thanks

By Ronan H.C.

From the life I was given, I am thankful.

For the life I was born into I am thankful.

I am thankful for the morning birds and trees

I’m as thankful as plants are to water.

Thanks is like a ball of happiness.

You wake up with and go to sleep with

It can carry you through the day and lift

you up in the morning.

It’s like a ray of happiness you get from

your activities.

From Starbucks to Fortnite, you must be thankful.

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By Leighton K.

First of all, I am thankful for Beyonce

I am thankful for my friends for lighting up

my life.

I am thankful for my bed for being

a happy, comfortable space.

I am thankful for Culvers

because it is delicious.

Mrs. McClain, 8th Grade

Thanks

By Sophia C.

Be thankful

Thankful that you can wake up today

Thankful for the ability to feel and think

Thankful that every day is a new opportunity

Be thankful

Thankful for those who support you

Thankful for the people that hold the door for you

Thankful that you’re able to make a difference

Be thankful

Thankful that you’re you

Thankful for yourself

Thankful for me

Thankful for those who can’t be.

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By Sasha P.

Thank you, not just thanks

Thanks is what you say

When someone says, “Bless you!”

Thanks is what you say

When someone hands you a dropped pencil

Thanks isn’t what you say

to someone who changed your life

Someone who gave you purpose

Someone who gave you a shoulder to cry on

Someone who read you stories when you were a kid

Someone who studied with you for your math test

even if it was 11 pm

thanks is too plain

a filler, if you will

thanks leaves the YOU out of it

the you that gave me a roof over my head

the you that was a built-in best friend

the you who asked me about my day

and smiled even if I said, “fine.”

and slammed my door

and left

thank you is what you say

to someone you appreciate

someone who will love you

even if you are just a moody teen

someone who saved your life

even if you didn’t realize

it yet

so thank you, not just thanks

because it was you

who was my savior

and YOU

who keeps me living

It’s you who I love

more than anything

else

so what I’d like to

say

out of all of this

thank you, not just thanks.

Mrs. McClain, 8th Grade

Thanks

By Isaiah C.

A thank you is a warm hug

A thank you is a stop sign

A thank you is a fire

A thank you is the smell of your favorite food cooking

A thank you is like family

A thank you is everything

Thank You

By Simone S.

Thanks is the comfort of snow falling outside the warm house

where you are sheltered

Thanks is the warm fireplace, you warm your hands up against

after sledding

Thanks is the smell of freshly baked cooked wafting into the

the living room as you get home from school

Thanks is the cool cloth your mom puts on your forehead

when you are sick

Thanks is the teacher telling you “Stay warm,” when you leave

Thank is your dog cuddling up to you to get warm

Thanks is warmth

Thank you

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