From our 19th century historian, Eudora Dickinson:
Fans of Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson’s third cousin, twice removed – at her request) know that the poet invented the haiku (information HERE), and most know that he established the three-line poem as the official poem of Thanksgiving.
Dickinson wrote many haikus for Thanksgiving (oftened call Turkus), and we have published examples HERE (see the post dated November 28), HERE, and HERE.
Since today is Thanksgiving Eve, we thought we’d post a few more of America’s greatest poet’s holiday haikus:
Fans of Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson’s third cousin, twice removed – at her request) know that the poet invented the haiku (information HERE), and most know that he established the three-line poem as the official poem of Thanksgiving.
Dickinson wrote many haikus for Thanksgiving (oftened call Turkus), and we have published examples HERE (see the post dated November 28), HERE, and HERE.
Since today is Thanksgiving Eve, we thought we’d post a few more of America’s greatest poet’s holiday haikus:
| I'm on a diet, A strict Thanksgiving diet Throughout November. I can't stop eating. I'd eat the chair left if it Had gravy on it! | It's not Thanksgiving Till I fill my plate and eat Unto a stupor. Turducken's okay But for dessert I want some Pumpkin piecakie! |
The first of our five Thanksgiving posts is HERE -- and it includes information on Dickinson's creation "piecakie." Our second post is HERE; the third is HERE.
Below: In the early- and mi-1900s, many of Dickinson's holiday haikus were published on postcards to send to friends and neighbors. The US post office said that in the early part of the 20th century, they delivered more of Dickinson's Thanksgiving haiku cards than Christmas cards and Mother's Day cards combined.
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