Promptly Poetry Challenge (2024-2025)

I've added a new entry to my book, "Weekly Poetry Challenge Five" :
         "Gratitude Poem " 

Gratitude Poem

In the USA, on Thanksgiving day,
Americans all gather together.
Traditional Turkey as the entrée,
People gather despite the raw weather.
Some people even pray.
In many places, it can be raw weather.
Younger children may gather to play.

Some people sit down and eat gourmet.
In November, often cold weather.
For some reason, Thanksgiving's Thursday.
In Florida, often fair weather.
Great feast on display.
Some people even pray.
All alone, yet somehow still together.
Some families have a feast all the way.

(i thought this form would be "fitting" based on what week it is in the usa. . .)

the gratitude poetry form was Created by Victoria Sutton aka Passionspromise

- two or more 8-line stanzas
- refrain rhyming scheme of: a b a b c C a b
- NO metric or line length requirement EXCEPT lines 5 and 6 (the ‘c’ rhymes) should be shorter than the others. . .
(i believe the example below
has 10 syllable lines
with the ‘c rhyme’ lines as 6-8)