I Went Hungry on Thanksgiving Poem by Jack Prelutsky

I Went Hungry on Thanksgiving

Rating: 4.2


I was hungry on Thanksgiving
But I couldn't eat a thing
I couldn't eat a drumstick
And I couldn't eat a wing
I couldn't have the pickles
Or the gravy covered rice
The pumpkin pie was luscious
But I couldn't have a slice
I was starving for some stuffing
Or a tasty yellow yam
Or a puffy little muffin
Spread with homemade berry jam
Our dinner looked delicious
But I didn't dare to touch
I went hungry on Thanksgiving
My new braces hurt too much!

Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: thanksgiving
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
M Asim Nehal 16 January 2016

Spread with homemade berry jam Our dinner looked delicious But I didn't dare to touch

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Chinedu Dike 15 January 2017

Lovely piece with beautiful rhyme scheme. Lol.

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rl :) 02 May 2018

I also have braces almost 8 months out of 12

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Dr Antony Theodore 28 February 2019

The pumpkin pie was luscious But I couldn't have a slice I was starving for some stuffing...starving on thanksgiving day. i did not dare to touch. very fine poem. tony

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im triggered (rl :) 02 May 2018

why can i not comment! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 1: /////////

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Quoth Theraven 04 October 2020

Giving thanks for this poem. QtR

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Lyra rose Wells 22 September 2020

I love it so so so so much

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robot 29 April 2020

beep moop beeb reee

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Shaun Cronick 24 April 2020

Cleverly and most wickedly written and imagined. Superb! !

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huntre lancaster 26 March 2019

i love how the story fills the reader with love

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Jack Prelutsky

Jack Prelutsky

Brooklyn, New York
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