Thank-You Note Poem by Judith Viorst

Thank-You Note

Rating: 4.0


I wanted small pierced earrings (gold).
You gave me slippers (gray).
My mother said that she would scold
Unless I wrote to say
How much I liked them.

                Not much.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Walterrean Salley 28 November 2016

(Thank-You Note by Judith Viorst.) **Be grateful. Sometimes we're never satisfied. Lololol.

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Robert Murray Smith 30 May 2018

Really! I expect a better standard than this.

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Chandan Dey 30 May 2018

Dear poetess, your thought is very nice, but so far as presentation is concerned we want more Gold from you! Chandan

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Susan Williams 30 May 2018

When a parent forces a child to write a thank you note, this proves the parent should read it before sending it. Children tend to be so truthful it hurts.

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Muzahidul Reza 30 May 2018

Yes, thank you is a beautiful sentence / phrase we should utter in time, thanks for sharing

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Compliment with a note makes it complete...brilliant 10++

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Tamara Beryl Latham 22 July 2020

Congratulations on poem of the day. This reminds me of receiving gifts at Christmas from relatives in my childhood, Great poem that everyone can relate to. : -)

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Ruta Mohapatra 22 July 2020

Ha ha ha......It happens some times!

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Mahtab Bangalee 22 July 2020

no balance there is in demand and receiving untouched everywhere half filling up the gap of life half breathing with full of two hands broken the flaring eyeball smiling yet on the gift of parents at end of note no one becomes eternal a drop of tears writes all as the thanksgiving ink thanks all of you o dear.........

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Sylvia Frances Chan 22 July 2020

This must have been haunting her all life long. The shortest poem I ever read that had been a Modern Poem Of The Day. Also the saddest poem a great poetess ever wrote. This is a very excellently composed poem. My hats off for the great poetess.

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