Thanksgiving by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
by Sandi OReilly
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Thanksgiving by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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Sandi OReilly
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Photograph - Photography
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I read this poem "Thanksgiving" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox again and decided to share this as it was very special to me on this day of Thanksgiving. The leaves are my photography and the texture by Joel Olive. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (November 5, 1850�October 30, 1919) was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion, and her autobiography, The Worlds and I was published in 1918 shortly before her death.
A popular rather than a literary poet, her poems express sentiments of cheer and optimism in plainly written, rhyming verse. Her world view is expressed in the title of her poem "Whatever Is�Is Best" (suggesting an echo of Pope's "Whatever is, is right."). None of her work was included by F. O. Matthiesen in The Oxford Book of American Verse, but Hazel Felleman chose no less than thirteen of her poems for Best Loved Poems of the American People, while Martin Gardner selected "Solitude" and "The Winds of Fate" for Best Remembered Poems.
She is frequently cited in parody collections (Pegasus Descending, others). Sinclair Lewis indicates Babbitt's lack of literary sophistication by having refer to a piece of verse as "one of the classic poems, like 'If' by Kipling, or Ella Wheeler Wilcox's 'The Man Worth While'". She wrote 165 poems, hope you take time to read some of her work.
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Sandi OReilly
Sherri, thank you so much for your wonderful comments and support :) Thinking of you and appreciate your F/L :)
Sherri Of Palm Springs
Dear Sandi, you have such a unique porfolio!!! so many different and interesting images..I love your writings my friend Sherri fvl on your cross to I forgot to put that on there..smiles
Sandi OReilly
Really appreciate your featuring this image in your wonderful group, Christian Art and Photography. Thank you so much!!
Sandi OReilly
Appreciate all your kind words, Nick, thank you so much for your wishes, we did have a great Thanksgiving!! And thank you for your wonderful supportive f/v!!!