Thanksgiving dinner means all good things: a special day with pumpkin pie and a Thanksgiving prayer. And we know you’re planning a perfect Thanksgiving feast this year. Along with all the pies and stuffings and green bean casserole recipes, you’ll want some activities for your family gatherings. Maybe you can even add these to the invitations this year! Here’s a funny poem (or two!) to share as a great way to celebrate the day. Enjoy these funny Thanksgiving poems for 2023.
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Happy Thanksgiving Day 2023
Thanksgiving is a national holiday and is celebrated on the 3rd Thursday in November in the United States.
This year, we’ll gather with family members for Thanksgiving dinner on November 23, 2023.
(Canadian Thanksgiving- we haven’t forgotten about you! Your Thanksgiving takes place on October 9, 2023).
While we love to celebrate the day with good health (maybe get one of theseHIIT Thanksgiving Workoutsin!) we also really love somepumpkin piewith family.
If this is your first Thanksgiving as a family or your 50th, check out this fun way to kick off the day together with a funny Thanksgiving poem.
Special Day Deserves Special Happy Thanksgiving Messages
As you gather around the dinner table and give thanks for the past and the coming year, consider using some of these Happy Thanksgiving poems to kick the day off right.
And honestly, even if you can’t send an actual card in advance of the day, sending one of these quick Happy Thanksgiving poems via text message can go a long way.
Your best friend, family member, or coworker will pause for a moment to reflect on the good times you’ve had and have a good chuckle as well. Hopefully, you can all be together next year!
You could also turn this into a challenge for the family.
Read a few of these poems so folks get the idea, then make a game of it. It’s a perfect way to add to your Thanksgiving activities.
Everyone comes to the table with their own Thanksgiving songs or short poem to share during the meal. It’s an excellent way to get young readers excited about their own work!
Funny Thanksgiving Poems And Songs For 2023
We’ve pulled together some funny, sweet, and inspirational Thanksgiving day poems.
Enjoy and feel free to share these on social media or in your Thanksgiving Instagram captions.
Inspirational Thanksgiving Poems and Quotes
- It is not happy people who are thankful, it is thankful people who are happy.
- Thank you for the food before us, the friends beside us, and the love between us.
- No need to count calories today, just your blessings. From our family to yours.
- Best Thanksgiving wishes. May your blessings outnumber the autumn leaves.
- “If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” –Meister Eckhart
Next Funny Thanksgiving Poems
Grandma’s (or Grandpa’s)
I like the taste of turkey
Any time throughout the year
But it never seems to taste as good
As when Thanksgiving’s here.
Could be it’s all the trimmings
That are cooked with it to eat-
But I think it’s eating at Grandma’s house
That makes it such a treat.
Recipe For Thanksgiving
A generous cup of blessings,
A tablespoon of reflection,
A good helping of hugs & laughter,
A handful of memories together,
A pint of time with friends & family,
Mix with love & forgiveness.
Mr. Turkey
(To the tune of Are You Sleeping?)
Mr. Turkey, Mr. Turkey
Run away, Run away
If you don’t be careful
You will be a mouthful
Thanksgiving Day.
Funny Thanksgiving Blessing
May your stuffing be tasty,
May your turkey be plump.
May your potatoes n’ gravy have nary a lump,
May your yams be delicious,
May your pies take the prize,
May your Thanksgiving dinner stay off your thighs.
More Funny Thanksgiving Poems and Songs
Mr. Turkey Better Watch Out
Mr. Turkey, better watch out.
Thanksgiving Day is coming.
If you’re not careful, you’ll end up
In someone’s hungry tummy!
Mr. Turkey, run, run, run.
Please run away and hide.
Mr. Turkey, run, run, run.
Don’t wait around outside.
Turkeys Letter To G-d
Dear Lord,
We’re writing about some concerns I have as a turkey. It seems that in your infinite wisdom, you decided to make us fat, flightless, and delicious. Did we say something to make you mad?
Sincerely yours with much love,
The Turkeys
Gobble, Gobble, Gobble (Funny Thanksgiving Poems)
A turkey is a funny bird,
Its head goes wobble, wobble,
All it knows is just one word,
Gobble, gobble, gobble.
If Turkeys Thought
If turkeys thought,
they’d run away,
A week before Thanksgiving Day.
But turkeys can’t anticipate,
And so there’s turkey on my plate.
‘Twas The Night Of Thanksgiving
‘Twas the night of Thanksgiving, but I just couldn’t sleep.
I tried counting backward, I tried counting sheep.
The leftovers beckoned–the dark meat and white,
but I fought the temptation with all of my might.
Tossing and turning with anticipation,
the thought of a snack became infatuation.
So, I raced to the kitchen, flung open the door,
and gazed at the fridge, full of goodies galore.
I gobbled up turkey and buttered potatoes,
pickles and carrots, beans, and tomatoes.
I felt myself swelling so plump and so round,
till all of a sudden, I rose off the ground.
I crashed through the ceiling, floating into the sky
With a mouthful of pudding and a handful of pie.
But, I managed to yell as I soared past the trees…
happy eating to all—pass the cranberry sauce, please!
Turkey In The Barnyard
Turkey in the barnyard, what does he say?
Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble all day.
Turkey on the table, what do I say?
Yummy, yummy, yummy, yummy, yummy all day.
Turkey in my tummy, what do I say?
I ate too much on Thanksgiving Day!
Five Little Turkeys (Funny Thanksgiving Poems)
5 little turkeys standing by the door,
One waddled off, and then there were 4.
4 little turkeys under a tree,
One waddled off, and then there were 3.
3 little turkeys with nothing to do,
One waddled off, and then there were 2.
2 little turkeys in the noonday sun,
One waddled off, and then there was 1.
One little turkey better run away,
For soon will come Thanksgiving day.
Just Like That
(Sung to Are You Sleeping)
Mr. Turkey, Mr. Turkey
Nice and fat, nice and fat
I am going to eat you
I am going to eat you
Just like that.
Just like that.
We hope your family loves these inspirational Thanksgiving day poems and songs. We know the best part of the day is spending it with family, but the delicious food (so much turkey and chocolate cake!) never hurts.
And neither do these Funny Thanksgiving Poems.
We can’t think of a better way to spend a day with family we haven’t seen in a long time than reciting and writing some fun Thanksgiving poems!
Enjoy your Thanksgiving feast this year and let us know if your younger children came up with a good Thanksgiving rhyme to share.
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Patty Holliday
Patty Holliday is the owner and creator of all things No-Guilt Universe. As a lifelong fangirl and pop culture connoisseur, she’s been creating online since 2009. You can find her work at No-Guilt Disney.com, No-Guilt Fangirl.com, No-Guilt Life, and as host of the top-rated No-Guilt Disney Podcast.
