Poetry Wednesday --Omar Khayyam

Here
with a Loaf of Bread
beneath the Bough,
a Flask of Wine,
a Book of Verse--
and Thou
beside me
singing in the Wilderness
and Wilderness
is Paradise
~by Omar Khayyam

(translation by Edward FitzGerald)

Written in the 11th century Persian language, this poem beautifully illustrates what is important on this day before Thanksgiving in the Unites States.  All that is needed is "a book of verse, a jug of wine, and thou."

"Give us this day, our daily bread."

We do not need a feast,
for life is feast enough.