Two woman, Anita Holzberg and Ann Wainwright met over the internet with Bill Costley,
their common friend, whose wife Carolin had been Ann's good friend. Starting in
June '09, Anita sent a Cupcake poem to Ann's website cakecakecake, after seeing
the photo of cupcakes. The poem was about her grandson's first birthday party. Ann
liked that and it was the start of a wonderful exchange of poems from Anita to Ann and
Ann with color, photos, and lay-out savvy, presented them to the blog. Now, in 2010,
the two women so alike in spirit and interests, have started BetweenFriends, a new blog
site where they can combine ideas about their worlds. Ann lives in Northern UK
(Teesside). Anita lives in Northern California, Sunnyvale, (Silicon Valley where all the
computers are.) We share our lives on this blog and hope you will comment and share
yours too, dear readers and enjoy the "ride".

Wednesday, 31 March 2010

Love Letter to the Earth - ANITA HOLZBERG

There is no beginning and no end to tell you how
much beauty you share, dear Earth

Raw beauty
Such as the rough terrain of the rain forest,
the stark desert of New Mexico, and the snowy peaks
of Mt. Washington.

I have been there every morning rehearing your song
as the sun rises
and the flowers are open-mouthed

We need to revere you, dear Earth
beyond "the Global Warming hullabaloo
paper and trash interfere
with your beautiful face

Still your changing seasons continue
a leaf falls
so gently

"Did anyone take notice?"

We must love you and revere you
and let it be this Love Letter
written for all time by us---
all of us.

Anita Holzberg
San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly
Summer '09
Sunnyvale, CA USA



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