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".

Saturday, 17 April 2010

Looking at Lettuce - Anita Holzberg 

Looking at lettuce
    closely
 scrubbing radishes
    encountering dreams on a counter top
               from the 60's
      a working kitchen
           that's all I ask

      celery waiting to be chopped
          onion too, a thin paper skin

                  I cut the red pepper
              saute the veal
                        mash the garlic
                throw in shallots
                         fresh lemon
                     olive oil at the base

                  "Not bad for an amateur
                              cook--
             Acutally, I am a writer."

              I imbide food now
                      the vegetable parade
             
                    mushrooms roll down the 60's counter

                    " What an encounter!"

                            the kitchen flloor stares
                                    at me
                   I answer her,
                        "Yes I am there,
                                    really there."

Anita Schiffman Holzberg
April 17, '10
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