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".

Sunday 17 October 2010

Washed and dry - Anita Holzberg

Washed wind
dry my clothes
as they hang
on the clothesline of
the mind

Washed by wind
shadow and rain
Autumn comes
quickly, quietly
the light disappears
my eyes out of focus
Jim leaves after dinner
he says he has to get home
the lingering days
of summer leave
and their wake
it appears we are
sitting in darkness
a cave of memories
to walk into
or not

I take a cup of orange
apricot black tea

I toast the darkness
the shadow of Jim at
my table
I clear and clean
tonight sausage
surprise
we have our
coffee and vanilla ice cream

Wash and dry
clean clothes replace
the emotions that come out of the
dryer
still warm, foreboding
I fold the towels


They sit like soldiers
all lined up

Wash and dry

It is a new day.

Lovi

Washed by dreams
I begin to see what is

The Borders of the Mind
are tested

A green moon shines
on a stark morning

Wash away my pain
an old refrain.


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