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 21 August 2011

Bright Faces - Anita Holzberg


Birds fly by
  the incandescent rain
        lightning storm
                  New Jersey
August in New Jersey
      rain and lightning
It held off
  knew that I was going the next day


In the storm
  I faced the unknown fear
       of arriving home
          and everyone would be gone


Not so,
  Aunt Bern and Uncle Nate
      very much there
 The choice words I chose
  flowed like a ribbon
    your face
             that Bernice smile
will light my morning and evening


Uncle Nate your thoughtful comments
   your words after a mind going so strong
            at 94, I saw you and heard you


The lightening storms did not come in the day


   I take my airplane
         it is over
              a visit steeped in loving


                  Your bright faces
                                    your comments
             I will remember.



Anita Schiffman Holzberg
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