Nona - Diane - by Anita Holzberg

felt
 soft smooth felt
   I hold it my hand
       I cut a piece to be
        a Halloween present
            for my grandson

Fabric played such a big part in
        my children's lives
           their grandmother was a sewer
                       her designs of dresses
                             for my young daughters
            we shopped together in fabric stores
                       now, her granddaughter
                                   a master sewer

In the remembering
   life is sweet
        all those years gone now,
                I am the grandmother
                      sewing for Owen
                                 not quite the same level
                              I go to fabric stores
                                   and hold it in my hands
                            tactile memories
                                    of Diane, my mother in law
                                              her goodness
                                            still here
                                                  in my life.

Anita Schiffman Holzberg