I am returning to my regular life - Anita

The bloom is on the rose
Arriving
The first word out of my mouth is
Wonderful
Arriving
I open the door to my mind
And let the sunshine come in

Where I have been is over
Where I will go is coming into focus

The world waits for poly wogs
Wait for me.

Anita Schiffman Holzberg 

Up Early - Anita Hozberg

Up early
  grey cloud cover
I won't let that take away my spirits
  or the caterpillars that creep
      or the balloon man
         high or deep

Up early
    a poem writes herself
the popcorn of the mind remembers
     old movies
     Mom and Dad
     the drugstore
     meatball sandwiches on Thursday
     Park Avenue
     William Carlos Williams
     My 2 wheeler
     My black and white house

Up early
      too early to hear your voice
          but
      I hear it anyway

How are You?

Anita Schiffman Holzberg 

Extraordinary Dream - Anita Holzberg

Extraordinary dreams
I hear the drummer
I see my whole world opening
like a roll
like a seed flowering

Extraordinary dreams
the coin is in the pond
the memory is written on the wind
the dream is on top of the mountain
the sky is so high, I can taste it

Extraordinary hearts
beating to the beat
In sync with the morning sunrise

I take this time
when my friends have been there
when my poet friends and I rejoice
It is Spring
The river is flowing
And the small child holds the dream.

Owen and Evie I send you kisses

Mammy

Up 4 AM - Anita

Up 4 AM or rather 4:30
The birds are sleeping and my heart
awake
I put away the cheese
I put away the wine from my wine and cheese
Picchu is sleeping too
Everyone is sleeping
The whole world is sleeping
and my beloved is sleeping too

Who says being awake is so great>
The G-ds have it
And the piccolo player sings. 

Watch Out Clouds - Anita Holzberg

Watch out clouds
Bill's got a girl friend
Watch out clouds
Black birds dance
and the siren blows
Watch out heart
Hang it up to dry
You missed the beat
You missed the window
Just when my world is opening
   his is too

Watch out clouds
Cover your heads
No tears, now

Watch out
For life is just like that
Pervading sun
Then the clouds come 
Watch out. 

Day Breaks (For Bill) - Anita Holzberg

Day breaks
As I see your face this morning
A white wave
Sparkling
In the
morning dew.

Anita Schiffman Holzberg
For: Bill

Returning Health - Anita Holzberg

In truth, the rose is on the bloom
God rearranges life for me
My health is coming back
I walk mostly without the cane
I am a little fearful, but nevertheless
   I am doing it
Time comes about time is on my side
10 good years left or 20
But who is counting
Dear Ann
Write to you
It is almost noon
my daughter walks 6 miles
Her back healing and
the mother rejoices
like the rejoicing I do every day
about her health and mine returning.

Anita Schiffman Holzberg 

New Beginnings - Anita Holzberg

The song of songs
  remembers the days of searching
loneliness
   peaceful mornings toughing it out
The psalm of psalms  remembers
the truths we said around an oak table
so many years ago

I touch a leaf
I am memorizing the rain
I am enchanted this opening April
With new friends
fabulous sunsets and 
1,000 sunrises begin my day

I am enchanted this opening April. 

Lightening strikes - Anita Holzberg

Lightening strikes but once
The bloom is on the rose
The incredible dream before me
I open the door
I am standing on the precipice
Night is coming into day
The world is sweeter
I will take that sweetness and follow her
Like the wind in early 
April
Like the summer breezes and 80 degree weather
I will open my heart
And let the summer come in.

Anita Schiffman Holzberg

In the spirit of Now - Anita Holzberg

In the spirit of now
  I write the lines that carry me to another place
In the spirit of now
  I sing the songs that have to be sung
In the spirit
  I walk with a new pair of shoes
In the spirit of now
  I take my life and move it forward
Visiting friends I see universals
Visiting friends who open their hearts and home

In the spirit of Now
  I see your face launch 1000 ships
Maybe I am dreaming
In the spirit of Now.

Anita Schiffman Holzberg 

For Nathan - by Anita

For Nathan:

I never met your Mom, but I have
In the conversations with you, she bloomed

I never met your Mom
Fiercely Independent

A Mother of mothers
A rose in your garden
It will ever flower
Making you the wonderful person you are
Your heritage blossoms like her and your day
A man among men
The fighter, the kindness, the generosity of spirit
  That all that you have now
And the generations that you nurture will
   Have this wonder, too

Anita Schiffman Holzberg
I cherish our friendship

Dreams - Anita Holzberg

In the background of life
 there is this little light
pushing us forward toward the dream

I dream of sandy beaches
  trips to the country
a friend to hold me in the still summer night.

What do you dream about?

Anita Schiffman Holzberg 

The Infinite Battle - Anita Holzberg

In the goings and comings
  In the brink or on the brink
I fight my battles with a growing waistline
always and always
I've tried and been successful
Then, my world falls apart as the weight
follows me back

In this insane state of being
I buy more clothes
I feel less than
I wander who I am really

So goes the weight I walk better
So comes on the weight I walk not as good
Isn't that reason enough

The carrot is out there
Eating well, feeling well is out there
In that state of state
I can't even hear this

I get on the bike, my salavation
I walk into the pool
I eat less and juice more

I never ever give back
Even if the weight follows me back
I fight the battle and let the sleep come
over me like a cloud
I float in the meaning of Now
Now is the time to get the body back
Now is the time.

Anita Schiffman Holzberg 

Life is about these Sparks! - Anita Hozlberg

A veggie omlette
        fixed to perfection
Roasted red potatoes
        I sat at a restaurant
So much like a cafe
        Sharing the chatter
and clanking of forks

I arrive home
after this meal
and find my neighbor
   to converse with
Reading is the topic

We always can communicate
We always can be friends

The April sun decides to come out
I shed a little light on a child that I see
  every week
Positive vibes this Spring Day
Worries aside
An instant message photo
Owen in an airplane
with a grin on his face
Life is about these sparks
It really is.  

Anita Schiffman Holzberg 

APRIL - Anita Holzberg

There is a hint of breeze
     a smidgin of cool
           the trees are blooming
                 the birds are singing
       I can't help loving the sky
          can you?

Life as we Know It - Anita Holzberg

The April sun comes quietly
   a dusting of flower blooms on my deck
The fountain turns over and I stand it up
   a Grecian urn not forgotten
The lattice lounge chair waiting for Picchu to return
I type these lines
     as a I should be exercising
I press a button and get a nutritious drink
Its red, the color of strawberries
I think that nothing will take away this moment
     and for thee
         I wish you the same
So quietly the April sun shines