Author's Day at the Orchard Museum - by Anita

I should have worn

  a big bright floppy straw hat

        to the 1st Author's Day
  @ the Sunnyvale Museum

It was so festive!

35 Authors came with their books in tow,

displaying their booky wares; eager 

people streamed in on a clear, blue-sky day

seeking books: cookbooks, tech books,
books about making beer, children's books
(to mention but a few)

Volunteers were everywhere, moving

   tables under dark blue tablecloths

  with the Authors' names & bio cards

   (canopies for outside authors)

On the balcony: a cookbook author

handed out a fruit-cocktail cake recipe

(using Libby's fruit cocktail)

Videos were made of all the authors;

a photographer from Sunnyvale Library,

Mike Malone, came & introduced authors

who hawked their books to the crowd.

As a 2nd-floor poet with poetry books 

I met a man from Santa Fe, a daughter 

of Margaret Melietes the head teacher 

in my gifted & talented program
I had taught so many years ago,

my Dr. Chi & her family,
& teenagers interested in poetry.

                                     

While I packed up my books

the goodbyes from other authors

resounded in my ears:

        

"Let's do it again!"

"See you next year!"

       

~ Anita Schiffman Holzberg (edBC)

                    

Omelets are for Breakfast - Anita Holzberg

Omelets are for Breakfast

Omelets are for breakfast
  the ones with spinach & mushrooms
       & tomatoes
                  and don't forget the
 gooey cheese
         running throughout the new born eggs

I wanted to meet you for breakfast
  fresh out of the box
      to entertain your soul

I wanted to take the morning and claim her
instead--was  just thinking about it.............
warm with wheat toast & jam

///////////////////////////Oh, such a morning of my mind!!
Delicious!!!!
Anita Schiffman Holzberg 

July 4th - by Anita

In the heat of the summer
Sun blazes hot and dry

Days roll into weeks

It's almost July 4th
Independence Day

I teach the idea of "independence"
  to a 7 year old child
she gets it

Stand tall America
So much to be proud of
Home of the free
Liberty and Justice for all our friends and neighbors
Life is about respect and kindness
Give the random act (of kindness)
(Your soul will be happy)

Happy 4th of JULY!
Let Freedom Ring!!!!

Anita Schiffman Holzberg
. 

Stand tall America
Home of the Free.

SAID - Anita Holzberg

Said

we wanted

  green peace

and tapioca pudding

and Mars candy bars

Said

 we wanted

    colored rainbows

and jelly beaned grandchildren

and mustard hamburgers

And we got 

just that

a wind struct summer

baked potatoes

corn hanging on the cob

and we got 

  streaming flags

and 4th of July sunsets

we got all that

and then, 

some.

Anita Schiffman Holzberg

PEACE - Anita Hozberg

In sentences I sing

In beautiful gardens I sit
In the goings and comings I am at ease

P e a c e be with You!

Anita Schiffman Holzberg