Poetry by Anita Anderson



Added 26 November 1999

This is a section where I post poems sent to me by people who have found my site and wish to display their own works. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

This poem is by Anita Anderson

AUTHOR'S NOTE: "I wrote this one a few years ago when my boyfriend was diagnosed with agoraphobia but with help he is now outside looking in...


The Shutter

I peer throught a slanted vision
letting no one out and no one in
I fear the arms that open wide
I tell no truth I speak no lies
I only see a slight embrace
I only see a half of face
I open up but only a little
I see the trees and more people
I look up now and theirs the sky
Sunlight and clouds go passing by
Children playing in the street
I hear the shuffling of little feet
I look back now upon my door
I think and wonder whatever for
Some day I might be outside looking in
But for now I peer through a slanted vision


My name is Anita k. Anderson I am a 38 year old mother of two. I work as a supervisor in a small pharmacy and hope to work my way up from there. I attend college two nights a week I am working towards a bachelors degree in business management. I enjoy writting I have some short stories that I hope to get published some day. I also write poetry as my outlet for stress and down time. Well here are some of my work i hope you like them...