Julianne Poems By Lynn Barany She came over for the weekend, We were in our early teens. We loved to dance the twist, Of course the best you'd ever see. We'd get into our night clothes And talk about the boys. We were much too grown up To play with games, or even toys. We shared our inner secrets, We left nothing out. We knew all the words To the Beatles "Twist and Shout". What a wonderous weekend We had inside my home. We giggled and we laughed, And spent hours on the phone. At school on Monday morning Julianne wasn't there. Did she catch a nasty cold From the rainy, cool damp air? We never discussed our health, Who would when you're not old. She had an inner secret, To me she never told. I couldn't believe what happened Even though I really tried. My friend was terminally ill, Monday morning she had died.

Hi, Thank you for coming to my poetry site. I hope you've enjoyed reading my poems and will come back again to this humble poets home -- Island Poetry. Every poem is original and is derived from my daily encounters, thoughts, experiences, relationships and contacts with family, loved ones, friends, nature, the world and people at large. My poetry is simple, uncomplicated, straight-forward and honest coming from the heart, soul, a spiritual presence and obviously God -- Her/Himself. Thus, once the idea and first line of a poem "pops" into my head, the balance of my poems "arrive to me" more or less complete requiring only my immediate and total attention and focus in its writing down, with minimal additional work or effort thereafter. While belonging to the International Society of Poets, I have also been fortunate to have had the support and publication of many of my poems by local community newspapers, faith groups, charitable organizations, and in various anthologies published by the National Library of Poetry and catalogued in the U.S. Library of Congress - Publication Data ISBN 1-56167-256-4 I now live on lower Vancouver Island, off the Canadian west coast. Although originally from the Canadian province of Ontario, I have over the years also lived in the province of Manitoba, as well as Germany. Once again thank you for reading my work, hope you enjoyed and found it relevant also to your own experiences of the living, loving and challenges of everyday life. I truly would appreciate and love to hear from anyone with comments, critiques, suggestions or what-have-you. Email Me - lynnbarany@islandpoetry.com Regards, Lynn Barany (Hanna)