Philip Gaber : Writing

the bubble dancer

the bubble dancer

A Story by Philip Gaber


I've worked odd jobs with bizarre people, but that first job was a doozy.There was a little fish restaurant called The Captain's Cabin that had been t..
a trivial, tedious clock

a trivial, tedious clock

A Poem by Philip Gaber


She thinks it’s so sad that he only sits around reading and watching TV all day. “Why is that sad?” he says. “It’s w..
it's about removing the layers

it's about removing the layers

A Poem by Philip Gaber


I did a few things differently this Thanksgiving. First, I shaved. I also put the store-bought chocolate pecan pie into a glass pie plate instead of b..
Just another easy-to-believe tragicomedy

Just another easy-to-believe tragicomedy

A Poem by Philip Gaber


Think it was 1990…Funny how you can’t remember dates when you’ve been alone for so long.Seems like somebody was always pulling a gu..
she jives by night

she jives by night

A Poem by Philip Gaber


Boy: I love you…Girl: I love you, too…I think…Boy: How do you know?Girl: ‘Cuz I feel it…I recalled a distant lover w..
any spectrum of women in today's society

any spectrum of women in today's society

A Poem by Philip Gaber


My point is this.That I had something to say,but only a little.I was relying too much on my thesaurus.Reading too many Cliff notes.The women in my lif..
quicksilver goddess

quicksilver goddess

A Poem by Philip Gaber


History’s most misunderstood womansmiles softly in the shadowsof a silent Sunday,chafed from being arefugee from responsibility.She’s afra..
trying to laugh at myself without making the audience feel uncomfortable

trying to laugh at myself without making the audie..

A Story by Philip Gaber


I looked out the window and saw the moon rising behind the Observatoryand thought maybe this time I had a chance. I could rise above mycircumstances, ..
day of reckoning

day of reckoning

A Poem by Philip Gaber


You’re always on the hot seatwhenever you’re not doingwhat the rest of the world is doing.It’s never easy.Fear and anxiety are alway..
on this very troubled afternoon

on this very troubled afternoon

A Poem by Philip Gaber


Between summer’s mist and winter’s rain,the faceless, voiceless mournersrecede into yesterday’s succor,engulfed in the waves which s..