Phibby Venable : Writing

Mary's Condition

Mary's Condition

A Poem by Phibby Venable


i hate you, dementia.
My Life On Little River

My Life On Little River

A Poem by Phibby Venable


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dress up

dress up

A Poem by Phibby Venable


just wrote this and should probably wait to post, as I am so tired tonight, and what if i am jaded or blunt? love is the master of disguises and a mi..
The House

The House

A Poem by Phibby Venable


The House That day I felt like a boxcar backing into tomorrow ~ Nothing clanged together properly or fit into a shadow of itself There was only me w..
human, in rain

human, in rain

A Poem by Phibby Venable


today an ecstasy of rain descends dawn is a chorus of fragile robin wings too damp to spread or fly the darkened woodsI hunker beneath windows on th..
Rain on Trees

Rain on Trees

A Poem by Phibby Venable


for the contest!
may 11th

may 11th

A Poem by Phibby Venable


May 11th I wear my white gown with tiers of nothingbut unsolved operas lying underneathMy smile sits lopsided and dawn hangsaround the kitchen in g..
new girl

new girl

A Poem by Phibby Venable


She breaks through the noon sun from the treeswhere she was invisible to our conversation -but she heard - that's what she says, that she heardevery..
trench holes

trench holes

A Poem by Phibby Venable


to my friend, an ex-marine with medals
the loon call

the loon call

A Poem by Phibby Venable


The Loon Call It is four o'clock & a loon wails from the river into my open windowIt is dark and the sound carries woeful and lost until my b..