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Long Journeys

A Poem by Phibby Venable

Last night I was content enough to weave my dreams to chosen sleep; My choice, a Nile of passageways, one long slow flow of drifting out, till o..

crow girl's story

A Poem by Phibby Venable

Crow Girl's Story After the Sun Dance, I took you to my mother's fire to seat you on buffalo fur & feed you strips of meat. She nodded appr..

each morning I awaken to fire

A Poem by Phibby Venable

Each morning I awaken to fire. I see that I am in flames, temptedto run, not drop, leap, not roll.It is the intensity of large matterscondens..

The Spill

A Poem by Phibby Venable

disaster

Gray Sidewalks

A Poem by Phibby Venable

I find gray sidewalks in town and walk to their endings. All of them circle back into themselves. Heat rises in spots of artificial rainbows..

extinction

A Poem by Phibby Venable

Extinction I undertake to blaze my placethrough mushrooms nodding heavy heads,and by the spruce fir, indigo, in evening'slight before the moon.Near..

i throw my cape down before your feet

A Poem by Phibby Venable

I throw my cape down, before your feet. I see your eyes spiral in a rogue of introspection.You say you are burning bridges.You say you have to ..

I Came Up From Underground

A Poem by Phibby Venable

I Came Up From Underground I came up from underground.A house keyloose in my hands;the one I had died with, the onewhere I tried tokeep myjoyin o..

at sundown

A Poem by Phibby Venable

At SundownAtlantic hearts on heated sea,the clouds raise bunions on the blue;I love the clean swept shoreline, yet,I dread the solitude of dusk.Gulls ..

A Promise Made On Turtle Mound

A Poem by Phibby Venable

A Promise Made on Turtle MoundI am searching for the syllables you dropped long ago on Turtle Mound.They are transparent; daylight is gone, but still ..