Phibby Venable : Writing

This Is How I Laugh With Horses

This Is How I Laugh With Horses

A Poem by Phibby Venable


Sometimes the atmosphere here is a bordello of bad loveand only the horses seem to fling their heads highin wide grins of approval.Their teeth are gre..
Superior Flight On A Simple Ride

Superior Flight On A Simple Ride

A Poem by Phibby Venable


I want to go where the rider staysbetween the lines toward a golden hazeWhere nothings gasps but the air that is drawnfrom my lips when the skyline fa..
The Water Lily Eyes

The Water Lily Eyes

A Poem by Phibby Venable


If I love them it is because of the cacti.We are of that clan.My mother, the spine, my siblings raw & prickly.I am disquised as a water lily and f..
Sometimes In The Middle of The Night

Sometimes In The Middle of The Night

A Poem by Phibby Venable


Sometimes in the middle of the night I am in love with youbut you are sleepingraindrops paddle in the mud puddle outside our windowwhere the soil runs..
There Is No Opening

There Is No Opening

A Poem by Phibby Venable


Ialways run a loose ship and I love water and the milk blueof early morning, the tomboy trees that belonged to mychildhood, where I was shy and watchf..
On The Line

On The Line

A Poem by Phibby Venable


for my mother
I Will, I Will

I Will, I Will

A Poem by Phibby Venable


I say I won't look at the way your body falters in timeNobody tracing your wiry browNobody piecing the shattered glass of your great eyesT..
hot august

hot august

A Poem by Phibby Venable


Will there really be a "Morning"? Is there such a thing as "Day"? Could I see it from the mountains If I were as tall as they? emily
song to italy

song to italy

A Poem by Phibby Venable


I want a white house in the middle of other white houses - pale and sunburntThe wind will roar in from the seato settle in the crevices, a lion's he..
a situation

a situation

A Poem by Phibby Venable


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