Phibby Venable
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I Thought About LoveA Poem by Phibby VenableI thought about love as I lay in my oyster shellbut most of the other girls had clawsand pulled themselves from the pale ovaltoward the dock where m.. |
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the sign said carolinaA Poem by Phibby VenableThe van was loaded with peopletoo long on the road and the musicswitched with personal choicesuntil no song ever finishedI was not extrinsic to my b.. |
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grandmother, medicine womanA Poem by Phibby VenableIt was two cardinals in a wing beat landing that made me believe in the Cherokee return of your messagesI was startled by the sun with my hand lifted .. |
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sometimes an evening drinks a dayA Poem by Phibby Venablesometimes an evening drinks a daythe mustard sun flattens to darkand falls behind horizon linestrees in blackened shingles freezetheir outlines on a.. |
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contemptA Poem by Phibby Venablehis hands had a jello tremorbut his eyes held steadyand he stared from dark depthsthrough palest blueinto a century that usedto know his name the l.. |
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I Never Could Hold Black & WhiteA Poem by Phibby VenableI wish I knew the well definedsharp and plain, to call my own, unmottled thoughts that run alongSome know the ways of straight & narrow precisio.. |
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things that bendA Poem by Phibby Venablethings that bend so far I am upright with coffeewalking straight, although I weaveinside over bent backs and eyesthat look hungry for informationI do.. |
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it was when griefA Poem by Phibby VenableIt was when grief It was when grief turned at the waistlike a slender neck falteringa desultory voice circlinginside my lipsWhat could be said of dea.. |
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To The Parents Visiting At The County JailA Poem by Phibby VenableThe seedlings break into the first bloomof young explosives - pink roses, blue lilies.Childhood meanders and passion risesinto the tribal mode, wher.. |
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plant lifeA Poem by Phibby VenableI shouldn't waste water on your duck oilsof indifference, your back greased for battleInstead I water the spider plant that stayedtoo long in the fr.. |
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