Phibby Venable : Writing

new furniture

new furniture

A Poem by Phibby Venable


last of the death poems collection.
The Peacemaker's Plight

The Peacemaker's Plight

A Poem by Phibby Venable


The Peacemaker's PlightThere are no crossroads here, veering offinto a red sky where the angry departand divide their rages.I watch my step.There is a..
cold river

cold river

A Poem by Phibby Venable


Cold Rivernearby the wild geeseclick their solitary beatby the wind ice trees
Traveling Slow

Traveling Slow

A Poem by Phibby Venable


Traveling Slowwhen the muscular, monkey trees swayin one direction, their long hands pointingtoward a stranded star, it is my decisionto follow, which..
Charisma

Charisma

A Poem by Phibby Venable


Charisma There is the plain girl falling in and out of the silo, never being swallowed by the wheat, finding the slabs of a gray ladder, just in ..
God In A Nutshell

God In A Nutshell

A Poem by Phibby Venable


God In A NutshellSomeone ran across the stage.His lips foamed, but I listened on,till he put God into a nutshelland people jumped the pewsSometimes I ..
Chafed Knees

Chafed Knees

A Poem by Phibby Venable


Chafed KneesI cannot blame the texture of the soilfor my chafed knees, when I kneeltoo heavily on the floor of the worldI polish, over and over, one h..
Strong Women In A Big Canoe

Strong Women In A Big Canoe

A Poem by Phibby Venable


Strong Women In A Big CanoeStrong women in a big canoerow, pull, steady their hard hands.They search the moon that swingsin flashes in a circle of swi..
Retrospection

Retrospection

A Poem by Phibby Venable


Retrospection, how you ease yourself beneath the bed's tight sheet and linger in unwelcome thought until I let you lecture loud, the thousand, hop..
Broken Shores

Broken Shores

A Poem by Phibby Venable


Broken Shores I try to dream the hard ground from your eyes so that you do not appear so rough and brown. but I am weary of these adjustments. Y..