Phibby Venable : Writing

the church woman's dress

the church woman\'s dress

A Poem by Phibby Venable


The Church Woman's Dress This week it is debated that the dress is too short, a blatant flag to copulation. Last week it was too long. She fanc..
a wife

a wife

A Poem by Phibby Venable


A Wife Slip through the narrow opening, the dog door of our life. There is a flap you may run through, no solid wood or steel, an exit, shoul..
encounters

encounters

A Poem by Phibby Venable


Encounters In an encounter with physical beauty, energy suspends itself in study. Some for a measure of approach, some to dwell on lovely. I ad..
Pear

Pear

A Poem by Phibby Venable


Pear yellow freckled skin teeth kiss snap in a descent into your whiteness
the man with too many women

the man with too many women

A Poem by Phibby Venable


THE MAN WITH TOO MANY WOMEN The man with too many women rose at dawn and walked the lonely hours to..
Building a Fire

Building a Fire

A Poem by Phibby Venable


Often I kindle desperate yellow flames that leap into a chimney I have failed to clean And the newspapers still rolled in rubber bands lend fuel to ..
wickerworker

wickerworker

A Poem by Phibby Venable


The twigs, pliant and young yielded to his thin fingers naked and pale the strips bent in vulnerable curves wrapping around themselves and becomi..
Francis

Francis

A Poem by Phibby Venable


Francis is unbraiding her hair by the well house and watching the men repair the broken pump one man has failed to bring ..
the belmont

the belmont

A Poem by Phibby Venable


THE BELMONT In the city an old man disguised as a friend was asking the workers if they remembered se..