Phibby Venable : Writing

A Fish Winked

A Fish Winked

A Poem by Phibby Venable


When I sank as sodden as a pauperinto the rainy riverI promised myself no mercymy body limp and sinkingthe sun in a high toned halofar above the murky..
A Woman Buying The World

A Woman Buying The World

A Poem by Phibby Venable


A woman buying the world rolls peacock eyes upon the packages and points to this and this She opens her flexible lips and gnaws the pink delicacy..
I Never Saw An Armadillo

I Never Saw An Armadillo

A Poem by Phibby Venable


I never saw an armadillo in the cold famineof this mountain,here, where we are rich with beautyand tough canned preservesUnless, of course I reconside..
She Said No At Intervention

She Said No At Intervention

A Poem by Phibby Venable


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Unfurling

Unfurling

A Poem by Phibby Venable


You got to walk that lonesome valley Well, you got to walk it for yourself Ain't nobody here, can walk it for you You got to walk that valley for ..
No Mojo

No Mojo

A Poem by Phibby Venable


No mojo, no groove back! and the fog is a peeping tomsmoked up in the trees outside my window.You know the rest darling, it is Winter!I am unfurling i..
January 1st

January 1st

A Poem by Phibby Venable


It is January 1st and the moon is singinginto an accordion of jet fumes & familiar starsI am absorbing the soft glow of a Himalayan rock ..
Winter, No Little Mare

Winter, No Little Mare

A Poem by Phibby Venable


Winter, no little mare, no warm hearted robin, you bruise my hands with hard coldYour embrace is a tangle of briars and you needle my legsas I awakenI..
Through Clinchburg Station

Through Clinchburg Station

A Poem by Phibby Venable


The way I step on trains that plan to movetoo quickly for my heart to gain a stepor steady as the barrels of wheels beginthe long and twisted path to ..
There Is No Whole Left Here

There Is No Whole Left Here

A Poem by Phibby Venable


There is no whole left here to love, no person ends with all the pieces they began with. Even the world loses her head and blows particles into ..