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Wanda Phipps Poems

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by Phipps, Wanda
 floating gray web pages
step into a crowded vacuum
clouds sweating

there's a gauzy scrim
in front of my eyes
between me and
the rest of the world

Afternoon birds...Read more of this...



by Phipps, Wanda
 if she took off her top
would that embarrass you
would you smile and laugh newvously
would there be
room on the roof
for the orgy
if the music was a little louder
would you remember
the color of her eyes...Read more of this...

by Phipps, Wanda
 sleep patterns
shifting-down late
up early
interrupted dreams...Read more of this...

by Phipps, Wanda
 pink around a
circle of pink
around a shimmer
of found reason
pink around a
glimmering white
shaked around
a sound blue
somehow in the
touch of green
looped inside
loops abound
a bound ribbon
a hope bow bows
in a rare season...Read more of this...

by Phipps, Wanda
 I close my eyes
and there it is
a concrete walkway
leading out of a
small village
hugging the sides
of a green green
tree filled mountainside
and to the right
a pipe railing
paited the color
of oxidized metaland even firther
to my right
a small beach
costline-an ocean
all under a pale blue sky
all there when my eyelids
close and the shutters open...Read more of this...



by Phipps, Wanda
 cold bed
gray day
memories
of "birds of prey"
talk for the sake
of words shaping
mouth moving
thoughts changing
energy moving
outside of self
talk for the sake
of a warm bed
a sanny day
and memories
of birds at play...Read more of this...

by Phipps, Wanda
 forever in bed
waiting for heat
luring black cat
Tristana into trust...Read more of this...

by Phipps, Wanda
 groggy voice
hangover head
phone rongs
work call
money writing
muddled thoughts
adrenaline rush
hands clutch
power book
pauses comerapid doubts
make calls
take notes
ming push
fear waits...Read more of this...


Book: Shattered Sighs