Phoebe's Poetry

"Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth."

-Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (1709-1784)

 

 

Non-Believer

I climb on the bus,
bump into the woman
bending over in the entrance,
her oversize orange overcoat
flaps back like wings,
though I don't believe in that.
Her long brown hair tied back
like an apparition of Cindy
who's been lowered in the ground
though I don't believe in that.
But Cindy would be
an odd orange vision
just like this woman,
though the rummaging in bags
blocking the entrance
she would never do,
and I don't believe in that either.

Later I see Henry,
who never rides busses.
As I enter the elevator,
he holds the door
as he would for a friend
or someone well-known
from a previous life,
though I don't believe in that,
and he tells me it's ok,
though he never would,
and I feel comforted
though I don't believe in that.

Phoebe Grigg

 

Virginia Poems

California Poems

Other Poetry by Phoebe

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UCSF Daybreak interview

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PUBLICATIONS:

Chap Book:

Glass Wall. 1992. Backpocket Poets; Trout Creek Press, Parkdale Oregon

( http://www.amazon.com/ ) to order, email: grigg@cmp.ucsf.edu

Small Press Journals:

1) 1987. Dog River Review 6(1): p. 22. "Full Moon"

2) 1987. Haight Ashbury Literary Journal 3(1): p. 6. "Gorilla Dream"

3) 1988. Dog River Review 7(1): p. 6. "AIDS"

4) 1988. Minotaur 14(1): p. 15. "Dad"

5) 1988. Minotaur 15(1): p. 39. "Touch"

6) 1988. Minotaur 16(1): p. 16. "Integrity"

7) 1988. Minotaur Newsletter #5, Nov. 19. "Anemones"

8) 1988. Recovering 4 March/April: p. 16. "Not So Bad"

9) 1988. Synapse (Literary Issue) 39(29): p. 5. "Family Fight"

10) 1988. Synapse (Literary Issue) 39(29): p. 5. "Valentine"

11) 1989. Minotaur 18, vol. 2(1): p.41. "Resigned"

12) 1989. Proof Rock 16, winter. "Plan A"

13) 1990. Aldebaren 18(1): p. 27. "A Christmas Garden"

14) 1990. Crazy Quilt 5(3) September: p. 25. "Results of an Unofficial Sociological Study"

15) 1990. Dog River Review 18, winter: p.13. "Opening"

16) 1990. Dog River Review 18, winter p. 12. "Trees"

17) 1990. Home Planet News, Issue 29, vol 7(3) Summer/Fall: p. 4. "What's it Like on Your

Side of the Glass Wall?"

18) 1990. Minotaur 20, vol. 2(1): p. 18. "Lunchtime at Mission Rock"

19) 1990. Minotaur 21, vol. 2(2): p. 27. "Nameless Blue"

20) 1990. Minotaur 22: p. 16. "Laundromat"

21) 1990. Minotaur 22: p. 16. "Now that You're Sober"

22) 1990. Poetry Peddler 2(6) Oct: p. 1. "Different Styles"

23) 1990. Z Miscellaneous 4(2) summer: p. 58. "Squall"

24) 1991. Abbey 65, May: p. 12. "Ice Prince"

25) 1991. Fennelstalk 11: p. 22. "Still Running"

26) 1991. Fennelstalk 11: p. 48. "Autumn Born"

27) 1991. Four I's vol 2, May: p. 34. "Something for Nothing"

28) 1991. Haight Ashbury Literary Journal 5(1): p. 8. "Holly Park"

29) 1991. Lilliput Review 23. "Unread"

30) 1991. Lilliput Review 25. "The Healing"

31) 1991. Lilliput Review 26, November. "Going Someplace"

32) 1991. Minotaur 25-26 vol 3(2): p. 21. "How I Got This Way"

33) 1991. Poetry Peddler 3(3): p. 2. "Alone"

34) 1991. Straight Ahead 5(1): p. 11. "Rootless"

35) 1991. Synapse 36(12) November. "Puzzle"

36) 1991. Synapse 36(12) November. "Too Fast"

37) 1991. The Paper Bag 3(3) Summer. "Trying Not To"

38) 1991. The Paper Bag 3(3) Summer. "To Tell You Why"

39) 1992. Bogg 65: p. 18. "Because You're Drunk"

40) 1992. Home Planet News, issue 34 vol. 8(4): p. 10. "September Already"

41) 1992. Lilliput Review 29. "If I Let It."

42) 1992. Parnassus Literary Journal 16(3) Fall/Winter: p. 6. "One More Time"

43) 1992. Poetalk 17(2), August. "New Cat"

44) 1992. Synapse 37(7): p. 8. "Hermit Crab"

45) 1993. Dog River Review issue 24 vol. 12(2): p. 19. "Under Control"

46) 1993. Haight Ashbury Literary Journal 12(2): p. 4. "How it Works"

47) 1993. Lilliput Review 49. "Breast"

48) 1993. News From Nowhere 1: p. 3. "Mask"

49) 1993. Parnassus Literary Journal 17(2) summer: p. 82. "Fighting Music"

50) 1993. Poetalk 17(10). "Throwing Stones"

51) 1993. Poetalk 18(3). "Heart Climbing"

52) 1993. Synapse, Oct 21: p. 5. "Mountain Path Over the Bunderchrinde"

53) 1993. Synapse, Oct 21: p. 5. "Against Redundancy"

54) 1993. Synapse, Oct 21: p. 5. "Security"

55) 1994. Poetalk 18(7). "After We Discuss Ending Our Relationship"

56) 1994. Poetalk 18(10). "Fog Clearing"

57) 1994. Poetalk 19(1&2). "Holding to the Difficult"

58) 1994. Poets on Parnassus Anthology. p. 43. "Poet's Mother"

59) 1996. Haight Ashbury Literary Journal Anthology; This Far Together: 1980-1995. p. 75.

"How It Works"

60) 1996. Minotaur issue 30 vol. 4(30): p. 20. "Cheap Hotel"

61) 2002. The Minas Tirith Review: "Aragorn Begins"

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