Peter Venable

3 poems

 

Sun Spill

Threads of light hang from cloud skirts,
dabbing beach streets with swabs of steam.


On a pier

an octogenarian kneads sunscreen
into knotted cypress knees.


I Hitchhiked

by an interstate bridge
knee-deep in retreads.


Peter VenableĀ is serving a life sentence, condemned to compose verse.