My Life on Little River
by Phibby Venable
ISBN 978-0-9764244-8-2

48 poems, 68 pages, $12.00
Quill and Parchment Press
2357 Merrywod Drive Suite A Los Angeles, CA 90046

Reviewed by Ed Bennett

Water has been a part of poetic imagery since pre Homeric times. The palpable
movement of a river lends itself to the passage of time and its rich aquatic
life has become a symbol of regeneration or rebirth. Phibby Venable's collection
of poems, My life on Little River has elements of all of these facets of
aquatic imagery but she takes it further, allowing Little River to be a
character and to pose a continuum of time and place.

The River and the characters in each poem are related through the river
and through their common experiences of love, disappointment and the beauty
of their surroundings.