external image wanda_phipps.jpgWanda Phipps
Wanda Phipps was born on November 7, 1960 in Washington D.C,she was a writer living in Brooklyn, New York.She is the writer of Wake Up Calls, and 66 morning poems. Wanda studied theater and English literature at the Barnard college of Columbia University located in New York City. Phipps performed her work across the U.S as well as on papertiger which is a Australian CD ROM journal. She is also a journalist, dramatrug also an translator, Mostly all of her poetry has appeared in thirty journals. She was a co-recipient of a meet the composer/International creative collaboration. The program has received New York foundation arts, and grant as well. Phipps has written about a lot of things like, performances, theater etc.



One of the poems i like by Wanda Phipps is The Morning poem #39 her writing style is Kind of Flows Probably off the way that she feels.



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

( I like this Poem because it's romantic and i like romance, it also tells a lot just in a little words.)

With old poems
old boxes
old papers
photographs
and the Big Bridge
got the boxes
I hope so
how'd you like
the party
blinds fell down
behind glasses and
stone face--the Brit
not speaking
only watching
evaluation
not enough room
squeezing emptiness
into space
giggles and spankings
old words
old thoughts
the books are packed
and labeled fic/lit
psych/phil
Homer to use
spirit books
there's a list
and this is another
slightly Japanese
wardrobe and
perfumed soaps
the 3-d glasses in
the photo and the
master of the house
of funk a turntable
unamplified
faux fur turns round
and round where
will the tryst be
this time--who are
the partners
old wine
old looks
a smile can be
not a smile
a kiss not a kiss
but a city
operational I am
with tea and mobility
fall into the rhythm
that's a sure step
old lines
old minds
step on the leather
there's volcanic O.
and she's in the desert
or Rosalind's feather
or Orlando's in the wall
a landscape will
succeed me--outlive me
be me
old ties
( This poem is the type the makes comparisons throughout the whole poem,this is also a ballad it tells a story. Wanda doesn't really use a lot of rhyme in her poems just tells a story. The poems that she tell sounds like situations she has been in. Her poems will adapt more to older people other then children because she doesn't have much of a rhyme scheme involved.)

NARRATOR- a narrator is a person who tells the story from their point of view.
FIGURES OF SPEECH- a figure of speech is using different comparisons to compare things in writings or saying something that they don't actually mean literally.