STIRRING
Founded in 1999, Stirring is one of the oldest continuously publishing journals on the internet.
Stirring is an electronic quarterly journal.
Founded in 1999, Stirring is one of the oldest continuously publishing journals on the internet.
Stirring is an electronic quarterly journal.
AVA C. CIPRI
- The New Scientist
while the Zürich scientist Rassim Khelifa was surprised,
droves of females exposed to this finding
in their Facebook feeds, were not,
responding, I’ve done that! to goals to our spirit animal
Dragonfly, girl, I feel you
when I too, have wanted to feign sudden death
under the toxic male gaze
when the frat boy locked me in his jeep
when I was a DD cup before the breast reduction
Dragonfly, girl, I feel you
when my mother told 12-year old me not to hold my bus money on Liberty Ave. because I could be mistaken for a prostitute, waving down a john
when a first dinner date became, you know what you came here for in that skirt
when high school chemistry Scott said, going to jail for rape would be worth it for you
Dragonfly, girl, I feel you
when my girlfriend and I were told in a bar, I could fuck you straight
whenever I’ve been told to smile, take your glasses off, let your hair down
whenever I’ve been called honey, sweetheart, or sugar
Dragonfly Girl, I feel you
Dragonfly Girl, let’s talk over coffee
Dragonfly Girl, let’s swap books, shop for new wings, and march together
Dragonfly Girl, let’s leave the burdened ground
Ava C. Cipri is a poetry editor for The Deaf Poets Society: An Online Journal of Disability Literature & Art. She holds an MFA from Syracuse University and currently teaches writing at Duquesne University. Ava’s poetry and nonfiction appears or is forthcoming in Crab Fat, The Fem, FRiGG, Room, Noctua Review, Rogue Agent, and PROSODY: NPR-affiliate WESA’s weekly show featuring the work of national writers. Her first chapbook Queen of Swords is forthcoming this fall 2017 from dancing girl press. She resides at: www.avaccipri.com and tweets at @AvaCCipri.
