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.
JESSICA MOREY-COLLINS
Flutter among fruit-globes, as if
my flat leafed and waxy heart
weren’t little.
Given—the reservoir’s levels inch
lower; a leaf blower
urges the trees’
detritus off
the concrete. What is pervious
of me is also dirt.
I wrap my body
around the planet
and laugh with the ease
of a well-hydrated woman
striding through a desert.
Even our metals deny inertia,
their half lives dance along times’
edges. My little heart wants
water. Citrus flirts
with any fingers
who will peel her.
Clear water
winnows to a trickle. The bright
sun winks upon it.
Jessica Morey-Collins received her MFA from the University of New Orleans, where she won an Academy of American Poets award, and worked as associate poetry editor for Bayou Magazine. Her poems can be found or are forthcoming in Pleiades, Prairie Schooner, Sycamore Review, and elsewhere. She currently studies hazard mitigation in the University of Oregon's Masters of Community and Regional Planning program. Find her at www.jessicamoreycollins.com.
