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.
SARAH BEDDOW
There is a black spot between / my molars on the bottom right-hand side Investigating that black spot I saw another small spot on the side of my molar where the enamel is gone / gone and left behind is a perfectly / circular sensitive spot so I don't touch it / or think about it / I think about it all the time is this where my son / got his nutrients / while nursing / while I ate so very little food / because he was allergic to everything / but probably he wasn't That was just what the nutritionist guessed / I didn't eat/ dairy wheat soy egg chocolate sugar gluten booze Ha / I kid / I still drank I tell my students this / That a mother's body is so dedicated to her baby she will cannibalize herself She could be near starving and her teeth will fall to pieces but the baby will have strong / bones
Sarah Beddow is a poet, mother, and teacher. She has written a lot of poems and essays about her body, rape culture, and abortion. Her chapbook, "What's pink & shiny/what's dark & hard" was published by Porkbelly Press, and she is the founding editor of the Pittsburgh Poetry Houses, a public art project. Find her online at impolitelines.com.
