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.
AMY POAGUE
Years ago I dreamt of levitating
above my bed, touching the ceiling.
This was the first stop on the itinerary:
love entering my body
as it had before, forming me light like a balloon.
I could leave my signature to show I had been there.
I tried to listen to my dream-mind to understand the plan
but could not know what I was listening to.
I was adjacent to meaning, perceiving burbles and spits,
so beside my name I drew myself with speech bubbles
and thought bubbles to fill in later,
effervescing towards the cloud cover, the stars.
If I had been able to understand my mind,
the ceiling would have read:
Lifting yourself up is not brave.
It’s just another translation.
Amy Poague holds an M.A. in Creative Writing from Eastern Michigan University. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in SWWIM Every Day, Figure 1, Kissing Dynamite, The Indianapolis Review, and others. She can be found at amypoague.wordpress.com and on Twitter @PoagueAmy.
