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.
DS MAOLALAI
the penny-pay laundry
is swampland in summer,
so close and boiled over
like hell with soap
and steam; rumbling in winter
and a round rolling heat,
the fragrant tops
of mushrooms
breaking up through paved snow.
I carry the bag
from apt to laundry.
my fingers are cold,
there’s a paperback in
my back pocket. piled
on a table, the clothes
feel warm also,
with that sickening softness
of rotting worn leaves.
I count out quarters,
from the quarter machine
and drop in 12;
15 minutes each. I put the rest
in my pocket
for the dryer
and wipe my hand
on my jeans.
DS Maolalai has received eleven nominations for Best of the Net and eight for the Pushcart Prize. His poetry has been released in three collections; "Love is Breaking Plates in the Garden" (Encircle Press, 2016), "Sad Havoc Among the Birds" (Turas Press, 2019) and “Noble Rot” (Turas Press, 2022)
