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.
MARINA HOPE WILSON
The old girl’s fur grows in a little each day.
We took each mat down nearly to skin.
In Spanish, they say nudos, knots.
Her body was covered in knots.
I wonder if the fur will grow back in her lifetime.
If she will ever wear a bit of that glory again.
I think of my mother.
I think of her mother.
If I say the word poison.
If I say the word emaciation.
If I say She closed the door forever.
If I say the word family, it’s only because
I wonder how anyone survives it.
Marina Hope Wilson’s poems have appeared in The Massachusetts Review, Mulberry Literary, Kissing Dynamite, Jet Fuel Review, $, and Bodega. She won the Rash Award for Poetry for her poem, “Origin.” Her poem, “Dilemma,” was nominated for the 2023 Best of the Net. Marina’s chapbook, Nighttime, is forthcoming from Cooper Dillon Books in 2024. She lives in San Francisco with her husband, stepdaughter, and three cats, and makes her living as a speech-language therapist.
