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.
ELIZABETH BIRCH
My dog and I walk atop the crust of winter,
weaving our way
back from the abandoned beach.
We stop to watch three ducks in a puddle.
As he pulls, I hold and try to explain
why we don’t need to chase
everything, kill
anything. For a moment,
we are still, listening
to the water’s subtle ripples,
blending into the beige
fields of hay in hibernation.
I let him learn then turn
to find a new scent or stick.
But I keep watching,
body begging for practice.
Elizabeth Birch lives in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Her poetry has been featured in previous or forthcoming issues of Yellow Arrow Journal, The Tiger Moth Review, Nixes Mate, Writers Resist, Footnote Literary Journal, and Willows Wept Review.
