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.
JENNA K FUNKHOUSER
It is enough, sometimes, just to be a body
Gathering, just to harvest a ripe offering
From the earth you, too, are made of.
The prickly pears and persimmons both
Astonish you with their sweetness, with
Their gentle heart tucked behind spine
And skin. The purple juice of the olives
Stains your thumb and forefinger, and calls
The bees like a song of sun and gold.
In the sun’s heat, you, too, become a creature
Sated by warmth and sweetness. You, too,
Grow roots and stretch towards whatever
The light wants to nourish forth from you.
Jenna K Funkhouser is a Pacific Northwest author, poet and mosaic artist. Her poetry has recently been published by The Ekphrastic Review, Geez Magazine, the Oregon Poetry Association, and the St. Katherine Review, among others. Her second book of poetry, Bright Inhabited Lives, was published by Kelsay Press in June 2024.
