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.
LIVIA MENEGHIN
In Porticciolo, some of us choose chlorine & olive oil
over seawall & salt. They go.
I stay.
A cormorant beats its wings on the Mediterranean,
then disappears,
diving below a blue loved so well
by midday sun. I search for him to reappear,
but I lose him. Or, he loses me. Or, he is lost.
I’ve admitted before that I cannot say I’m happy
when I’m not.
There is a blooming that comes
with gelato, yes & yet—
even when I manage not to spill cioccolato fondente
on my shirt, I worry about wanting to live but not knowing how.
I can’t see the men playing water polo, can’t hear
their artificial splashes over waves roaring
into boulders below my feet.
& also because the pool is no longer there.
Livia Meneghin (she/her) is the author of feathering and Honey in My Hair. She is Cofounder and Managing Editor at Two Cardinals Literary. At Sundress Publications, she serves as Assistant Chapbook Editor. Since earning her MFA in poetry, she teaches writing and literature at the collegiate level. She is a cancer survivor.
