Just a quick note to promote the latest issue of Stirring: A Literary Collection!
I served as Guest Editor for this issue and had the honor of reading through submissions. Lots of good stuff.
Below is an example of some of the fine work to be found in this issue.
Fontanelle – David Mohan
After your birth your head
lay in its nest,
a new laid egg.
It was flecked with hair
like straw. I felt
the crack beneath your skin.
At the centre
where the skull dipped,
the scalp went soft.
Each day
we cradled the place
that smelt like sleep.
It had a name
like the first burst
of the source.
Out of the dark,
the stuff of birth,
you rested,
the wound
to your long quiet
beginning to seal.
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Check out the rest here.
Special shout-out to Erin Elizabeth Smith for this opportunity!
Happy nesting!
Jose
The Friday Influence 
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