Mantis 22 (Summer 2024)
eccentric/eclectic/electric/ekphrastic

Moira Walsh


Springing

a bit

a tad

a tad

a bit

a rib

a pole

a pole

a rib

agog
so neat

four feet

a frog

a rare (r)egret makes trouble in advance —

why grow the legs if you refuse to dance?


MOIRA WALSH is the author of Earthrise (Penteract Press, 2023) and, with Wilfried Schubert, Do Try This at Home (Animal Heart Press, 2024). Her poetry can be found in Bennington Review, Denver Quarterly, Poetry Northwest, and other fine places. A founding member of Kollektief Dellgart, Moira has co-translated work by contemporary poets Olja Alvir, Ken Mikolowski, Mariia Mykytsei, Halyna Petrosaniak, and Maë Schwinghammer.