Mantis 21 (Summer 2023)
New Poetry

Sophie Hoss

         View from the Bridge After Snow

Ice pins the ocean

and the water writhes,

splintering frost the way

a bite ruptures the gloss of sugar

on candied apples.

I’ve sometimes wondered

if it would feel good to

smash a glass snow-

globe on the floor.

SOPHIE HOSS is currently pursuing a BFA in Creative Writing from Stony Brook University. Her work has been featured in BOMB, The Los Angeles Review, Storm Cellar, and elsewhere. She has attended workshops at the Southampton Writers Conference and the Iowa Writers Workshop.