“The tradition of the poet / artist goes back at least to William Blake and his “Tyger.” Moore carries it on with her knock–out combo of verse and linocuts.”
~Carl Little in The Café Review, Spring, 2023
MONARCH
too long
have i lingered
in this stage
caterpilling along
eating milk
eating weed
feeding off
the same pale plant
filling my gut
with fodder
i’ve stopped
only to shed
skin
as i fatten
over and over
five instars
five ages
eating my shed skins
behind me
time
to spin
go
inside
dis-
solve
i want to emerge shape shifted
pump wings full of life’s fluid
spread them blaze orange
flamenco black and fly
flower-to-flower
seeking only essence
sipping only ambrosia
Leslie Moore
"No creature is beneath her notice, each has a story to tell, each is a kindred spirit, a teacher who informs her crafts."
~Kristen Lindquist, author of Tourists in the Known World: New and Selected Poems