Jeanne Morel

EVEN THOUGH

Go now. Do this.
Follow the path of those.
Trust the fish will return. 

The trees will persevere.
Trust the cards know
the traffic lights are all

self portraits — ghosts
and gold. Return
just a minute. Go.

Jeanne Morel is the author of the chapbooks, I See My Way to Some Partial Results (Ravenna Press), Jackpot (Bottlecap Press), and That Crossing Is Not Automatic (Tarpaulin Sky Press). Her poem, “Loss & Other Forms of Death,” was selected by Leila Chatti for the 2021 Fugue Poetry Prize. Jeanne earned her MFA from Pacific University and has been nominated for a Pushcart in both poetry and fiction. She lives in Seattle.