Shall I Go? by Allie Picketts

June 16, 2022
Poem title: Shall I go? Poet name: Allie Picketts Poem: I have believed and ceased believing many things but if I were to believe no longer that the arbutus leaves in their rustling were speaking to me then how could I go on? Progress they say. There isn’t room enough for all of us here. Shall I go? I feel it keenly in my bones I stop and stand and write mid-hill as if in the last moment of my life I think I hear windchimes and that is my angelic trumpet and the geese, I think, have no words for north or south. End of poem. Credits and Bio: Copyright © Allie Picketts Allie Picketts (she/her) is a musician, parent, writer, teacher, and lover of nature. She is thankful to live within the traditional territory of the T’Sou-ke Nation. Allie can be found on Instagram @allie.picketts