by Michele Mekel
I am like a ghost,
wandering the city and
haunting long-dead pasts.
Living in Happy Valley, Michele Mekel wears many hats of her choosing: writer and editor; educator and bioethicist; poetess and creatrix; cat herder and chief can opener; witch and woman; and, above all, human. Her work has appeared in
various academic and creative publications, including having her poetry selected and read by Garrison Keillor on The Writer’s Almanac. She is also a co-principal investigator for the Viral Imaginations: COVID-19 project, viralimaginations.psu.edu. Michele can be found on Instagram @ShaktiEnergy.
