Cameron Morse
Money
There is grace in the air
here, hospitality to come and stay
a while
where it is breezy green.
Our shadows keep good company.
I think you think too much
about money.
I've been dead for five years
and just keep on running. You think
I think too little. Which is
fair but ne'er
a dollar paid for today's gusty
September breezes rising.
Bio
Cameron Morse was diagnosed with a glioblastoma in 2014. With a 14.6 month life expectancy, he entered the Creative Writing Program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and, in 2018, graduated with an M.F.A. His poems have been published in numerous magazines, including New Letters, Bridge Eight, Portland Review and South Dakota Review. His first poetry collection, Fall Risk, won Glass Lyre Press's 2018 Best Book Award. His latest is Terminal Destination (Spartan Press, 2019). He lives with his wife Lili and two children in Blue Springs, Missouri, where he serves as poetry editor for Harbor Review. For more information, check out his Facebook page or website.