Cameron Morse

Baldy Cameron Morse

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 subsequent

collections are Father Me Again (Spartan Press, 2018), Coming

Home with Cancer (Blue Lyra Press, 2019) and Terminal

Destination (Spartan Press, 2019). He lives with his wife Lili

and their two children in Blue Springs, Missouri, where he

serves as poetry editor for Harbor Review.