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Cameron Morse
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Floral Pattern
Pattern of pink
flowers on the hem
of the dress my
daughter slept in—
a patter of pink
petals below
brother’s hand-
me-down hoodie—
her light hair
hooded in darkness,
her floral hymn
a dream of autumn rain
outright is singing.
Cameron Morse is Senior Reviews editor at Harbor Review and the author of eight collections of poetry. His first collection, Fall Risk, won Glass Lyre Press’s 2018 Best Book Award. His latest is The Thing Is (Briar Creek Press, 2021). He holds and MFA from the University of Kansas City—Missouri and lives in Independence, Missouri, with his wife Lili and (soon, three) children.
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