Cameron McGill is a poet and songwriter from Champaign, Illinois, and the author of Meridians (Willow Springs Books, 2020) and In the Night Field (Augury Books, 2021). In 2022, he released his seventh studio album, The Widow Cameron. McGill teaches in the MFA program at Western Colorado University and at Washington State University, where he codirects the Visiting Writers Series. “Loaner” is from a new manuscript titled VIRGA. Work is forthcoming in Blackbird and Poetry Ireland Review.
Visitation
Fall 2025
Loaner
The Kenyon Review · “Loaner” by Cameron McGill A boy my age died suddenly in his crib.His father would stop by our houseafter work to hold me — his arms raisedto receive […]
