Entries by John DesCamp

Still in the Orchestra

There’s not much left of the song
but I tilt my head and listen
greedy for what’s left

Free as a Bird

Sunset in San Miguel
a blind hummingbird vibrates urgently
against the rough plaster of my bedroom wall

Devolution

Grandmother cared for my mother
and for my mother’s cousins, who were orphaned
and my mother took care of me