Adam Haver

Mississippi May

His apocryphal place, a corner 
in a southern wing, where the 
river meanders into the mind. 

The dust is gothic and the path 
unbroken but long, only goes 
a mile far from the familiar basin.

I would like to flow through 
the flat lands, too, and wander
as the ferryman calls the fathoms.

There, I think, I might find myself,
staring at night at the reflection of 
fireflies, each one calling my name.

Adam Haver received the 2022 Willie Morris Award for Southern Poetry. He was recently published in The Pierian, Fahmidan Journal, and Braided Way. He previously served as Literary Editor for the Salt Lake Community College magazine, FOLIO. You can connect with him on Twitter: @ac_haver.