Poetry by Andrew R. Williams

               ​Adrien Millet CC



Rockfish Gap


Here, the mountains are as blue  
as the drunk who lives 
behind the south river. 
 
The white-tailed deer outnumber
the residents and hiking trails 
play the part of shopping malls. 
 
In November, the locals swarm schools, churches, and fire halls 
to mark their ballots in blood.  
  
From the parkway, local boys view 
faraway, distant places, some 
imagining a more prominent future. 
 
But when those boys leave to become poets, they soon wish they could return.  ​



Andrew R. Williams is a poet from Virginia, USA, and has been published in The BeZine Quarterly, Black Bough Poetry, Briefly Zine, Fevers of the Mind, Ink Sweat &Tears, Red Eft Review, Trouvaille Review, among others. He is also the editor of East Ridge Review and can be found on twitter @andrewraywill