to say more
riverboats ought
to praise them
took no maps, showed
themselves the way
—
Nathaniel Dolton-Thornton’s poems are published or forthcoming in Tin House, Gulf Coast, Vallum, Sugar House Review, Griffith Review, Lake Effect, Magma Poetry, Sixth Finch, Poetry Salzburg Review, Salamander, Sycamore Review, TAB, The Account, Constellations, Tipton Poetry Journal, Raritan, Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, Tupelo Quarterly, and other publications.