Planted by the Signs. Misty Skaggs

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Название Planted by the Signs
Автор произведения Misty Skaggs
Жанр Зарубежные стихи
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       Planted by the Signs

       Planted by the Signs

      poems

       Misty Skaggs

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      Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio 45701

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      © 2019 by Misty Skaggs

      All rights reserved

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      All illustrations by author. ©2019 by Misty Skaggs

      Printed in the United States of America

      Ohio University Press books are printed on acid-free paper

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       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Skaggs, Misty, 1982- author.

      Title: Planted by the signs : poems / Misty Skaggs.

      Description: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2019] | Summary: “Planted by the Signs brings us the contemporary Appalachian poetry of Misty Skaggs. With a knack for pointed personal and social observation, she tells the stories of generations of women who have learned to navigate a harsh world with a little help from the Farmers' Almanac and the stars: women who know how to plant by the signs”-- Provided by publisher.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2019022594 | ISBN 9780821423813 (paperback ; acid-free paper) | ISBN 9780821446805 (pdf)

      Subjects: LCSH: Women farmers--Poetry. | Farm life--Poetry. | Appalachian Region--Poetry.

      Classification: LCC PS3619.K33 A6 2019 | DDC 811/.6--dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019022594

      These poems are for the generations of hillbilly women who made me.

      Thank you, thank you, thank you.

       Contents

       Preface

       When the Signs Are in the Head

       Wet Dew

       The Home Cemetery

       Churched

       I’d Melt

       Stacking Firewood

       Oatmeal Cookie Communion

       Uncle Charlie Loves You

       Jump Rope Jitters

       Crying Mad

       The Strikeout

       Regenerate

       Single-Wide Self-Care

       The Banty Boy

       Creosote Sunrise

       Distress Call

       Election Year

       Charmed and Charming

       Timber

       Lawless

       The Criminal

       Heart and Hearth

       Nighttime Noises

       Picture Day

       Small Talk

       War amid the Cabbage

       Celestial Midnight Snack

       Big City Surprise

       When the Signs Are in the Breast

       The Call of the Creek Bank

       Pulling Plants

       Peach Blossoms

       Breaking Beans

       Kentucky Heat

       Charlie and Lovel

       Not Much of a Mommy

       Babies Having Babies

       Disconnect

       The Holy Trinity