Planted by the Signs
Planted by the Signs
poems
Misty Skaggs
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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
When the Signs Are in the Head
When the Signs Are in the Breast
