Planted by the Signs. Misty Skaggs

       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.