Bio for 2019
Misty Skaggs is a barefooted college drop, a poet and author, a caretaker and an artist/activist who currently resides far from town at the end of a gravel road.
if you like what you read here, think about ordering Skaggs' first full length poetry collection, Planted by the Signs, available now from Ohio University Press -
https://www.ohioswallow.com/book/Planted+by+the+Signs
Reason for signing up:
I'm determined to finish the whole month this go 'round!
Poems Submitted This Year:
- June 01, 2019 wet and obstinate
- June 02, 2019 fix this
- June 03, 2019 a weak moment
- June 04, 2019 confidence in full bloom
- June 05, 2019 she's hopeful
- June 06, 2019 lonely after eleven
- June 07, 2019 mad at the world
- June 08, 2019 laundry day
- June 13, 2019 sweet enough to melt
- June 18, 2019 old dogs
- June 19, 2019 hateful hoodoo
- June 29, 2019 i might float off
- June 30, 2019 waiting for a storm
Badges
Participated in the 2015 Lexington Poetry Month Writing Challenge
Participated in the 2016 Lexington Poetry Month Writing Challenge
Participated in the 2017 Lexington Poetry Month Writing Challenge
Participated in the 2018 Lexington Poetry Month Writing Challenge
Participated in the 2019 Lexington Poetry Month Writing Challenge
Participated in the 2020 Lexington Poetry Month Writing Challenge
Participated in the 2021 Lexington Poetry Month Writing Challenge
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