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Annie Woodford
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On the Way to the Hickory Target
Poem by Annie Woodford
Cornfields sheared to shine
throw back frozen winter light,
rivers of robins.
Annie writes poems about rural and Appalachian life. Her books include Peasant (Pulley Press, 2025) and Where You Come From Is Gone (Mercer University Press, 2022), and she has won the Weatherford Award for Best Books About Appalachia.
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