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Scott Wiggerman

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Scott Wiggerman is the author of "Leaf and Beak," "Presence," "Vegetables and Other Relationships" and the publisher of Dos Gatos Press' annual "Texas Poetry Calendar," now in its nineteenth edition. He is also the editor of the "Big Land, Big Sky, Big Hair" anthology, of a haiku anthology, "Lifting the Sky: Southwestern Haiku & Haiga," as well as the best-selling "Wingbeats: Exercises & Practice in Poetry" and "Wingbeats II." His latest edited tome is "Bearing the Mask: Southwestern Persona Poems" (2016). ...more

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	Wingbeats: Exercises and Practice in Poetry by Scott Wiggerman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Meischen (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.37 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wingbeats II: Exercises & Practice in Poetry 4.82 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bearing the Mask: Southwestern Persona Poems by Scott Wiggerman (Goodreads Author) (editor), Cindy Huyser (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Carmen Tafolla (Foreword) 4.92 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lifting the Sky: Southwestern Haiku and Haiga (Poetry of the American Southwest, 1) by Scott Wiggerman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Constance Campbell (Editor) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leaf and Beak: Sonnets 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vegetables and Other Relationships 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Presence really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wingbeats II: Exercises and Practice in Poetry by Scott Wiggerman (Goodreads Author) (editor), David Meischen (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Texas Poetry Calendar 2013 by Scott Wiggerman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Cindy Huyser (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Annie Neugebauer (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	2012 Texas Poetry Calendar by Scott Wiggerman (Goodreads Author), Cindy Huyser (Goodreads Author), Carie Juettner (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America's Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders

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What Solitude Sees in Me: Uncollected Poems 1976-2023

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