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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 — 87 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
	Beginning and Ending with Emily: Ghazals & Golden Shovels it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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

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The Working Poet: 75 Writing Exercises and a Poetry Anthology

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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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While this reads like a YA book, it's back and forth between two time periods actually works well--though the end seemed a bit rushed. Still, an absorbing read! ...more
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I've not ever reviewed one of my own books, but I just finished Beginning and Ending with Emily, reading it as a reader rather than the author or proofreader, and I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed it! Several times I had to stop and think, "Did ...more
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