The only way I could stop/
that dog from begging/
was to show him my hands/
like a blackjack dealer,/
Author
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Annie Woodford is the author of Bootleg (Groundhog Poetry Press, 2019), which was a runner-up for the Weatherford Award for Appalachian poetry. Her second book, Where You Come from Is Gone (2022), is the winner of Mercer University’s 2020 Adrienne Bond Prize. Her poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in Beloit Poetry Journal, Michigan Quarterly Review, Mixtape, and Gulf Coast Online Exclusives. Find more at her website, anniewoodfordpoet.com