Six Poems

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Heather McHugh is the author of several books of poetry, including Eyeshot, The Father of Predicaments, and Hinge & Sign: Poems 1968-1993. For over 20 years, she has served as a visiting faculty member in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.

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