And So the Beauty of Lilies Falls on Angels and Men

Annie Woodford is the author of the poetry collection Bootleg (Groundhog Poetry Press, 2019). Her poetry has appeared in Prairie Schooner , Rattle , The Rumpus , The Sewanee Review , and The Southern Review . A winner of the Graybeal-Gowen Prize for Virginia Poets, she has been awarded scholarships from the Appalachian Writers’ Workshop, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and Sewanee Writers’ Conference. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from Hollins University and teaches at Wilkes Community College in North Carolina. Photo by Hillary Robinson