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This poem is from the chapbook Seasons on the Ridge by Evelyn McAmis Bales (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://finishinglinepress.com/product/seasons-on-the-ridge-by-evelyn-mcamis-bales/
Evelyn McAmis Bales grew up in Kingsport, Tennessee, in a home that was later taken to build Interstate 26. Many of her childhood places are quite literally buried beneath that highway. She has been published in Appalachian Review, Kudzu, Bloodroot, Anthology of Appalachian Poets and Writers, Southern Poetry Anthology, Tennessee Edition, as well as other journals and anthologies throughout the Appalachian region and beyond. Two of her poems were performed by the West Palm Beach Repertory Company in Tapestry: The Voices of Women Poets. Her chapbook Kinkeeper was published by Finishing Line Press, Georgetown, Kentucky. She has three adult children and three grandchildren. Her beloved husband of 57 years passed away in 2020. She has owned Labrador Retrievers for more than 50 years. They are the black dogs who often find themselves in her poems.
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