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Abandoned Orchard |
These weathered trees |
Poetry Now |
1984 |
decay, perseverance |
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Abrasive Time |
Just think how alert we would all need to be |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
aging, time |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 67. |
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Accident |
The iron teeth of the harrow |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
birds, destruction |
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Man and His Field 61, Landmark and Other Poems 48, Snake in the Strawberries 24. |
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An Account of Failures |
I woke this morning and felt |
West Branch |
1979 |
regret, perseverance |
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The Advantage |
Three haystacks stood against the wind, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
winter, chores |
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Man and His Field 65. |
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Advice to Farmers |
You trimmed the wilderness to size |
Sparrow Magazine |
1961 |
farming, nature |
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After Chores |
Close down, Night |
American Prefaces |
1935 |
chores, sleep |
American Prefaces 5 (June 1940) 169. |
Country Men (1937) xxxvii, (1938) 58, (1943) 66, Man and His Field 48, Snake in the Strawberries 26 |
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After Corn Husking |
The last load ends the day |
University Review |
1942 |
harvest, fall |
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The Sun at Noon 36, Man and His Field 46. |
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After Snowfall |
Sky smooth as a country |
New Jersey Poetry Journal |
1982 |
winter, farming |
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After the People Go |
No one lives here any more, they all have moved away |
Country Men |
1937 |
drought, nature |
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Country Men (1937) vii, (1938) 24, (1943) 34, Man and His Field 69. |
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After the Son Died |
The trees follow two sides of a square |
Poetry |
1940 |
death, impermanence |
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The Sun at Noon 29, Snake in the Strawberries 19. |
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After Years Apart |
The town moved on its streets |
Quartet |
1968 |
community, alienation |
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Alien |
The winter trees replied |
Harper's Bazaar |
1970 |
winter, solitude |
Voyages to the Inland Sea II 44. |
Proved by Trial 18, Snake in the Strawberries 55. |
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Alive and Well |
Don't fill the kitchen pot |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
winter, perseverance |
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Snake in the Strawberries 96. |
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All Anyone Could Say |
The children that we love are busy people |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
children, exploration |
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Man and His Field 58. |
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Alms to the Giver |
The mail this morning made me |
The Davidson Miscellany |
1982 |
greed, deception |
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Analogy |
It's like digging all day at a buried stone |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
poetry, introspection |
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Man and His Field 60. |
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Animal Tracks |
There is a tiger hid |
Hawk and Whippoorwill |
1961 |
duality, nature |
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Limited View 7, Landmark and Other Poems 49. |
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Anyone Can See |
Anyone with half wit can see |
Poetry Now |
1981 |
farming, gift |
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Ape in My Heart |
Lust stinks in my nostrils |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
shame, lust |
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Planting Red Geraniums 21 |
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Apparition in the Afternoon |
The telephone lies in its incubator. |
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1979 |
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Apple Harvest |
The wind knocks on my door |
Bitterroot |
1965 |
fall, mortality |
North American Review (1974) 35. |
A Single Focus 68, Snake in the Strawberries 37. |
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The Army |
The pavements of the mind |
Country Men |
1943 |
indoctrination, morality |
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Country Men (1943) 62, Man and His Field 37. |
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Around the Bend |
Around the bend the water stills, |
Outdoor America |
1926 |
fishing, perseverance |
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Arrogance of Things |
The growth of the cornfield today |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
death, materiality |
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Snake in the Strawberries 8. |
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