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51 |
Modern Design |
How can you clean up the place |
Slow Loris Reader |
1978 |
order, gardening |
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52 |
Revelation |
Who ordained the flicker on my |
Christian Science Monitor |
1973 |
morning, birds |
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Snake in the Strawberries 59. |
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53 |
Winter Solstice |
This is the final day |
Country Men |
1938 |
love, winter |
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Country Men (1938) 57. |
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54 |
Morning Song |
I often think of night as a wave lifting me into the morning |
Poetry |
1940 |
morning, love |
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Man and His Field 54, Landmark and Other Poems 25. |
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55 |
In Doubt |
Perhaps the fields are doubtful too in spring |
Midwest Quarterly |
1965 |
farming, winter |
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A Single Focus 24, Landmark and Other Poems 35. |
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56 |
Mad Dog |
Like a great yellow dog, the sun |
Country Men |
1937 |
drought, nature |
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Country Men (1937) viii, (1938) 22, (1943) 36, Man and His Field 60, Snake in the Strawberries 14. |
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57 |
Reason to Get Up in the Morning |
All this chatter about |
Contact |
1984 |
routine, morning |
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58 |
Undone by Frost |
While once again you must accept |
English Journal |
1971 |
flowers, time |
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59 |
Off Limits |
He burned the grass |
Poetry Now |
1979 |
fire, control |
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60 |
Utopia |
When early dark and chilly rains |
Hawk and Whippoorwill |
1963 |
farming, animals |
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61 |
Shortcut |
A shortcut, so we said, a different road, |
Colorado Quarterly |
1965 |
countryside, lost |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 35. |
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62 |
Buried Seeds |
The buried seeds drink up the snow |
New York Herald Tribune |
1964 |
nature, spring |
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A Single Focus 43. |
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63 |
The Warning Cry |
The warning cry of wild geese from cold and cloudy roads |
Country Men |
1937 |
spring, renewal |
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64 |
Expression of a Homeplace |
If I close one eye |
A Country Man |
1993 |
perceptions, birds |
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A Country Man 35. |
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65 |
Come Back, Come Back |
You emptied the house |
Windless Orchard II |
1972 |
loss, loneliness |
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66 |
Melancholy at Night |
Each evening at bedtime |
Poetry View |
1980 |
death, loss |
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67 |
Spring West of Town |
A man who lives inside my head |
Kernels |
1939 |
busyness, waiting |
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68 |
Self-Portrait |
The mirror lacks depth, |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1975 |
reflection, aging |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 53, Snake in the Strawberries 66. |
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69 |
The Change |
The same plowed field and |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
fall, hunting |
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A Single Focus 59. |
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70 |
Instead of Honey |
Let's get to work, time may be short with us, |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
labor, religion |
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Snake in the Strawberries 4. |
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71 |
A Show of Compassion |
The man at her table frowned |
A Country Man |
1993 |
work, compassion |
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A Country Man 26. |
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72 |
Mr. Norris and the Civet Cat |
We four boys liked to fish |
Maine Life |
1981 |
compassion, animals |
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73 |
The Professor Enrolls |
I decided to major in leisure |
National Retired Teachers Association Journal |
1978 |
relaxation, education |
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74 |
Memorial Day |
It puzzles me to see the stooping people |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
flowers, death |
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Man and His Field 51, Snake in the Strawberries 23. |
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To Shape Our Decisions |
The question is |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
choice, obligation |
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