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26 |
The Well |
By accident one day I found a well, |
Iowa English Yearbook |
1961 |
water, restoration |
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Limited View 40. |
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Guarding the Fire |
The wind throws snow at the window |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
imagination, alienation |
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28 |
Two Men |
The stiff man scrubs his hands, |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
duality, conformity |
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29 |
A Wise Man is No Fool |
Back in the days of kiss-and-tell, |
A Country Man |
1993 |
love, pun |
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A Country Man 17. |
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30 |
Fear of Renewal |
Snow rotted at the sun's touch, |
Chicago Tribune Magazine |
1968 |
seasons, loneliness |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 57. |
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31 |
Learning |
Sometimes you must break in |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
neighbors, farming |
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32 |
We Ought to Burst into Bloom |
This morning my wife bought me |
America |
1981 |
spring, appreciation |
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33 |
Karma |
Still, cries of hunting shake the grove |
DePaul Literary Magazine |
1965 |
hunting, wilderness |
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A Single Focus 26, Snake in the Strawberries 45. |
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34 |
Bluejay and I |
The bluejay perches on the |
Spectrum, the Richmond Tri-Annual Review |
1969 |
birds, work |
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35 |
A Return to Facts |
You check out the office |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
renewal, retirement |
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Dry Leaves, Snake in the Strawberries 63. |
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36 |
The Gardener |
When in the sun and armed with shears |
English Journal |
1971 |
gardening, fall |
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37 |
Shelter under Glass |
The seventh grade came to visit |
New Letters |
1982 |
children, appreciation |
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38 |
It Never Went Away |
In daytime the cellar seemed safe, |
New River Review |
1977 |
night, fear |
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Snake in the Strawberries 91. |
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39 |
Dogma |
Sucked and bitten I shake |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1969 |
animals, independence |
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Snake in the Strawberries 49. |
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40 |
Shake in Vain |
Shake in vain the orchard trees |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
trees, longing |
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Planting Red Geraniums 17 |
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41 |
The Balance |
I bathed in the tender welter |
New Frontiers |
1964 |
seasons, nature |
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A Single Focus 46. |
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42 |
Detention |
The wilted flowers |
View Magazine |
1974 |
school, conflict |
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43 |
First Signs |
Today the wind trudged in from the south |
Instructor |
1960 |
spring, weather |
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Limited View 34, Landmark and Other Poems 35. |
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44 |
The Experiment |
You came and found me when the stars were blowing |
Midland |
1926 |
fire |
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Country Men (1937) xxii, (1938) 43, (1943) 50, Man and His Field 35. |
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45 |
The Molehill |
The molehill became a mountain |
Journal of Arts and Letters |
1967 |
argument, marriage |
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46 |
Away with Boards |
The last storm shook |
Kansas Quarterly |
1984 |
cities, destruction |
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47 |
Hang On to the Grab Bar |
Caught in the revolving door |
Kansas Quarterly |
1979 |
longing, civilization |
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48 |
Father |
Nailheads broke off with the sound |
Wascana Review |
1976 |
family, kindness |
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Snake in the Strawberries 74. |
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49 |
[There's music in my heart] |
There’s music in my heart, |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
love, nature |
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Planting Red Geraniums 35-6 |
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50 |
The Storm |
A storm struck down the old willow |
Colorado Quarterly |
1965 |
weather, imagination |
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A Single Focus 62, Landmark and Other Poems 31. |
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