101 |
Fear of Play for Keeps |
It's just for the program, |
A Country Man |
1993 |
children, relationships |
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A Country Man 27. |
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102 |
Between Neighbors |
A raw nerve jumped in our |
Wisconsin Review |
1970 |
argument, neighbors |
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103 |
Something is Given |
Something is given |
Stone Country |
1980 |
poetry, farming |
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104 |
Come On, Let's Go |
Wake up, dope head, wake up, |
KPFA Folio |
1970 |
farming, spring |
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105 |
The Unprotected |
The sun at noon |
America |
1959 |
farming, responsibility |
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Limited View 35, Snake in the Strawberries 27. |
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106 |
A Green Voice |
Whatever cold tones |
Midwest Quarterly |
1969 |
renewal, holiday |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 54, Landmark and Other Poems 24. |
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107 |
The Meeting |
This is the curb where |
Motive |
1966 |
love, loss |
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A Single Focus 60, Landmark and Other Poems 23. |
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108 |
Something Not Tamed in Us |
Early this winter morning |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
birds, charity |
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Snake in the Strawberries 4. |
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109 |
Take the Best Offer |
Don't ask me which job to take, |
A Country Man |
1993 |
work, choice |
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A Country Man 36. |
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110 |
Nag, Nag, Nag All Day |
The buzzing sound in my ears |
Event: Journal of Contemporary Art |
1981 |
interruptions, work |
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111 |
What's Time to a Hog? |
Today a man asked me |
Nebraska Review |
1982 |
time, mortality |
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112 |
Impudence |
Rowdy winter wind, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
wind, winter |
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Man and His Field 52. |
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113 |
Comfort in an Old Tune |
The fields echo an old tune |
Pebble: A Magazine of Poetry |
1971 |
nature, peacefulness |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 71, Landmark and Other Poems 27. |
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114 |
Neighborhood in the Suburbs |
Take our garbage cans, a man may be known |
Miscellany |
1976 |
secrecy, community |
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Proved by Trial 10. |
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115 |
Winter Shower |
This morning's miracle shakes my faith |
American Prefaces |
1937 |
winter, perceptions |
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The Sun at Noon 16, Man and His Field 49. |
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116 |
Missed Fortune |
Late for our dates, |
Boston Monthly |
1982 |
superstition, opportunity |
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117 |
Pride in Love |
The neighbors laugh up their sleeve |
Poet Lore |
1971 |
flowers, love |
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118 |
End of April |
A grey sky roofs the morning |
Yankee Magazine |
1968 |
weather, color |
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Snake in the Strawberries 47. |
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119 |
Hostility to Order |
Today the sun's eye |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
entropy, order |
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Snake in the Strawberries 84. |
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120 |
Sauce for the Gander |
The last person to bed starts the |
Cedar Arts Forum |
1978 |
marriage, night |
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121 |
Crow's Impatience |
After the hay was made and the threshing done, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
death, birds |
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Man and His Field 37, Landmark and Other Poems 48. |
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122 |
Valley and Mountain |
The valley floor crawls with streets |
Michigan Quarterly |
1969 |
mountains, transcendence |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 13, Snake in the Strawberries 70. |
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123 |
Guarding the Fire |
The wind throws snow at the window |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
imagination, alienation |
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124 |
Pray for Belief |
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Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
faith, perspective |
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Planting Red Geraniums 30. |
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125 |
Cleaning Lady |
Her coat is vague as fog but she herself |
Anglo-American Studies |
1983 |
work, virtue |
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A Country Man 18. |
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