Poetry
All of James Hearst's poetry works are included in this list.

| Title | First Line | Original Citation |
|---|---|---|
| The Thief | "The fists of the summer sun" | Man and His Field. Denver: Allan Swallow. 1951. 52. |
| Threat of Weather | "We know we can outlast the weather" | Man and His Field. Denver: Allan Swallow. 1951. 57. |
| Three Old Horses | "Returning to the gate at close of day" | Man and His Field. Denver: Allan Swallow. 1951. 24. |
| What Was That? | "Never was so much hubbub in the morning," | Man and His Field. Denver: Allan Swallow. 1951. 41. |
| Harvest Claim | "The clover field in bloom seemed innocent" | Kansas City Star (18 June 1957). |
| Spring On The Farm | "The mixed emotions which I hold this spring" | Canadian Poetry Magazine 20 (Summer 1957) 15. |
| Surprise [1] | "You seemed brave but lost in the ambush of clover," | The Humanist 17 (July-Aug. 1957) 218. |
| Each Spring | "When ducks print signs in the mud for the farmer to read," | Music For Seven Poems (1958) |
| Lost | "I hear a child crying" | Music for Seven Poems (1958). |
| Scatter the Petals | "She sleeps as if the mouth of buds," | American Friend (30 Oct. 1958) 346. |