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

| Title | First Line | Original Citation | 
|---|---|---|
| A Chance Meeting | "A chance day opened a door" | Motive (1965). | 
| A Place to Sit | "Come in, come in, Neighbor, please come in" | New Frontiers 10 (1965) 25.  | 
              
| Apple Harvest | "The wind knocks on my door" | Bitterroot (Fall 1965).  | 
              
| Behind the Stove | "It takes more than wind and sleet to" | Poetry 106 (Sept. 1965) 407.  | 
              
| Close the Accounts | "The putting away time shows up" | Commonweal (15 Oct. 1965) 57.  | 
              
| Cold Snap | "The winter night in your face" | Kansas City Magazine (1965) 28.  | 
              
| Common Ground | "Two neighbors lived across a road" | Kansas City Magazine (1965) 28.  | 
              
| For God's Sake | "Why don't you clean up your place," | Penny Poems From Midwestern University (31 Jan. 1965) 1.  | 
              
| Forsythia | "You said, take a few dry" | Poetry 106 (Sept. 1965) 406.  | 
              
| Hen Pheasant | "Dusk fills the grove and seeps" | Poetry 106 (Sept. 1965) 405.  |