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

| Title | First Line | Original Citation |
|---|---|---|
| Progress | "Own all the land you can get" | A Single Focus. Iowa City: Prairie Press. 1967. 44. |
| Propped Apple Tree | "Its branches bowed with fruit, the tree" | A Single Focus. Iowa City: Prairie Press. 1967. 22. |
| Quarrel's Echo | "The front steps seemed not" | A Single Focus, 1967, pp. 40 |
| Revival | "The anxious hours numb me" | Reporter (30 Nov. 1967) 35. |
| Signed by Your Kiss | "We came too late, we found the trees" | A Single Focus. Iowa City: Prairie Press. 1967. 55. |
| The Change | "The same plowed field and" | A Single Focus. Iowa City: Prairie Press. 1967. 59. |
| The Molehill | "The molehill became a mountain" | Journal of Arts and Letters 2 (Winter 1967) 60. |
| The New Calf | "In the basement by the furnace lies" | A Single Focus. Iowa City: Prairie Press. 1967. 70. |
| Three Sides to a Farm | "So now he wants to buy my farm, he's got" | A Single Focus. Iowa City: Prairie Press. 1967. 29. |
| Time's Flail | "A scraggly corner, maimed by brush and weeds" | A Single Focus. Iowa City: Prairie Press. 1967. 34. |