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

| Title | First Line | Original Citation |
|---|---|---|
| Modern Design | "How can you clean up the place" | Slow Loris Reader 1 (1978) 69. |
| No More Chores | "The old farmer nurses rheumatic joints" | Event: Journal of Contemporary Art 7 (1978) 61. |
| On Guard | "The sun protects my back" | Tinderbox (Nov. 1978) 18. |
| Our Country | "The lady in the harbor" | View Magazine (January 1978) 14. |
| Penalty for Anger | "The walls of heart shook" | Southwest Review 63 (Autumn 1978) 404. |
| Relief from Pressure | "The forecast said rain," | Colorado Quarterly 27 (Autumn 1978) 19. |
| Sauce for the Gander | "The last person to bed starts the" | Cedar Arts Forum (May 1978) 2. |
| The Inevitable Words like Signposts | "The morning's paper carried a story" | Ohio Review 19 (Spring-Summer 1978) 14. |
| The Professor Enrolls | "I decided to major in leisure" | National Retired Teachers Association Journal (January 1978) 13. |
| They Never Came | "Our town prepared for invasion" | Colorado Quarterly 27 (Autumn 1978) 24. |