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

| Title | First Line | Original Citation | 
|---|---|---|
| Sign-Directed | "I was born under the sign" | Poetry Now 6.6 Issue 36 (1982) 11. | 
| Taking the Bull to Water | "The herd bull leaves his stall" | Poet and Critic 13.2 (1982) 2-3. | 
| The Weed Cutter | "Earth soaked by a thunderstorm" | Poet and Critic 13.2 (1982) 6. | 
| This Is the Way It Seems | "The first of the month the mail" | The English Journal 71.1 (January 1982) 69.  | 
              
| Walls | "My terrace wall dropped" | Yankee Magazine 46.9 (Sept. 1982) 194.. | 
| What's Time to a Hog? | "Today a man asked me" | Nebraska Review (1982) 38. | 
| Wither Away, Friend | "An ill-matched pair" | Grain 10.2 (May 1982) 31. | 
| Witnesses | "The orchard basks in" | South Dakota Review 20.1 (Spring 1982) 44. | 
| A Believer | "A dirty carpet of March snow" | Anglo-American Studies 3.2 (1983) 252. | 
| Cleaning Lady | "Her coat is vague as fog but she herself" | Anglo-American Studies 3.2 (1983) 250. |