Poetry
All of James Hearst's poetry works are included in this list.
| Title | First Line | Original Citation |
|---|---|---|
| The Hammer and the Rat | "The teetering carpenter sets his spike" | Country Men (1943) 59. |
| The Neighborhood | "The neighborhood has a mind and heart of its own" | The Sun at Noon. Muscatine, Iowa: The Prairie Press, 1943. 24. |
| The Old Dog | "The old dog waits patiently for death" | The Sun at Noon 17. |
| The Other Land | "The strength and persuasion of the long slow turning" | The Sun at Noon. Muscatine, Iowa: The Prairie Press, 1943. 22. |
| The Vine | "His wife and young son in his heart, the future riding his shoulders" | The Sun at Noon 14. |
| Time Like a Hand | "The hardware merchant reaches back for the past" | The Sun at Noon. Muscatine, Iowa: The Prairie Press, 1943. 23. |
| Burn the Cocoons | "The sun waits in the sky for me" | Poetry 64 (May 1944) 78. |
| Accident | "The iron teeth of the harrow" | Man and His Field. Denver: Alan Swallow. 1951. 61. |
| All Anyone Could Say | "The children that we love are busy people" | Man and His Field. Denver: Allan Swallow. 1951. 58. |
| Analogy | "It's like digging all day at a buried stone" | Man and His Field. Denver: Allan Swallow. 1951. 60. |