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

Title | First Line | Original Citation |
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Farmer to His Son | ||
Let it Come Down | "Glad that at last the litter and waster of winter," | |
Many Hens Do Not Make Light Work | "The drake has too many hens" | |
The Isle of the Setting Sun | "Sailorman, Sailorman, by the dark water," | Heacock's (November 1924) 19. |
The Painter | "Our local painter always seemed afraid" | Wanderer (September 1924) 117. |
Voices | "The restless sea is calling, and I would be away" | Good Housekeeping (Sept. 1924) 19. |
Part Of An Eternal Dialogue | "What do I hear on my window rapping" | Contemporary Verse (April 1925) 58. |
Around the Bend | "Around the bend the water stills," | Outdoor America 5 (Sept. 1926) 30. |
First Snow | "The road and yard are full of dust" | Midland (Aug. 1926) 239. |
In April | "This I saw on an April day:" | Midland (August 1926) 238. |
Protest | "Now as imperceptibly" | Independent 15 (Dec. 1926) 730. |
The Burden | "Apple bloom spread on the orchard floor," | Midland (Aug 1926) 238. |
The Contract | "You may have my garden if you will give to me" | Midland (Aug. 1926) 239. |
The Experiment | "You came and found me when the stars were blowing" | Midland (Aug. 1926) 237. |
The Reason For Stars | "I never wonder a lot about stars" | Midland (Dec. 1926) 354. |
Beauty | "I stayed in the field though the rain was beginning to fall" | Independent 26 (Feb. 1927) 244. |
Belief | "My neighbor and I have stood in the sun" | Midland 13 (October 1927) 265. |
Plowman | "This is plowing time and I am plowing" | Midland (Aug. 1927) 228. |
Reflection | "I think I shall decide to stay" | Bookman 65 (May 1927) 268. |
Summer Rain | "I stayed in the field though the rain was" | Independent 26 (Feb. 1927) 244. |
Theology | "When we were boys a man my father hired" | Midland (June 1927) 183. |
Frost | "Though nothing came that could be heard" | Poetry 36 (Summer 1930) 320. |
Country Men | "The pussy willows show again" | Midland (May 1931) 1. |
The Body Of One | "Glad that at last the litter and waste of winter," | Midland (July 1931) 18. |
Clover Swaths | "My eyes are cloudy with death." | Poetry 40 (Aug. 1932) 249. |