Title First Line Original Citation
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.