Poetry
All of James Hearst's poetry works are included in this list.
| Title | First Line | Original Citation |
|---|---|---|
| Robin In The Straw | "A robin scratches right and left" | Midland (March-April 1932) 52. |
| Seeding | "The morning sun looks in on me" | Midland (March-April 1932) 52. |
| Fall Plowing | "The claim the stubble had no longer defends" | Poetry 43 (Jan. 1934) 189. |
| After Chores | "Close down, Night" | American Prefaces 1 (Dec. 1935) 44. |
| Barns In November | "Along an empty road I watched the barns" | Poetry 47 (Nov. 1935) 67. |
| Inquiry | "Now catch your breath and hear the softly rounded" | Poetry 47 (November 1935) 69. |
| The Grail | "The snow falls like flakes of light-" | Poetry 47 (Nov. 1935) 68. |
| Cows Bawl on Sunday | "The Image of God" | American Prefaces 1 (Summer 1936) 150. |
| Dead Crows | "Early in the morning two crow abandoned wing" | Hinterland 1 (Sept. 1936) 4. |
| Invocation | "Come, you farmers, let us sing together" | American Prefaces 1 (Summer 1936) 150. |
| When a Neighbor Dies | "Safe from loneliness, safe from storm," | American Prefaces 2 (Oct. 1936) 9. |
| After the People Go | "No one lives here any more, they all have moved away" | Country Men (1937) vii. |
| Blue Again | "We saw the horizon with stubborn clutch" | Country Men (1937) xxvi, (1938) 48, (1943) 53. |
| Farm on a Summer Night | "From a clear sky at night the starlight" | Country Men (1937) v. |
| Mad Dog | "Like a great yellow dog, the sun" | Country Men (1937) viii. |
| Now I Have Taken to the Fields | "Now I have taken to the fields" | Country Men (1937) xix. |
| Seventy Times Seven | "Let the rain discover" | Country Men (1937) xxv, (1938) 45, (1943) 52. |
| Sparrows in Spring | "The water falls drip.. drip.. drap" | Country Men (1937) xiii. |
| The Forest | "Within the forest of my heart" | Country Men (1937) xx. |
| The Movers | "The east wind whips the skirts of the snow" | American Prefaces 2 (Summer 1937) 165. Wallace's Farmer 19 June 1937, p. 5. |
| The Warning Cry | "The warning cry of wild geese from cold and cloudy roads" | Country Men (1937) xxxv. |
| Winter Field | "Whether or not the man who turned" | Purple Pen 8 (May 1937) 25. |
| Winter Shower | "This morning's miracle shakes my faith" | published as "Winter Showing" American Prefaces 2 (Jan. 1937) 58. |
| Dark Flower | "Oh, no, do not look too long" | Country Men (1938) 52. |
| Evening | "Be quiet, Heart, the sun goes down" | Country Men (1938) 62. |