Poetry
All of James Hearst's poetry works are included in this list.
| Title | First Line | Original Citation |
|---|---|---|
| Dogma | "Sucked and bitten I shake" | Virginia Quarterly Review 45 (Winter 1969) 64. |
| Hard Words | "Hard words married to" | Southwest Review 54 (Autumn 1969) 397. |
| Leaves Like Tears | "You say the leaves fall" | Midwest Quarterly 3 (October 1969) 66. |
| Names for an Obstacle | "This iceberg of granite" | Poem (Nov. 1969) 13. |
| Not Floods but Emptiness | "This morning I stepped outdoors" | Discourse: A Review of Liberal Arts 12 (Summer 1969) 322. |
| Once Glimpsed | "Once I thought I saw it" | Poem (Nov. 1969) 11. |
| The Chipmunk and I | "The chipmunk sits upright" | Chicago Tribune Magazine (3 Aug. 1969) Section 7 page 60. |
| Valley and Mountain | "The valley floor crawls with streets" | Michigan Quarterly 8 (Fall 1969) 244. |
| View by View | "Poplars mark the limit of the yard" | New York Times (2 Oct. 1969) 46. |
| Weeds of Anger | "A man who plowed America's future" | Poem (Nov. 1969) 12. |
| Wish for a Season | "Today you said you would not sigh" | South Dakota Review 7 (Autumn 1969) 90. |
| Wren Logic | "The stump braces its roots" | America (3 May 1969) 531. |
| Alien | "The winter trees replied" | Harper's Bazaar (June 1970) 36. |
| Between Neighbors | "A raw nerve jumped in our" | Wisconsin Review 6 (Fall 1970) 21. |
| Come On, Let's Go | "Wake up, dope head, wake up," | KPFA Folio 1 (Feb. 1970) 33. |
| Day's Facts | "There came a morning when" | Prairie Schooner 44 (Spring 1970) 43. |
| Deaf Ear | "You said you would come and" | Chicago Tribune Magazine (29 March 1970) 11. |
| Discarded | "I tried to open a drawer in" | Iowa State Liquor Store 2 (Winter 1970) 22. |
| Don't Ask the Professor | "Don't bring anymore naked questions" | The Back Door 1 (1970) 39. |
| Frustrations | "Thoughts run like mice" | Virginia Quarterly Review 46 (Autumn 1970) 594. |
| Moment Like Love | "To see the shine, the glimmer of light," | Meanjin Quarterly 29 (Feb 1970) 189. |
| News of Your Coming | "broke open the day like a flower" | Harper's Bazaar (June 1970) 37. |
| Resort to Calm | "No protest, just the door's soft sigh," | Prairie Schooner 44 (Spring 1970) 42. |
| Routine Keeps Me | "I make water in the morning" | KPFA Folio 1 (Feb. 1970) 33. |
| Sap's Rise | "The creek retreats from flood rage" | see "The Face of Things" |