Poetry
All of James Hearst's poetry works are included in this list.
| Title | First Line | Original Citation |
|---|---|---|
| Day After Day | "The baby cries in its crib" | Virginia Quarterly Review 51 (Winter 1975) 72. |
| Each to Its Own Purpose | "They said, don't use words" | Yankee Magazine (Dec. 1975) 222. |
| Hardened Arteries | "When the office screwed a few bucks" | Poetry Now 2 (Sept. 1975) 31. |
| High Winds and Low Pressures | "The sun backs through a cloud," | America (22 Feb. 1975) 134. |
| Home Work | "Today is cleaning day in the pens" | The Ghent Quarterly (Summer 1975) 19. |
| Outlived by Time | "The empty hearse skimmed away" | Dry Leaves. Holly Springs, MS: Ragnarok Press. 1975. |
| Plea for Persistence | "Wait and begin again," | Periodical of Art in Nebraska (Fall 1975) 13. |
| Point of No Return | "Grass in the cracks of the sidewalk," | Dry Leaves. Holly Springs, MS: Ragnarok Press. 1975. |
| Portrait of an Old Horse | "I wonder what shaggy thoughts" | Dry Leaves. Holly Springs, MS: Ragnarok Press. 1975. |
| Sad, the Way It Is | "Stay, stay, pussy willow pussies," | Green Magazine (Spring 1975) 24. |
| Self-Portrait | "The mirror lacks depth," | Virginia Quarterly Review 51 (Winter 1975) 71. |
| Stream and Tree | "The stream's promise" | Wascana Review 10 (Spring 1975) 90. |
| The Groundhog | "Scooped from his winter nest" | Dry Leaves. Holly Springs, MS: Ragnarok Press. 1975. |
| The Visitor | "In the heat of the afternoon" | Dry Leaves. Holly Springs, MS: Ragnarok Press. 1975. |
| Too Many Defeats Dull the Spirit | "The worst was" | Poetry Now 2 (Sept. 1975) 17. |
| University | "Morning light throws a wreath" | Virginia Quarterly Review 51 (Winter 1975) 73. |
| Waiting | "Waiting is not patience" | Dry Leaves. Holly Springs, MS: Ragnarok Press. 1975. |
| Wedding Anniversary | "A frightening day" | Sunday Clothes (Spring 1975) 13. |
| Woman and Her Wayward Garden | "Maples and oaks turn scarlet," | Dry Leaves. Holly Springs, MS: Ragnarok Press. 1975. |
| Abrasive Time | "Just think how alert we would all need to be" | Shaken by Leaf-Fall. Ann Arbor, MI: Kylix Press. 1976. 67. |
| At Least on the Surface | "People who live in neighborhoods" | Miscellany 15 (1976) 125. |
| Bluejay | "Into the calm of morning as stone breaks" | Poetry Now 3 (Summer 1976) 24. |
| Born Again | "He woke up when she died," | Poetry Now 3 (1976) 22. |
| Cleaning the Barn | "We put it off, not having to prove" | The Small Farm (Oct. 1976-March 1977) 12. |
| Close Call | "It was anger's shadow dimmed the room" | Shaken by Leaf-Fall. Ann Arbor, MI: Kylix Press. 1976. 16. |