Poetry
All of James Hearst's poetry works are included in this list.
| Title | First Line | Original Citation |
|---|---|---|
| What's Time to a Hog? | "Today a man asked me" | Nebraska Review (1982) 38. |
| Wither Away, Friend | "An ill-matched pair" | Grain 10.2 (May 1982) 31. |
| Witnesses | "The orchard basks in" | South Dakota Review 20.1 (Spring 1982) 44. |
| A Believer | "A dirty carpet of March snow" | Anglo-American Studies 3.2 (1983) 252. |
| Cleaning Lady | "Her coat is vague as fog but she herself" | Anglo-American Studies 3.2 (1983) 250. |
| Fallen Sign | "There comes a time when" | Anglo-American Studies 3.2 (1983) 251-2. |
| Man with a Shovel | "The man with a shovel on his shoulder" | Anglo-American Studies 3.2 (November 1983) 253. |
| Moments of Being Away | "Today I walked through the house" | Chariton Review 9.1 (April 1983) 16. |
| So Much Change | "Remember how the book would not" | Anglo-American Studies 3.2 (1983) 250-1. |
| The Shelled Pea News | "To shell peas on a hot" | Commonweal 110.16 (23 Sept. 1983) 403. |
| There Are Those Who Say This | "I lit the bonfire," | Chariton Review 9.1 (April 1983) 16-7. |
| Time to Go In | "You poke the fire in the fireplace," | America 149.2 (9-16 July 1983) 22. |
| Within Limits | "One afternoon in early spring" | Anglo-American Studies 3.2 (1983) 253. |
| Abandoned Orchard | "These weathered trees" | Poetry Now, vol. 7. no. 2, 1983, pp. 20. |
| Away with Boards | "The last storm shook" | Kansas Quarterly 16.1/2 (Winter-Spring 1984) 97. |
| Claim for Damages | ""The man recovered from the bite," | Focus 15.95 (1984) 20. |
| Crop Inspector | "The farmer opened the gate," | Poetry Now 7.2 (1983) 20. |
| Hope Goes Whoosh! | "We just could not believe our luck." | Focus 15.95 (1984) 20. |
| Never Too Late | "He grunted, jammed" | North American Review 269.3 (Sept. 1984) 62. |
| Reason to Get Up in the Morning | "All this chatter about" | Contact 2 6.39 (Fall 1984) 31. |
| Strange Things Happen | "I found a ball in the yard" | Yankee Magazine (July 1984) 153. |
| The Tide | "Today is our anniversary" | Pendragon 3.1 (1984) 18. |
| The Trimmed Bush | "Grouch, she said, you are" | North American Review 269.4 (Dec. 1984) 43. |
| Today is Now | "It doesn't need headlines," | Focus 15.95 (1984) 20. |
| What Matters | "It rose high enough" | North American Review 269.4 (Dec. 1984) 43. |