576 |
To a Loquacious Friend |
Either you bleat like a moth-eaten |
Iowa State Liquor Store |
1970 |
language, nature |
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|
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577 |
To An Old Sow |
Whoa there, you crazy sow, where do you think you're going? |
Limited View |
1962 |
animals, identification |
North American Review (1974) 20. |
Limited View 29, Landmark and Other Poems 54. |
|
578 |
To Build a Fence |
We stretch a barbed wire from corner post |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
fences, labor |
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Snake in the Strawberries 6. |
|
579 |
To Run or Sit |
Today, he said, the sky bends down |
The Back Door |
1970 |
frustration, waiting |
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|
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580 |
To Shape Our Decisions |
The question is |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
choice, obligation |
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581 |
Today is Now |
It doesn't need headlines, |
Focus |
1984 |
aging, memory |
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582 |
Too Many Defeats Dull the Spirit |
The worst was |
Poetry Now |
1975 |
farming, weather |
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Proved by Trial 12, Snake in the Strawberries 92. |
|
583 |
Tornado |
The cornfield felt a need to write |
Etc. A Review of General Semantics |
1966 |
weather, order |
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|
584 |
Trials of Ownership |
The title to the land's a piece of paper |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
farming, owning |
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A Single Focus 41. |
|
585 |
The Trimmed Bush |
Grouch, she said, you are |
North American Review |
1984 |
appearances, relationships |
|
A Country Man 58. |
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586 |
Truant |
Little rowdy yellow duck, darting from your mother, |
Music for Seven Poems |
1958 |
birds, adventure |
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|
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587 |
Truth |
How the devil do I know |
Sparrow Magazine |
1961 |
knowledge, farming |
Heartland: Poets of the Midwest 79, Interpreting Literature. 4th ed. K.L. Knickerbocker and H.W. Reninger, eds. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. 1969. 289, Interpreting Literature. 5th ed. 1974. 19, North American Review (1974) 19, The Iowan (Spring |
Limited View 38, Snake in the Strawberries 28, The Good Earth 67. |
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588 |
Try, Try Again |
When I was young the girls were quick |
Monthly magazine for the Arts of Storytelling |
1972 |
aging, sex |
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|
|
589 |
Two Men |
The stiff man scrubs his hands, |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
duality, conformity |
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|
|
590 |
Undertow |
The bay of morning shines through |
Seven |
1965 |
writing, distraction |
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A Single Focus 58, Snake in the Strawberries 43. |
|
591 |
Undone by Frost |
While once again you must accept |
English Journal |
1971 |
flowers, time |
|
|
|
592 |
Unearned Gift |
Shut the door |
America |
1964 |
love, joy |
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A Single Focus 61, Landmark and Other Poems 17. |
|
593 |
University |
Morning light throws a wreath |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1975 |
university, summer |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 26, Snake in the Strawberries 70. |
|
594 |
The Unprotected |
The sun at noon |
America |
1959 |
farming, responsibility |
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Limited View 35, Snake in the Strawberries 27. |
|
595 |
Until The Storm Passes |
The wheel-rounded wind races |
Voyages to the Inland Sea, II |
1972 |
winter, relationships |
|
Landmark and Other Poems 31. |
|
596 |
Ute Cemetery |
Gravestones lean every which way, |
Westerly Review |
1977 |
death, memory |
|
Snake in the Strawberries 90. |
|
597 |
Utopia |
When early dark and chilly rains |
Hawk and Whippoorwill |
1963 |
farming, animals |
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|
|
598 |
Vacation Cottage |
Dandelion clumps flourish |
Poet Lore |
1971 |
order, repression |
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|
|
599 |
Vacation in Colorado |
The street's hullabaloo tramps |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
wilderness, civilization |
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Snake in the Strawberries 90. |
|
600 |
Vacations |
What do people do for vacations |
Aspen Times |
1970 |
cities, travel |
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