Poetry
All of James Hearst's poetry works are included in this list.
| Title | First Line | Original Citation |
|---|---|---|
| Love | "Love hungers, a cruel eye" | Sparrow Magazine (April 1961) 21. |
| My Father's Care | "The binder glittered in the sun," | Iowa English Yearbook (Fall 1961) 5. |
| Owner | "The morning sun surveys the time for me," | Sparrow Magazine (April 1961) 20. |
| Quiet Sunday | "The old dog sleeps on the porch." | Sparrow Magazine (April 1961) 19. |
| The Bird | "One day in the bleak month of March" | Discourse: A Review of Liberal Arts 5 (Winter 1961-1962) 94. |
| The Waster | "The stalks still stand erect and the tassels wave," | Kansas City Magazine (1961) 61. |
| The Well | "By accident one day I found a well," | Iowa English Yearbook (Fall 1961) 5. |
| Truth | "How the devil do I know" | Sparrow Magazine (April 1961) 19. |
| A Stray | "Neighbors, neighbors, help me find" | Limited View. Denver: Allan Swallow. 1962. 16. |
| Beggared | "The quietness with which I watch you go" | Limited View. Denver: Allan Swallow. 1962. 24. |
| Birthplace | "This is the heart of the farm where I was born," | Limited View. Denver: Allan Swallow. 1962. 42. |
| Change toward Certainty | "The afternoon closed it until it seemed" | Limited View. Iowa City: The Prairie Press. 1962. 20. |
| His Daily Pack | "Come here and let me tell you about this man" | Limited View. Muscatine, IA: The Prairie Press. 15. |
| Landmark | "The road wound back among the hills of mind" | Poetry 100 (Sept. 1962) 367. |
| Limited View | "The clutter and ruck of the stubble publish the time" | Poetry 100 (Sept. 1962) 368. |
| Mexico (San Miguel de Allende) | "Fresh from the slow hills of Iowa" | Ladies Home Journal (May 1962) 32. |
| Need for Grass | "Yes, there it was," | Limited View. Denver: Allan Swallow. 1962. 23. |
| Need of Solid Ground | "He hadn't offended God nor failed His Word" | Limited View. Denver: Allan Swallow. 1962. 18. |
| Spring Lament | "The season has sounded its call to the farm's sleepy ears," | Limited View. Denver: Allan Swallow. 1962. 17. |
| The Red Flower | "The day sagged under heavy wind" | Limited View. Denver: Allan Swallow. 1962. 26. |
| The Sage and the Stones | "His Neighbors farmed" | Limited View. Muscatine, IA: Prairie Press, 1962. |
| The Tarnish | "The afternoon failed of its promise and the sun" | Wormwood Review 2.2 Issue 6 (1962) 2. |
| The Visit | "The little world of the garden bare," | Wormwood Review 2.2 Issue 6 (1962) 1. |
| Tired of Earth | "Wind bites dust from the furrows" | Discourse: A Review of Liberal Arts 5 (Winter 1962-63) 93. |
| To An Old Sow | "Whoa there, you crazy sow, where do you think you're going?" | Limited View. Denver: Allan Swallow. 1962. 29. |