|
1 |
Intruder |
The morning flowered in |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
morning, sadness |
|
A Single Focus 65, Landmark and Other Poems 25. |
|
|
2 |
Arrogance of Things |
The growth of the cornfield today |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
death, materiality |
|
Snake in the Strawberries 8. |
|
|
3 |
Analogy |
It's like digging all day at a buried stone |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
poetry, introspection |
|
Man and His Field 60. |
|
|
4 |
Emeritus |
He cleans out the file and crams |
National Retired Teachers Association Journal |
1977 |
retirement, time |
|
|
|
|
5 |
No Advice Today, Thank You |
Why, the presumptuous bastard |
Kansas Quarterly |
1982 |
religion, relationships |
|
|
|
|
6 |
The Groundhog |
Scooped from his winter nest |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
faith, animals |
|
Dry Leaves. |
|
|
7 |
Threat of Violence |
Icicles dripped in the |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
animals, violence |
|
The Good Earth 65 |
|
|
8 |
Not Born Again |
This land partly from me, |
Yankee Magazine |
1977 |
nature, mortality |
|
Snake in the Strawberries 85. |
|
|
9 |
Bluejay |
Into the calm of morning as stone breaks |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
birds, hunting |
|
Proved by Trial 15. |
|
|
10 |
The Other Land |
The strength and persuasion of the long slow turning |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
seasons, divinity |
|
The Sun at Noon 22. |
|
|
11 |
Routine Keeps Me |
I make water in the morning |
KPFA Folio |
1970 |
respect, responsibility |
|
Snake in the Strawberries 51. |
|
|
12 |
The Maid who Served an Ogre |
She washed the dishes, cleaned the sink, |
Periodical of Art in Nebraska |
1976 |
desire, danger |
|
|
|
|
13 |
Fallen Sign |
There comes a time when |
Anglo-American Studies |
1983 |
farming, aging |
|
A Country Man 18. |
|
|
14 |
Grandfather's Farm |
The worn scythe hangs in the box-elder tree, |
The Saturday Evening Post |
1959 |
work, family |
|
Limited View 33, Landmark and Other Poems 7. |
|
|
15 |
The Call |
The call burst into the room |
Cardinal Poetry Quarterly |
1968 |
birds, destruction |
|
|
|
|
16 |
Dragon Lesson |
This country needs live dragons, |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
integrity, peace |
|
Snake in the Strawberries 100. |
|
|
17 |
Frustrations |
Thoughts run like mice |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1970 |
memory, animals |
|
Shaken by Leaf-Fall 17, Snake in the Strawberries 66. |
|
|
18 |
Wren in the Vervain |
Sprung from the sacred verbena family |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
nature, birds |
|
A Single Focus 14, Landmark and Other Poems 47. |
|
|
19 |
Calendar's Mischief |
A day of shock, |
America |
1977 |
time, seasons |
|
Snake in the Strawberries 78. |
|
|
20 |
Time's Laggard |
The house of summer closed its doors. |
The Saturday Evening Post |
1960 |
winter, stubbornness |
|
|
|
|
21 |
The Trimmed Bush |
Grouch, she said, you are |
North American Review |
1984 |
appearances, relationships |
|
A Country Man 58. |
|
|
22 |
The Debtor |
These leaden days when the sky is overcast |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
farming, debt |
|
Man and His Field 61, Landmark and Other Poems 39. |
|
|
23 |
How Many Shadows Has a Man |
The dog looked into the water |
Country Men |
1943 |
experience, knowledge |
|
|
|
|
24 |
Retirement Blues |
Neither anger nor reproach will |
Poetry View |
1979 |
aging, life |
|
|
|
|
25 |
[The committee debated] |
The committee debated |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
censorship, satire |
|
Planting Red Geraniums 23 |
|
