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251 |
Stepchild of Nature |
Open morning's door and listen |
NRTA Journal |
1980 |
nature, alienation |
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252 |
Forked Road |
It's hard to decide sometimes |
Wascana Review |
1976 |
decisions, obligation |
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Snake in the Strawberries 64. |
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253 |
Reflection in a Dimestore Window |
It’s not that men are never |
Poet Lore |
1971 |
appearance, judgement |
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254 |
Quiet Sunday |
The old dog sleeps on the porch. |
Sparrow Magazine |
1961 |
stillness, Sunday |
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Limited View 39, Landmark and Other Poems 57. |
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255 |
Cold's Verdict |
Anger wraps me in a mantle of yellow |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
neighbors, winter |
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A Single Focus 49, Landmark and Other Poems 29. |
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256 |
Deaf Ear |
You said you would come and |
Chicago Tribune Magazine |
1970 |
happiness, promise |
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257 |
Blue Again |
We saw the horizon with stubborn clutch |
Country Men |
1937 |
weather, clouds |
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258 |
This Is How They Do It |
"I own this farm," Henry Jensen |
A Country Man |
1993 |
law, understanding |
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A Country Man 24, The Good Earth 64. |
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259 |
The Short Run and the Long Pull |
Our fields lay side by side, |
Nebraska Review |
1981 |
farming, fertilizer |
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260 |
Fourth of July at Aspen |
The color-striped day |
South Dakota Review |
1968 |
mountains, holiday |
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261 |
Veteran's Day |
How thankful they should be, |
Des Moines Register |
1976 |
war, innocence |
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Snake in the Strawberries 65. |
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262 |
But the Earth Abides |
The windmill squeaks, flaps broken vanes, |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
renewal, entropy |
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Snake in the Strawberries 9. |
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263 |
Not Really a Quarrel |
Granted we slept well and |
Poet and Critic |
1982 |
argument, marriage |
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264 |
Words that Smell Bad |
Neighbor, your "friendly" note arrived |
New River Review |
1977 |
neighbors, argument |
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Snake in the Strawberries 86. |
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265 |
Birth Pains |
I do not remember birth pains |
The New Renaissance |
1978 |
morning, birth |
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266 |
The Well |
By accident one day I found a well, |
Iowa English Yearbook |
1961 |
water, restoration |
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Limited View 40. |
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267 |
Chill Comfort |
The sun rose, burned off the mist, |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1975 |
breakfast, loneliness |
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Proved by Trial 17. |
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268 |
Beauty |
I stayed in the field though the rain was beginning to fall |
Independent |
1927 |
rain, drought |
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see variant note |
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269 |
Fear of Renewal |
Snow rotted at the sun's touch, |
Chicago Tribune Magazine |
1968 |
seasons, loneliness |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 57. |
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270 |
The Neighborhood |
The neighborhood has a mind and heart of its own |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
secrecy, community |
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The Sun at Noon 24, Snake in the Strawberries 20. |
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271 |
Live with Love |
Early in the morning |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
love, perseverance |
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Planting Red Geraniums 28 |
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272 |
Moments of Being Away |
Today I walked through the house |
Chariton Review |
1983 |
ownership, belonging |
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273 |
Out of Bounds |
Black asphalt abides between unbroken curbs of cement, |
Wormwood Review |
1966 |
cities, gardening |
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274 |
The Oldest Season |
The eye's doors blown open |
America |
1968 |
winter, defamiliarization |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 19. |
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275 |
Daydream |
Warmed to drowsiness by the |
Mainstreeter |
1977 |
fall, memory |
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