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276 |
Wither Away, Friend |
An ill-matched pair |
Grain |
1982 |
marriage, argument |
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277 |
Fact |
I knew a man once who gave up the ghost |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
life, suicide |
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Man and His Field 39, Landmark and Other Poems 44. |
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278 |
Judgement by Spring Rain |
Some snarl faced poet |
Yankee Magazine |
1973 |
seasons, aging |
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Proved by Trial 7, Snake in the Strawberries 94. |
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279 |
Summer Rain |
I stayed in the field though the rain was |
Independent |
1927 |
rain, drought |
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Country Men (1937) xxxii, (1938) 54, (1943) 61. |
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280 |
Women Shearing Men |
The wind whistles a bawdy tune, |
Canadian Forum |
1979 |
control, animals |
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Snake in the Strawberries 97. |
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281 |
Virgin Prairie |
This old squaw of a prairie |
South Dakota Review |
1974 |
Indians, reflection |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 28, Snake in the Strawberries 68, Landmark and Other Poems 46. |
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282 |
Never Too Late |
He grunted, jammed |
North American Review |
1984 |
aging, gardening |
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A Country Man 28. |
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283 |
Sap's Rise |
The creek retreats from flood rage |
see "The Face of Things" |
1970 |
spring, renewal |
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Landmark and Other Poems 27. |
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284 |
Susanna and the Elders |
Let us put thought aside |
Proved by Trial |
1977 |
innocence, secrecy |
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Proved by Trial 21, Snake in the Strawberries 83. |
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285 |
Moment Like Love |
To see the shine, the glimmer of light, |
Meanjin Quarterly |
1970 |
love, time |
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286 |
No Word for the Wise |
We can tell the year's close |
Southwest Review |
1979 |
winter, aging |
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287 |
It Might Save Us |
What they had in common |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
neighbors, relationships |
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288 |
The Dainty Lily Bell |
She’s liberated, you know, |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
sex, gender |
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Planting Red Geraniums 24 |
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289 |
Dulled Appetite |
Your letter today |
A Country Man |
1993 |
friendship, impermanence |
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A Country Man 50. |
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290 |
Celebration of Losers |
This morning the roadway lacks friends, |
North Country |
1977 |
regret, failure |
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291 |
Lack of Seed Power |
He drooped like a wilted flower |
Harper's Bazaar |
1980 |
impotence, regret |
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292 |
Homecoming |
So let's knock off for the day, I said, |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
farming, home |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 39. |
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293 |
Propped Apple Tree |
Its branches bowed with fruit, the tree |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
nature, farming |
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A Single Focus 22. |
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294 |
Echoes of Memory |
A birthday card from you today |
A Country Man |
1993 |
love, longing |
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A Country Man 23. |
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295 |
After the People Go |
No one lives here any more, they all have moved away |
Country Men |
1937 |
drought, nature |
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Country Men (1937) vii, (1938) 24, (1943) 34, Man and His Field 69. |
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296 |
Quarrel's Echo |
The front steps seemed not |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
relationships, sadness |
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297 |
A Show of Compassion |
The man at her table frowned |
A Country Man |
1993 |
work, compassion |
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A Country Man 26. |
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298 |
Born Again |
He woke up when she died, |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
loss, death |
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299 |
Mr. Norris and the Civet Cat |
We four boys liked to fish |
Maine Life |
1981 |
compassion, animals |
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300 |
Wren Logic |
The stump braces its roots |
America |
1969 |
birds, persistence |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 58, Snake in the Strawberries 74. |
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