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301 |
Evening |
Be quiet, Heart, the sun goes down |
Country Men |
1938 |
sunset, peacefulness |
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Country Men (1938) 62, (1943) 70, Man and His Field 71. |
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302 |
Vacations |
What do people do for vacations |
Aspen Times |
1970 |
cities, travel |
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303 |
Valley and Mountain |
The valley floor crawls with streets |
Michigan Quarterly |
1969 |
mountains, transcendence |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 13, Snake in the Strawberries 70. |
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304 |
The Provincial |
The Frenchman asked, |
A Country Man |
1993 |
home, travel |
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A Country Man 54. |
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305 |
Guarding the Fire |
The wind throws snow at the window |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
imagination, alienation |
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306 |
How Good is Good Enough |
He must have read whatever signs |
Poetry Now |
1981 |
homelessness, distinctions |
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307 |
We All Bear the Mark |
The mark of Cain is hard to spot |
Rendezvous |
1967 |
sin, judgement |
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308 |
A Testament |
The ant down there, dragging his leg, |
America |
1973 |
perseverance, insects |
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Snake in the Strawberries 58. |
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309 |
A Way to Measure |
How stupid to try to measure |
Cottonwood Review |
1968 |
time, memory |
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310 |
Let it Come Down |
Glad that at last the litter and waster of winter, |
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311 |
A Home of Her Own |
I left the evening chores and went to the door and spoke |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
death, neighbors |
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Planting Red Geraniums 15 |
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312 |
Year after Year |
By ones, twos and in groups |
A Country Man |
1993 |
routine, childhood |
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A Country Man 16. |
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313 |
Karma |
Still, cries of hunting shake the grove |
DePaul Literary Magazine |
1965 |
hunting, wilderness |
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A Single Focus 26, Snake in the Strawberries 45. |
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314 |
Winter Morning |
I enter a winter morning |
Contact |
1981 |
isolation, winter |
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315 |
Evergreen Transformations |
‘‘Who knocks on my door?’’ asks History |
The Alumnus |
1976 |
education, truth |
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316 |
Sad, the Way It Is |
Stay, stay, pussy willow pussies, |
Green Magazine |
1975 |
time, impermanence |
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317 |
Weed Solitude |
Machines worn out, embalmed in rust, |
Kansas City Magazine |
1960 |
machines, decay |
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Limited View 8, Landmark and Other Poems 44. |
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318 |
[Thank goodness it doesn't bug you often] |
Thank goodness it doesn’t bug you often, |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
purpose, routine |
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Planting Red Geraniums 33. |
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319 |
Keep the Storm Outside |
Rain patters on my roof |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
weather, reflection |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 33, Landmark and Other Poems 34. |
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320 |
Tasters |
The summer sun made blood like sap |
Midwest Quarterly |
1964 |
summer, desire |
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A Single Focus 45, Snake in the Strawberries 39. |
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321 |
Taking the Bull to Water |
The herd bull leaves his stall |
Poet and Critic |
1982 |
animals, danger |
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322 |
The Painter |
Our local painter always seemed afraid |
Wanderer |
1924 |
death, prudence |
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323 |
The Contract |
You may have my garden if you will give to me |
Midland |
1926 |
gardening, apples |
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Country Men (1937) xxxiii, (1938) 55. |
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324 |
Shaped by Names |
You must exist somewhere |
Canadian Forum |
1977 |
language, meaning |
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Snake in the Strawberries 95. |
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325 |
Bitter Taste |
I ate the sour grapes and tried |
Kansas Quarterly |
1971 |
anger, nature |
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