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176 |
Change in Appetites |
We had a hired man whose remarks |
South Dakota Review |
1978 |
sex, animals |
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177 |
Grandfather's Farm |
The worn scythe hangs in the box-elder tree, |
The Saturday Evening Post |
1959 |
work, family |
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Limited View 33, Landmark and Other Poems 7. |
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178 |
Dirge for an old Wound |
Any root worth its salt |
Lamp in the Spine |
1972 |
nature, perseverance |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 12, Snake in the Strawberries 68. |
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179 |
Time of Contrition |
Today I saw the gossip pack |
Denver Post |
1959 |
gossip, regret |
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180 |
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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181 |
Guarding the Fire |
The wind throws snow at the window |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
imagination, alienation |
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182 |
So Much Change |
Remember how the book would not |
Anglo-American Studies |
1983 |
love, loss |
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A Country Man 21. |
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183 |
Discord |
After the accident |
Voyages to the Inland Sea, II |
1972 |
sex, community |
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Voyages to the Inland Sea, II |
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184 |
Lock the Door |
Now you have burned the letters-- |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
relationships, memory |
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Snake in the Strawberries 79. |
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185 |
The Road |
It opened the way |
Mainstreeter |
1977 |
time, change |
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186 |
Retired |
He sulks in his garden, |
Hika |
1966 |
Depression, retirement |
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187 |
[The committee debated] |
The committee debated |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
censorship, satire |
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Planting Red Geraniums 23 |
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188 |
That Kind of a Day |
A kitten plays with a mouse, |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
nature, loss |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 24, Landmark and Other Poems 30. |
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189 |
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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190 |
What Time Is It Anyway? |
You can't win 'em all, |
Focus |
1984 |
work, alienation |
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191 |
Small Thorns |
The odor from garbage my neighbor |
Wormwood Review |
1979 |
neighbors, annoyance |
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192 |
Con Man |
The gifts I buy and offer you, my dear, |
Wormwood Review |
1972 |
love, expectations |
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193 |
Need of Solid Ground |
He hadn't offended God nor failed His Word |
Limited View |
1962 |
work, perseverance |
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Limited View 18. |
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194 |
The Smile |
You smiled and waved as you drove |
Ladies Home Journal |
1970 |
observation, expression |
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195 |
Once Glimpsed |
Once I thought I saw it |
Poem |
1969 |
longing, uncertainty |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 44. |
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196 |
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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197 |
Fourth of July |
Early in the morning |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
patriotism, disappointment |
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198 |
Mind-Boggled |
His mind bent with the weight |
A Country Man |
1993 |
religion, uncertainty |
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A Country Man 39. |
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199 |
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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200 |
Weather Words |
The garden waited to be covered, |
Poetry Now |
1980 |
gardening, winter |
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