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201 |
Analogy |
It's like digging all day at a buried stone |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
poetry, introspection |
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Man and His Field 60. |
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202 |
No Word for the Wise |
We can tell the year's close |
Southwest Review |
1979 |
winter, aging |
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203 |
It Happened |
A rumpled bed, |
Hawk and Whippoorwill |
1974 |
Depression, friendship |
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204 |
The Groundhog |
Scooped from his winter nest |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
faith, animals |
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Dry Leaves. |
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205 |
Spring Weather |
Just when the grass |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
weather, marriage |
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Planting Red Geraniums 31 |
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206 |
Dulled Appetite |
Your letter today |
A Country Man |
1993 |
friendship, impermanence |
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A Country Man 50. |
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207 |
An Account of Failures |
I woke this morning and felt |
West Branch |
1979 |
regret, perseverance |
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208 |
Routine Keeps Me |
I make water in the morning |
KPFA Folio |
1970 |
respect, responsibility |
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Snake in the Strawberries 51. |
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209 |
Line Between Seasons |
The rollicking whinny of the wind |
Quartet |
1966 |
nature, winter |
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A Single Focus 25, Snake in the Strawberries 41. |
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210 |
Lack of Seed Power |
He drooped like a wilted flower |
Harper's Bazaar |
1980 |
impotence, regret |
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211 |
The Problem Comes |
With the new schedule |
Kansas Quarterly |
1971 |
retirement, aging |
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212 |
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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213 |
Dead Crows |
Early in the morning two crow abandoned wing |
Hinterland |
1936 |
death, aging |
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Country Men (1937) xi, (1938) 27, (1943) 37. |
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214 |
Sense of Order |
On the farm we had no tunnels |
A Country Man |
1993 |
understanding, purpose |
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A Country Man 53. |
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215 |
Calendar's Mischief |
A day of shock, |
America |
1977 |
time, seasons |
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Snake in the Strawberries 78. |
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216 |
Progress |
Own all the land you can get |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
farming, animals |
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A Single Focus 44, Snake in the Strawberries 42. |
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217 |
Love is Not Earned |
A display of my skills |
Northeast |
1981 |
love, skill |
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218 |
Emeritus |
He cleans out the file and crams |
National Retired Teachers Association Journal |
1977 |
retirement, time |
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219 |
The Debtor |
These leaden days when the sky is overcast |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
farming, debt |
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Man and His Field 61, Landmark and Other Poems 39. |
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220 |
Plowman |
This is plowing time and I am plowing |
Midland |
1927 |
farming, planting |
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Country Men (1937) xxxiv, (1938) 56, (1943) 63, Landmark and Other Poems 38. |
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221 |
Threat of Violence |
Icicles dripped in the |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
animals, violence |
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The Good Earth 65 |
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222 |
End of a Landmark |
Power from a copper wire |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
destruction, disappointment |
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223 |
Unearned Gift |
Shut the door |
America |
1964 |
love, joy |
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A Single Focus 61, Landmark and Other Poems 17. |
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224 |
Double Talk |
The exercises we schedule |
Poetry Now |
1982 |
duality, survival |
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225 |
Listen |
Clock in the bell tower |
Periphery |
1974 |
poetry, meaning |
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