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651 |
Still Heard but Faintly |
What chime struck from the iron air |
Periodical of Art in Nebraska |
1976 |
winter, faith |
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652 |
Hang On to the Grab Bar |
Caught in the revolving door |
Kansas Quarterly |
1979 |
longing, civilization |
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653 |
November |
The sun dripped honey-colored days |
Ladies Home Journal |
1965 |
fall, harvest |
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A Single Focus 71, Landmark and Other Poems 32. |
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654 |
To Run or Sit |
Today, he said, the sky bends down |
The Back Door |
1970 |
frustration, waiting |
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655 |
Common Ground |
Two neighbors lived across a road |
Kansas City Magazine |
1965 |
neighbors, farming |
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A Single Focus 28. |
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656 |
Best Not to Hope for Miracles |
He had heard that water |
A Country Man |
1993 |
mortality, illness |
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A Country Man 41. |
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657 |
The Cure |
The bush at the corner of the house |
Sandlapper |
1977 |
homesickness, flowers |
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658 |
Cerebral Palsy |
Each morning the wild, random |
The Windless Orchard |
1980 |
illness, perseverance |
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659 |
The Shadow |
I have seen the butcher's shadow |
Chicago Jewish Forum |
1959 |
animals, slaughter |
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Limited View 4, Snake in the Strawberries 29. |
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660 |
Dark Flower |
Oh, no, do not look too long |
Country Men |
1938 |
flowers, morning |
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Country Men (1938) 52. |
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661 |
Day's Facts |
There came a morning when |
Prairie Schooner |
1970 |
technology, breakdown |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 37. |
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662 |
Seeding |
The morning sun looks in on me |
Midland |
1932 |
farming, planting |
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Country Men (1937) xxii, (1938) 44 (1943) 51, Man and His Field 45. |
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663 |
One Thing Leads to Another |
A flock of geese and a basket |
A Country Man |
1993 |
birds, shame |
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A Country Man 14. |
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664 |
The Hard Sell |
The spangles in his talk glitter |
The Denver Post Roundup |
1971 |
deception, money |
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665 |
Gift for All |
The miracles of creation |
Skylark |
1981 |
animals |
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666 |
The Waster |
The stalks still stand erect and the tassels wave, |
Kansas City Magazine |
1961 |
animals, farming |
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Limited View 37, Landmark and Other Poems 54. |
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667 |
News of Your Coming |
broke open the day like a flower |
Harper's Bazaar |
1970 |
love, anticipation |
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668 |
Praise |
When I forced the fat land with seed |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
farming, nature |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 55, Landmark and Other Poems 57 (as "Now I Am Free"). |
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669 |
Grandfather and the Evangelist |
A tent with a platform and with folding chairs, |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
religion, experience |
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Snake in the Strawberries 6. |
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670 |
Without Your Good Morning |
Perhaps I miss you more than I should, |
A Country Man |
1993 |
death, loss |
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A Country Man 49. |
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671 |
Housebroken |
The year has turned, |
Wascana Review |
1980 |
nature, winter |
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672 |
The Windmill |
Time I greased the windmill, |
Texas Review |
1981 |
childhood, recklessness |
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673 |
The Thief |
The fists of the summer sun |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
weather, seasons |
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Man and His Field 52. |
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674 |
Poverty |
The field of clover sowed last fall |
Kansas Quarterly |
1971 |
weather, farming |
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675 |
A Prejudiced Witness |
This morning my wife and I |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
birds, marriage |
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Dry Leaves, Landmark and Other Poems 20. |
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