301 |
Love's Apostate |
I shoulder my bag, slink through |
New York Herald Tribune |
1964 |
forgiveness, resentment |
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A Single Focus 54. |
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302 |
Love's Survival |
The blind fingertips of longing |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
summer, love |
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A Single Focus 51. |
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303 |
Love's Ways |
Almost as if you hungered to be free |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
love, desire |
Scatter the Petals (1969). |
A Single Focus 57, Landmark and Other Poems 20. |
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304 |
Mad Dog |
Like a great yellow dog, the sun |
Country Men |
1937 |
drought, nature |
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Country Men (1937) viii, (1938) 22, (1943) 36, Man and His Field 60, Snake in the Strawberries 14. |
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305 |
The Maid who Served an Ogre |
She washed the dishes, cleaned the sink, |
Periodical of Art in Nebraska |
1976 |
desire, danger |
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306 |
The Malicious Spirit of Machines |
Right in our own house, |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
machines, breakdown |
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307 |
Man with a Shovel |
The man with a shovel on his shoulder |
Anglo-American Studies |
1983 |
observation, work |
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A Country Man 59. |
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308 |
Many Hens Do Not Make Light Work |
The drake has too many hens |
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disinterest, birds |
North American Review (1974) 36. |
Limited View 31, Snake in the Strawberries 28. |
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309 |
March Mourning |
The late snow is a fungus |
Wallace's Farmer |
1939 |
snow, death |
Man and His Field |
Man and His Field 57. |
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310 |
Marred |
This headache of a morning |
Sparrow Magazine |
1965 |
morning, birds |
North American Review (1974) 31. |
A Single Focus 38, Landmark and Other Poems 19. |
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311 |
A Matter of Fact |
All through the summer I failed to wring truth out of words, |
Hawk and Whippoorwill |
1961 |
birds, truth |
Poet Lore 71 (Winter 1976-77) 128. |
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312 |
The Meeting |
This is the curb where |
Motive |
1966 |
love, loss |
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A Single Focus 60, Landmark and Other Poems 23. |
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313 |
Meeting a Pheasant Hunter in Our Grove |
The bush’s shape has been bent by the wind |
American Prefaces |
1940 |
wind, nature |
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314 |
Melancholy at Night |
Each evening at bedtime |
Poetry View |
1980 |
death, loss |
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315 |
Memorial Day |
It puzzles me to see the stooping people |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
flowers, death |
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Man and His Field 51, Snake in the Strawberries 23. |
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316 |
Memorial Day 1982 |
Henry Jensen sits in the sun |
A Country Man |
1993 |
war, death |
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A Country Man 32. |
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317 |
Men Give More Than Promises |
You'd let me walk barefoot on |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
revenge, masculinity |
North American Review (1974) 29. |
A Single Focus 47, Snake in the Strawberries 35. |
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318 |
Metamorphosis |
I starved for the honey you |
Wormwood Review |
1966 |
nature, insects |
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A Single Focus 17. |
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319 |
Mexico (San Miguel de Allende) |
Fresh from the slow hills of Iowa |
Ladies Home Journal |
1962 |
welcoming, Mexico |
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Limited View 12. |
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320 |
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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321 |
A Misery Bleeds |
A misery bleeds inside of me |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
Depression, frustration |
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Snake in the Strawberries 52. |
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322 |
Missed Fortune |
Late for our dates, |
Boston Monthly |
1982 |
superstition, opportunity |
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323 |
Modern Design |
How can you clean up the place |
Slow Loris Reader |
1978 |
order, gardening |
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324 |
The Molehill |
The molehill became a mountain |
Journal of Arts and Letters |
1967 |
argument, marriage |
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325 |
Moment Like Love |
To see the shine, the glimmer of light, |
Meanjin Quarterly |
1970 |
love, time |
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