326 |
Moment Toward Spring |
This is the day when on the hills of noon |
Ladies Home Journal |
1959 |
spring, transition |
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Limited View 13, Snake in the Strawberries 29. |
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327 |
Moments of Being Away |
Today I walked through the house |
Chariton Review |
1983 |
ownership, belonging |
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328 |
The Morning Paper |
The morning paper told |
Catalyst |
1971 |
war, death |
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329 |
Morning Song |
I often think of night as a wave lifting me into the morning |
Poetry |
1940 |
morning, love |
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Man and His Field 54, Landmark and Other Poems 25. |
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330 |
Morning Walk |
The first thing after breakfast |
Aspen Times |
1967 |
community, morning |
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331 |
Mother |
The photograph fades, turns yellow, |
South Dakota Review |
1976 |
family, memory |
The Iowan (Spring 1979) 16. |
Snake in the Strawberries 86. |
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332 |
The Movers |
The east wind whips the skirts of the snow |
American Prefaces |
1937 |
travelers, faith |
Rural Roads to Security. (1940) 94-5, Out of the Midwest. (1944) 400, America is West. Ed. John T. Flanagan. Minneapolis: Univ. of Minnesota (1945) 307, Poetry Pilot (Jan. 1962) 9. |
Country Men (1937) vi, (1938) 26, (1943) 32, Man and His Field 21, Landmark and Other Poems 45, The Good Earth 52. |
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333 |
Moving Day |
I have moved from one house |
A Country Man |
1993 |
moving, change |
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A Country Man 38. |
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334 |
Mr. Norris and the Civet Cat |
We four boys liked to fish |
Maine Life |
1981 |
compassion, animals |
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335 |
Muskrats in the Cornfield |
Persuasion of rain and sun |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
farming, animals |
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Proved by Trial 22. |
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336 |
My Father's Care |
The binder glittered in the sun, |
Iowa English Yearbook |
1961 |
farming, aging |
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Limited View 32, Landmark and Other Poems 11. |
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337 |
Nag, Nag, Nag All Day |
The buzzing sound in my ears |
Event: Journal of Contemporary Art |
1981 |
interruptions, work |
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338 |
Names for an Obstacle |
This iceberg of granite |
Poem |
1969 |
rootedness, perseverance |
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339 |
Need for a Quick Step |
I noticed the cow in heat |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
animals, danger |
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340 |
Need for Grass |
Yes, there it was, |
Limited View |
1962 |
death, mourning |
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Limited View 23. |
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341 |
Need For Magic |
After a lonely night and an empty day |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
loss, longing |
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Snake in the Strawberries 11. |
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342 |
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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343 |
The Neighborhood |
The neighborhood has a mind and heart of its own |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
secrecy, community |
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The Sun at Noon 24, Snake in the Strawberries 20. |
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344 |
Neighborhood in the Suburbs |
Take our garbage cans, a man may be known |
Miscellany |
1976 |
secrecy, community |
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Proved by Trial 10. |
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345 |
Never Too Late |
He grunted, jammed |
North American Review |
1984 |
aging, gardening |
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A Country Man 28. |
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346 |
The New Calf |
In the basement by the furnace lies |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
animals, innocence |
North American Review (1974) 29. |
A Single Focus 70, Snake in the Strawberries 44. |
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347 |
News of Your Coming |
broke open the day like a flower |
Harper's Bazaar |
1970 |
love, anticipation |
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348 |
No Advice Today, Thank You |
Why, the presumptuous bastard |
Kansas Quarterly |
1982 |
religion, relationships |
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349 |
No Answer |
The sun rose up with a fuzzy eye, |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
misfortune, morning |
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350 |
No Argument |
My gosh, she said, you two |
A Country Man |
1993 |
satisfaction, pride |
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A Country Man 43. |
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