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351 |
You Can't Plow Stone |
The plow point starts the furrow, |
Sunday Clothes |
1973 |
farming, defiance |
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352 |
Close Call |
It was anger's shadow dimmed the room |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
anger, weather |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 16. |
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353 |
Second Look |
Lord, let me be patient without rancor |
Eventorium Muse |
1965 |
decay, perseverance |
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354 |
Burning a Dead Heifer |
This body burning here is not the fire I'd choose, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
death, animals |
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Man and His Field 63. |
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355 |
Choreman |
I am a born choreman |
A Country Man |
1993 |
work, pride |
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A Country Man 44. |
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356 |
Woman and Her Wayward Garden |
Maples and oaks turn scarlet, |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
fall, wistfulness |
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Dry Leaves. |
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357 |
Espaliered on a Wailing Wall |
Farmland lacks immunity to the |
Wascana Review |
1980 |
nature, cities |
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358 |
Our Country |
The lady in the harbor |
View Magazine |
1978 |
promise, disillusionment |
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359 |
Time to Act |
At last the revelation, a brisk wind peels |
Kansas City Magazine |
1959 |
spring, anticipation |
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360 |
Sharers |
You grieved so for a rosebush |
Ladies Home Journal |
1971 |
flowers, loss |
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Snake in the Strawberries 52. |
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361 |
Random Thoughts |
Our plan of life together |
A Country Man |
1993 |
death, loss |
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A Country Man 56. |
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362 |
Three Sides to a Farm |
So now he wants to buy my farm, he's got |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
farming, generations |
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A Single Focus 29, Snake in the Strawberries 38. |
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363 |
Important Question |
I didn't come here |
Voyages to the Inland Sea, II |
1972 |
thoughts, neighbors |
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Landmark and Other Poems 19. |
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364 |
Improve the View |
Why don't you decorate |
Nebraska Review |
1981 |
religion, mortality |
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365 |
Sparrows in Spring |
The water falls drip.. drip.. drap |
Country Men |
1937 |
planting, nature |
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Country Men (1937) xiii, (1938) 33, (1943) 41. |
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366 |
The Happy Farmer |
This farm where I live |
Music for Seven Poems |
1958 |
farming, poverty |
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367 |
And Some Seed Fell |
You think because you own the ground |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
farming, knowledge |
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368 |
Behind the Stove |
It takes more than wind and sleet to |
Poetry |
1965 |
affair, desire |
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A Single Focus 48, Landmark and Other Poems 11. |
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369 |
Of Course It Matters |
My neighbor stopped by this morning |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
misfortune, money |
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370 |
The Problem |
The problem is to see the problem |
Prairie Schooner |
1974 |
perceptions, appearance |
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Landmark and Other Poems 18. |
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371 |
After Snowfall |
Sky smooth as a country |
New Jersey Poetry Journal |
1982 |
winter, farming |
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372 |
Barns In November |
Along an empty road I watched the barns |
Poetry |
1935 |
winter, harvest |
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Country Men (1937) xxiv, (1938) 46, (1943) 54, Man and His Field 31, Snake in the Strawberries 8. |
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373 |
Survival [2] |
At the mercy of street |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
trees, perseverance |
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Planting Red Geraniums 32. |
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374 |
Dirty Old Man's Poem |
A dirty old man’s poem |
Periodical of Art in Nebraska |
1976 |
desire, sex |
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375 |
Intruder |
The morning flowered in |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
morning, sadness |
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A Single Focus 65, Landmark and Other Poems 25. |
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