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351 |
The Insatiable Demand |
He chopped his work |
The New Renaissance |
1979 |
busyness, overwhelmed |
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352 |
Summer Rain |
I stayed in the field though the rain was |
Independent |
1927 |
rain, drought |
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Country Men (1937) xxxii, (1938) 54, (1943) 61. |
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353 |
Spring Barnyard |
Pigeons circle the wet glossy mud |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
animals, materiality |
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The Sun at Noon 37. |
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354 |
A Return to Facts |
You check out the office |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
renewal, retirement |
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Dry Leaves, Snake in the Strawberries 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 |
Shake in Vain |
Shake in vain the orchard trees |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
trees, longing |
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Planting Red Geraniums 17 |
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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 |
Moment Like Love |
To see the shine, the glimmer of light, |
Meanjin Quarterly |
1970 |
love, time |
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359 |
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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360 |
It Might Save Us |
What they had in common |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
neighbors, relationships |
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361 |
The Chipmunk and I |
The chipmunk sits upright |
Chicago Tribune Magazine |
1969 |
animals, neighbors |
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Snake in the Strawberries 48. |
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362 |
Fact |
I knew a man once who gave up the ghost |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
life, suicide |
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Man and His Field 39, Landmark and Other Poems 44. |
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363 |
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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364 |
[There's music in my heart] |
There’s music in my heart, |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
love, nature |
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Planting Red Geraniums 35-6 |
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365 |
Improve the View |
Why don't you decorate |
Nebraska Review |
1981 |
religion, mortality |
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366 |
Celebration of Losers |
This morning the roadway lacks friends, |
North Country |
1977 |
regret, failure |
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367 |
Echoes of Memory |
A birthday card from you today |
A Country Man |
1993 |
love, longing |
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A Country Man 23. |
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368 |
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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369 |
Virgin Prairie |
This old squaw of a prairie |
South Dakota Review |
1974 |
Indians, reflection |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 28, Snake in the Strawberries 68, Landmark and Other Poems 46. |
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370 |
Sap's Rise |
The creek retreats from flood rage |
see "The Face of Things" |
1970 |
spring, renewal |
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Landmark and Other Poems 27. |
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371 |
And Some Seed Fell |
You think because you own the ground |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
farming, knowledge |
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372 |
After Snowfall |
Sky smooth as a country |
New Jersey Poetry Journal |
1982 |
winter, farming |
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373 |
Vacation Cottage |
Dandelion clumps flourish |
Poet Lore |
1971 |
order, repression |
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374 |
Giant Fear |
The day overwhelmed him with its size, |
Cloud Marauder |
1968 |
obligation, overwhelmed |
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375 |
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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