376 |
Reflection |
I think I shall decide to stay |
Bookman |
1927 |
farming, nature |
Des Moines Sunday Register 13 Jan (1929) 8g, Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Poets New York: Avon House (1938), North American Review (1974) 26. |
Country Men (1937) xvii, (1938) 38, (1943) 45, Man and His Field 32, Landmark and Other Poems 38. |
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377 |
Reflection in a Dimestore Window |
It’s not that men are never |
Poet Lore |
1971 |
appearance, judgement |
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378 |
Relief from Pressure |
The forecast said rain, |
Colorado Quarterly |
1978 |
weather, work |
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379 |
Reprieve |
I too have gone |
Onward |
1964 |
misfortune, love |
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380 |
Resolution |
Strokes took off the big tree's top |
after Ward Bib. |
1982 |
work |
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381 |
Resort to Calm |
No protest, just the door's soft sigh, |
Prairie Schooner |
1970 |
relaxation, neighbors |
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Snake in the Strawberries 50. |
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382 |
Responsibility of Being Young |
All I knew concerned my |
Barnwood |
1981 |
chores, death |
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383 |
Retired |
He sulks in his garden, |
Hika |
1966 |
Depression, retirement |
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384 |
Retirement Blues |
Neither anger nor reproach will |
Poetry View |
1979 |
aging, life |
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385 |
Retirement Time Is the Time to Retire |
About twilight, swallows stitched |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
retirement, aging |
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Snake in the Strawberries 5. |
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386 |
Revelation |
Who ordained the flicker on my |
Christian Science Monitor |
1973 |
morning, birds |
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Snake in the Strawberries 59. |
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387 |
Revival |
The anxious hours numb me |
Reporter |
1967 |
fall, mortality |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 56, Snake in the Strawberries 76. |
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388 |
Robin In The Straw |
A robin scratches right and left |
Midland |
1932 |
reflection, birds |
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Country Men (1937) xxvii, (1938) 49, (1943) 56. |
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389 |
Routine |
The boy drowning under waves |
Aspen Times |
1972 |
routine, frustration |
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Snake in the Strawberries 10. |
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390 |
Routine Keeps Me |
I make water in the morning |
KPFA Folio |
1970 |
respect, responsibility |
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Snake in the Strawberries 51. |
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391 |
Ruffle the Pages |
An oak tree spread shade, |
A Country Man |
1993 |
death, family |
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A Country Man 52. |
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392 |
Sad, the Way It Is |
Stay, stay, pussy willow pussies, |
Green Magazine |
1975 |
time, impermanence |
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393 |
Sadness Weeps |
In my day hate clouds skies |
America |
1968 |
suffering, hypocrisy |
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394 |
Same Thing but Different |
The paperboy slammed the screen door |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
community, routine |
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Snake in the Strawberries 81. |
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395 |
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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396 |
Saturday Morning |
This morning wrapped in my indolence |
The Smith |
1968 |
birds, guilt |
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397 |
Sauce for the Gander |
The last person to bed starts the |
Cedar Arts Forum |
1978 |
marriage, night |
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398 |
Scatter the Petals |
She sleeps as if the mouth of buds, |
American Friend |
1958 |
death, mourning |
Scatter the Petals (1969). |
Limited View 25, Snake in the Strawberries 34. |
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399 |
Second Look |
Lord, let me be patient without rancor |
Eventorium Muse |
1965 |
decay, perseverance |
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400 |
See How the Wind |
See how the wind repeats itself |
America |
1960 |
winter, perseverance |
Late Harvest 74. |
Limited View 9. |
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