451 |
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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452 |
The Road |
It opened the way |
Mainstreeter |
1977 |
time, change |
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453 |
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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454 |
Routine |
The boy drowning under waves |
Aspen Times |
1972 |
routine, frustration |
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Snake in the Strawberries 10. |
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455 |
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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456 |
Ruffle the Pages |
An oak tree spread shade, |
A Country Man |
1993 |
death, family |
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A Country Man 52. |
|
457 |
Sad, the Way It Is |
Stay, stay, pussy willow pussies, |
Green Magazine |
1975 |
time, impermanence |
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458 |
Sadness Weeps |
In my day hate clouds skies |
America |
1968 |
suffering, hypocrisy |
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459 |
The Sage and the Stones |
His Neighbors farmed |
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1962 |
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460 |
The Same in This As Other Lands |
He bows his head against the wind |
Poetry |
1940 |
farming, work |
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The Sun at Noon 31, Man and His Field 23, Landmark and Other Poems 58. |
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461 |
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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462 |
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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463 |
Saturday Morning |
This morning wrapped in my indolence |
The Smith |
1968 |
birds, guilt |
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464 |
Sauce for the Gander |
The last person to bed starts the |
Cedar Arts Forum |
1978 |
marriage, night |
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465 |
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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466 |
The Search |
Here on the hillside is a square of ground |
Wallace's Farmer |
1940 |
farming, neighbors |
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A Single Focus 37, Landmark and Other Poems 46. |
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467 |
Second Look |
Lord, let me be patient without rancor |
Eventorium Muse |
1965 |
decay, perseverance |
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468 |
A Secret to Live By |
In the attic of my mind |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
memory, revelation |
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Snake in the Strawberries 10. |
|
469 |
See How the Wind |
See how the wind repeats itself |
America |
1960 |
winter, perseverance |
Late Harvest 74. |
Limited View 9. |
|
470 |
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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471 |
Self-Portrait |
The mirror lacks depth, |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1975 |
reflection, aging |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 53, Snake in the Strawberries 66. |
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472 |
Sense of Order |
On the farm we had no tunnels |
A Country Man |
1993 |
understanding, purpose |
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A Country Man 53. |
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473 |
Seventh Grade |
The scrubbed question marks |
English Journal |
1971 |
children, school |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
Planting Red Geraniums 43. |
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474 |
Seventy Times Seven |
Let the rain discover |
Country Men |
1937 |
forgiveness, loneliness |
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475 |
A Shabby Day |
Out of doors, office-bound, |
Black and White |
1979 |
cities, community |
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