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451 |
Take This Guy |
Now take this guy next door, |
The New Renaissance |
1976 |
argument, jealousy |
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452 |
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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453 |
Not Really a Quarrel |
Granted we slept well and |
Poet and Critic |
1982 |
argument, marriage |
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454 |
Late Spring |
I tried to sow the oats and grass this year |
Furioso |
1951 |
farming, drought |
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Man and His Field 66, Landmark and Other Poems 53. |
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455 |
Words that Smell Bad |
Neighbor, your "friendly" note arrived |
New River Review |
1977 |
neighbors, argument |
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Snake in the Strawberries 86. |
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456 |
Day After Day |
The baby cries in its crib |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1975 |
insecurity, despair |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 18, Snake in the Strawberries 75. |
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457 |
Words of a Season |
Bundled in scarfs the kids ride their bikes |
Epoch |
1966 |
seasons, transitions |
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A Single Focus 15, Landmark and Other Poems 30. |
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458 |
Moment Like Love |
To see the shine, the glimmer of light, |
Meanjin Quarterly |
1970 |
love, time |
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459 |
Moments of Being Away |
Today I walked through the house |
Chariton Review |
1983 |
ownership, belonging |
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460 |
Until The Storm Passes |
The wheel-rounded wind races |
Voyages to the Inland Sea, II |
1972 |
winter, relationships |
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Landmark and Other Poems 31. |
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461 |
It Might Save Us |
What they had in common |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
neighbors, relationships |
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462 |
Potencies |
Earth, sun-plowed, rain-swept, trembles |
Commonweal |
1966 |
farming, diligence |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 27, Snake in the Strawberries 73. |
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463 |
Time's Flail |
A scraggly corner, maimed by brush and weeds |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
farming, tools |
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A Single Focus 34. |
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464 |
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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465 |
Celebration of Losers |
This morning the roadway lacks friends, |
North Country |
1977 |
regret, failure |
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466 |
Today is Now |
It doesn't need headlines, |
Focus |
1984 |
aging, memory |
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467 |
The Red Flower |
The day sagged under heavy wind |
Limited View |
1962 |
love, renewal |
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Limited View 26. |
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468 |
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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469 |
A Shabby Day |
Out of doors, office-bound, |
Black and White |
1979 |
cities, community |
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470 |
Spring Rites |
We celebrate the rites of spring |
New York Times |
1971 |
planting, ritual |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 49. |
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471 |
Cold's Verdict |
Anger wraps me in a mantle of yellow |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
neighbors, winter |
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A Single Focus 49, Landmark and Other Poems 29. |
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472 |
Vacation Cottage |
Dandelion clumps flourish |
Poet Lore |
1971 |
order, repression |
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473 |
Blue Again |
We saw the horizon with stubborn clutch |
Country Men |
1937 |
weather, clouds |
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474 |
Man with a Shovel |
The man with a shovel on his shoulder |
Anglo-American Studies |
1983 |
observation, work |
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A Country Man 59. |
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475 |
What Was That? |
Never was so much hubbub in the morning, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
work, farming |
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Man and His Field 41. |
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