451 |
Bitter Taste |
I ate the sour grapes and tried |
Kansas Quarterly |
1971 |
anger, nature |
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452 |
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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453 |
First Snow |
The road and yard are full of dust |
Midland |
1926 |
change, reflection |
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Country Men (1937) xxi, (1938) 42, (1943) 49, Man and His Field 50, Landmark and Other Poems 36. |
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454 |
Liberated by Generosity |
Today was a turning point |
America |
1981 |
frugality, generosity |
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455 |
The Sage and the Stones |
His Neighbors farmed |
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1962 |
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456 |
Emerson's Page |
His Neighbors scratched |
Educational Leadership |
1959 |
nature, wisdom |
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Limited View 28, Shaken by Leaf-fall 50, Landmark and Other Poems 29. |
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457 |
Truant |
Little rowdy yellow duck, darting from your mother, |
Music for Seven Poems |
1958 |
birds, adventure |
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458 |
The Supermarket's Secret Machine |
Today my wife sent me to the |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
shopping, uncertainty |
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459 |
Signed by Your Kiss |
We came too late, we found the trees |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
nature, love |
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A Single Focus 55. |
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460 |
Comfort in Small Things |
I saw them, a glanceful, |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
birds, pleasure |
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461 |
Part Of An Eternal Dialogue |
What do I hear on my window rapping |
Contemporary Verse |
1925 |
life, aging |
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Country Men (1937) xxxi, (1938) 53, (1943) 60. |
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462 |
Alms to the Giver |
The mail this morning made me |
The Davidson Miscellany |
1982 |
greed, deception |
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463 |
Point of View |
After a dark day low with clouds, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
sunset, perspective |
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Man and His Field 43. |
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464 |
Who? Who? |
Do you ever stop to wonder— |
Great Lakes Review |
1977 |
identity, reflection |
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Snake in the Strawberries 80. |
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465 |
Wonder of Hummingbirds |
Glass cells of red syrup hang |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
birds, amazement |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 68, Landmark and Other Poems 24 (variant). |
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466 |
Still Heard but Faintly |
What chime struck from the iron air |
Periodical of Art in Nebraska |
1976 |
winter, faith |
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467 |
To Run or Sit |
Today, he said, the sky bends down |
The Back Door |
1970 |
frustration, waiting |
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468 |
The Return Flight |
Evening spread fingers of shadow |
New York Herald Tribune |
1964 |
birds, fall |
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A Single Focus 72. |
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469 |
The Sun at Noon |
No country leads so softly to nowhere |
Poetry |
1940 |
mortality, appreciation |
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The Sun at Noon 9, Man and His Field 20. |
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470 |
The Weed Cutter |
Earth soaked by a thunderstorm |
Poet and Critic |
1982 |
adolescence, farming |
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471 |
Evening |
Be quiet, Heart, the sun goes down |
Country Men |
1938 |
sunset, peacefulness |
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Country Men (1938) 62, (1943) 70, Man and His Field 71. |
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472 |
End of the Game |
Two little boys dusty with pollen |
Lake Superior Review |
1977 |
childhood, play |
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Snake in the Strawberries 96. |
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473 |
The Cure |
The bush at the corner of the house |
Sandlapper |
1977 |
homesickness, flowers |
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474 |
Day with a Bad Taste |
The street gasps with the exhaust |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
cities, loneliness |
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Planting Red Geraniums 25 |
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475 |
Dark Flower |
Oh, no, do not look too long |
Country Men |
1938 |
flowers, morning |
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Country Men (1938) 52. |
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