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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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Moments of Being Away |
Today I walked through the house |
Chariton Review |
1983 |
ownership, belonging |
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Penalty for Anger |
The walls of heart shook |
Southwest Review |
1978 |
argument, silence |
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The Reminder |
When the day finally ended I felt wet and cold |
Educational Leadership |
1959 |
love, farming |
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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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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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Today is Now |
It doesn't need headlines, |
Focus |
1984 |
aging, memory |
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58 |
Virtue of Logic |
He believed in the generation |
The New Renaissance |
1978 |
reason, argument |
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59 |
Winter Mood |
Warm in mackinaw and boots I read |
America |
1966 |
winter, poetry |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 21, Snake in the Strawberries 76., Shaken by Leaf-Fall 21, Snake in the Strawberries 76. |
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A Shabby Day |
Out of doors, office-bound, |
Black and White |
1979 |
cities, community |
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61 |
Caveat Emptor |
I meant to take a quiet walk |
Inserat Groteski |
1971 |
ownership, wilderness |
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62 |
Metamorphosis |
I starved for the honey you |
Wormwood Review |
1966 |
nature, insects |
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A Single Focus 17. |
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63 |
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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Abrasive Time |
Just think how alert we would all need to be |
Shaken by Leaf-Fall |
1976 |
aging, time |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 67. |
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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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66 |
There Are Still Some Mysteries |
My young neighbor attended an |
Poetry Now |
1980 |
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67 |
Leaves Like Tears |
You say the leaves fall |
Midwest Quarterly |
1969 |
grief, winter |
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68 |
Farmer to His Son |
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69 |
The Malicious Spirit of Machines |
Right in our own house, |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
machines, breakdown |
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70 |
Winter Field |
Whether or not the man who turned |
Purple Pen |
1937 |
death, winter |
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Country Men (1937) xviii, (1938) 39, (1943) 46, Man and His Field 68, Snake in the Strawberries 15. |
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Autumn Love |
When you stood smiling under a roof of leaves |
Ladies Home Journal |
1959 |
love, fall |
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Limited View 27, Landmark and Other Poems 22. |
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Wealth of News |
A mile of main road and |
A Country Man |
1993 |
childhood, animals |
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A Country Man 45. |
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A Small Matter |
The farmer knows he's no match |
Northeast |
1981 |
weather, satisfaction |
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Each Day Alive |
The desk calendar |
Northeast |
1977 |
nature, time |
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The Dainty Lily Bell |
She’s liberated, you know, |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
sex, gender |
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Planting Red Geraniums 24 |
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