501 |
The Hammer and the Rat |
The teetering carpenter sets his spike |
Country Men |
1943 |
distraction, inaction |
North American Review (1974) 33. |
Country Men (1943) 59. Landmark and Other Poems 14. |
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502 |
Apparition in the Afternoon |
The telephone lies in its incubator. |
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1979 |
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503 |
Statistics and Waterfalls |
The textbook lies on the |
Black and White |
1979 |
knowledge, imagination |
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504 |
Trials of Ownership |
The title to the land's a piece of paper |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
farming, owning |
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A Single Focus 41. |
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505 |
After Years Apart |
The town moved on its streets |
Quartet |
1968 |
community, alienation |
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506 |
After the Son Died |
The trees follow two sides of a square |
Poetry |
1940 |
death, impermanence |
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The Sun at Noon 29, Snake in the Strawberries 19. |
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507 |
Valley and Mountain |
The valley floor crawls with streets |
Michigan Quarterly |
1969 |
mountains, transcendence |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 13, Snake in the Strawberries 70. |
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508 |
Penalty for Anger |
The walls of heart shook |
Southwest Review |
1978 |
argument, silence |
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509 |
The Warning Cry |
The warning cry of wild geese from cold and cloudy roads |
Country Men |
1937 |
spring, renewal |
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510 |
Sparrows in Spring |
The water falls drip.. drip.. drap |
Country Men |
1937 |
planting, nature |
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Country Men (1937) xiii, (1938) 33, (1943) 41. |
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511 |
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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512 |
Conservative |
The wilderness sleeps in seed and furrow |
Today |
1966 |
farming, wilderness |
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A Single Focus 67, Landmark and Other Poems 49. |
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513 |
Detention |
The wilted flowers |
View Magazine |
1974 |
school, conflict |
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514 |
Apple Harvest |
The wind knocks on my door |
Bitterroot |
1965 |
fall, mortality |
North American Review (1974) 35. |
A Single Focus 68, Snake in the Strawberries 37. |
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515 |
Weather Wise |
The wind might be telling a lie |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
weather, seasons |
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Planting Red Geraniums 18 |
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516 |
Discovery |
The wind swept the yard, wrinkled the pond, |
Catholic Rural life |
1963 |
nature, weather |
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517 |
Guarding the Fire |
The wind throws snow at the window |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
imagination, alienation |
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518 |
Women Shearing Men |
The wind whistles a bawdy tune, |
Canadian Forum |
1979 |
control, animals |
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Snake in the Strawberries 97. |
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519 |
But the Earth Abides |
The windmill squeaks, flaps broken vanes, |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
renewal, entropy |
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Snake in the Strawberries 9. |
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520 |
Cold Snap |
The winter night in your face |
Kansas City Magazine |
1965 |
winter, music |
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A Single Focus 56. |
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521 |
Bowed Strength |
The winter sun had set |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
winter, resilience |
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A Single Focus 64. |
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522 |
Alien |
The winter trees replied |
Harper's Bazaar |
1970 |
winter, solitude |
Voyages to the Inland Sea II 44. |
Proved by Trial 18, Snake in the Strawberries 55. |
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523 |
Grandfather's Farm |
The worn scythe hangs in the box-elder tree, |
The Saturday Evening Post |
1959 |
work, family |
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Limited View 33, Landmark and Other Poems 7. |
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524 |
Too Many Defeats Dull the Spirit |
The worst was |
Poetry Now |
1975 |
farming, weather |
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Proved by Trial 12, Snake in the Strawberries 92. |
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525 |
Housebroken |
The year has turned, |
Wascana Review |
1980 |
nature, winter |
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