|
551 |
Plea for Persistence |
Wait and begin again, |
Periodical of Art in Nebraska |
1975 |
persistence, knowledge |
|
|
|
|
552 |
Robin In The Straw |
A robin scratches right and left |
Midland |
1932 |
reflection, birds |
|
Country Men (1937) xxvii, (1938) 49, (1943) 56. |
|
|
553 |
Small Thorns |
The odor from garbage my neighbor |
Wormwood Review |
1979 |
neighbors, annoyance |
|
|
|
|
554 |
Vacations |
What do people do for vacations |
Aspen Times |
1970 |
cities, travel |
|
|
|
|
555 |
A Return to Facts |
You check out the office |
Dry Leaves |
1975 |
renewal, retirement |
|
Dry Leaves, Snake in the Strawberries 63. |
|
|
556 |
Moving Day |
I have moved from one house |
A Country Man |
1993 |
moving, change |
|
A Country Man 38. |
|
|
557 |
The Cure |
The bush at the corner of the house |
Sandlapper |
1977 |
homesickness, flowers |
|
|
|
|
558 |
Routine |
The boy drowning under waves |
Aspen Times |
1972 |
routine, frustration |
|
Snake in the Strawberries 10. |
|
|
559 |
Anyone Can See |
Anyone with half wit can see |
Poetry Now |
1981 |
farming, gift |
|
|
|
|
560 |
Dark Flower |
Oh, no, do not look too long |
Country Men |
1938 |
flowers, morning |
|
Country Men (1938) 52. |
|
|
561 |
Dogma |
Sucked and bitten I shake |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1969 |
animals, independence |
|
Snake in the Strawberries 49. |
|
|
562 |
First Signs |
Today the wind trudged in from the south |
Instructor |
1960 |
spring, weather |
|
Limited View 34, Landmark and Other Poems 35. |
|
|
563 |
Where We Live |
We stole time to walk together |
A Country Man |
1993 |
nature, relationships |
|
A Country Man 57. |
|
|
564 |
The Hard Sell |
The spangles in his talk glitter |
The Denver Post Roundup |
1971 |
deception, money |
|
|
|
|
565 |
Survival [1] |
Lightning hit the poplar tree |
Poetry Scope |
1981 |
trees, perseverance |
|
|
|
|
566 |
News of Your Coming |
broke open the day like a flower |
Harper's Bazaar |
1970 |
love, anticipation |
|
|
|
|
567 |
Father |
Nailheads broke off with the sound |
Wascana Review |
1976 |
family, kindness |
|
Snake in the Strawberries 74. |
|
|
568 |
Spring Lament |
The season has sounded its call to the farm's sleepy ears, |
Limited View |
1962 |
spring, loneliness |
|
Landmark and Other Poems 53. |
|
|
569 |
Winter Mood |
Warm in mackinaw and boots I read |
America |
1966 |
winter, poetry |
|
Shaken by Leaf-Fall 21, Snake in the Strawberries 76., Shaken by Leaf-Fall 21, Snake in the Strawberries 76. |
|
|
570 |
Housebroken |
The year has turned, |
Wascana Review |
1980 |
nature, winter |
|
|
|
|
571 |
Metamorphosis |
I starved for the honey you |
Wormwood Review |
1966 |
nature, insects |
|
A Single Focus 17. |
|
|
572 |
Only Flowers Seem Not to Die |
On our May Day anniversary |
Poetry Now |
1982 |
flowers, loss |
|
|
|
|
573 |
Poverty |
The field of clover sowed last fall |
Kansas Quarterly |
1971 |
weather, farming |
|
|
|
|
574 |
Born Each Morning |
What a shocking way to enter the world, |
Colorado Quarterly |
1977 |
morning, birth |
|
Snake in the Strawberries 89. |
|
|
575 |
Late Meadowlark |
We know the meaning when we read the signs |
The Saturday Evening Post |
1960 |
birds, fall |
|
Limited View 11, Snake in the Strawberries 34. |
|
