576 |
Fog |
Waves of the sea's ghost |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
weather, defamiliarization |
North American Review 299.2 (Spring 2014) 26. |
Man and His Field 28, Landmark and Other Poems 36. |
|
577 |
All Anyone Could Say |
The children that we love are busy people |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
children, exploration |
|
Man and His Field 58. |
|
578 |
Accident |
The iron teeth of the harrow |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
birds, destruction |
|
Man and His Field 61, Landmark and Other Poems 48, Snake in the Strawberries 24. |
|
579 |
For A Neighbor Woman |
Early this morning |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
death, gardening |
|
Man and His Field 28, Landmark and Other Poems 10. |
|
580 |
No Leaves? No Apples? |
No fruit bends the orchard trees |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
fall, perseverance |
|
Man and His Field 59. |
|
581 |
Analogy |
It's like digging all day at a buried stone |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
poetry, introspection |
|
Man and His Field 60. |
|
582 |
What Was That? |
Never was so much hubbub in the morning, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
work, farming |
|
Man and His Field 41. |
|
583 |
Construction |
The hammer voices went on an on |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
labor, winter |
|
Man and His Field 62. |
|
584 |
Point of View |
After a dark day low with clouds, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
sunset, perspective |
|
Man and His Field 43. |
|
585 |
Burning a Dead Heifer |
This body burning here is not the fire I'd choose, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
death, animals |
|
Man and His Field 63. |
|
586 |
Memorial Day |
It puzzles me to see the stooping people |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
flowers, death |
|
Man and His Field 51, Snake in the Strawberries 23. |
|
587 |
The Harvesters |
Bright was the stubble, the sun that day |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
death, work |
|
Man and His Field 63. |
|
588 |
Impudence |
Rowdy winter wind, |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
wind, winter |
|
Man and His Field 52. |
|
589 |
Burn the Cocoons |
The sun waits in the sky for me |
Poetry |
1944 |
farming, planting |
Heartland: Poets of the Midwest 81. |
Man and His Field 47, Landmark and Other Poems 41. |
|
590 |
Choosing |
The stolid farmer took his hoe |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
farming, choice |
|
The Sun at Noon 18, Landmark and Other Poems 50, Man and His Field 33. |
|
591 |
Snake in the Strawberries |
This lovely girl dressed in lambswool thoughts |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
disaster, innocence |
University of Kansas Review 11 (Autumn 1944) 45, Midwest 7 (Spring 1964) vi, Heartland: Poets of the Midwest 77, Interpreting Literature. 4th Ed. K. L. Knickerbocker and H. W. Reninger, eds. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. 268, Interpreting Li |
Man and His Field 64, Shaken by Leaf-fall 72, Snake in the Strawberries 57, The Good Earth 54. |
|
592 |
Between Snow and Stars |
The sun trips and falls headlong down the sky |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
animals, farming |
Late Harvest 75. |
The Sun at Noon 20, Man and His Field 44, Landmark and Other Poems 42. |
|
593 |
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. |
|
594 |
The Other Land |
The strength and persuasion of the long slow turning |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
seasons, divinity |
|
The Sun at Noon 22. |
|
595 |
Stolid Farmer to His Son |
Choose your wife for straight legs and an honest tongue. |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
wisdom, knowledge |
North American Review (1974) 28. |
|
|
596 |
Time Like a Hand |
The hardware merchant reaches back for the past |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
aging, alienation |
North American Review (1974) 35. |
The Sun at Noon 22, Snake in the Strawberries 21. |
|
597 |
Guarding the Fire |
The wind throws snow at the window |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
imagination, alienation |
|
|
|
598 |
Good Friday |
My neighbor plants potatoes on Good Friday |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
superstition, tradition |
|
The Sun at Noon 11, Landmark and Other Poems 50. |
|
599 |
The Neighborhood |
The neighborhood has a mind and heart of its own |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
secrecy, community |
|
The Sun at Noon 24, Snake in the Strawberries 20. |
|
600 |
Free Man |
Hans Karen and debt were old friends until 1932 |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
debt, money |
North American Review (1974) 31. |
The Sun at Noon 25, Landmark and other Poems 16. |
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