Poetry
All of James Hearst's poetry works are included in this list.

| Title | First Line | Original Citation | 
|---|---|---|
| Let's Go Inside | "The furrowed field sleeps" | Sou'wester Literary Quarterly (1968) 24.  | 
              
| Sadness Weeps | "In my day hate clouds skies" | America (5 Oct. 1968) 294. | 
| Saturday Morning | "This morning wrapped in my indolence" | The Smith 145. | 
| Spring Fever | "Sun touched I sit on a" | Cottonwood Review 1968.  | 
              
| Spring Rain | "An early frost last fall" | Ladies Home Journal (April 1968) 89.  | 
              
| The Call | "The call burst into the room" | Cardinal Poetry Quarterly 4 (Fall 1968) 7. | 
| The Oldest Season | "The eye's doors blown open" | America (20 Jan. 1968) 85.  | 
              
| The Rescue | "She piled harsh weeds under the wheel," | America (30 March 1968) 414.  | 
              
| The Strongest Magic | "Anger pens me in a sty" | Trace (1968) 254. | 
| The Test | "This guy walking down the street" | Wormwood Review 8 (1968) 12.  |