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651 |
Small Thorns |
The odor from garbage my neighbor |
Wormwood Review |
1979 |
neighbors, annoyance |
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652 |
Mexico (San Miguel de Allende) |
Fresh from the slow hills of Iowa |
Ladies Home Journal |
1962 |
welcoming, Mexico |
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Limited View 12. |
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653 |
The Meeting |
This is the curb where |
Motive |
1966 |
love, loss |
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A Single Focus 60, Landmark and Other Poems 23. |
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654 |
Something Not Tamed in Us |
Early this winter morning |
Snake in the Strawberries |
1979 |
birds, charity |
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Snake in the Strawberries 4. |
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655 |
Mind-Boggled |
His mind bent with the weight |
A Country Man |
1993 |
religion, uncertainty |
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A Country Man 39. |
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656 |
Self-Portrait |
The mirror lacks depth, |
Virginia Quarterly Review |
1975 |
reflection, aging |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 53, Snake in the Strawberries 66. |
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657 |
Weather Words |
The garden waited to be covered, |
Poetry Now |
1980 |
gardening, winter |
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658 |
The Captain Ashore |
I know a man whose twisted wife |
New York Herald Tribune |
1964 |
greed, respect |
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659 |
Neighborhood in the Suburbs |
Take our garbage cans, a man may be known |
Miscellany |
1976 |
secrecy, community |
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Proved by Trial 10. |
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660 |
Winter Shower |
This morning's miracle shakes my faith |
American Prefaces |
1937 |
winter, perceptions |
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The Sun at Noon 16, Man and His Field 49. |
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661 |
Memorial Day |
It puzzles me to see the stooping people |
Man and His Field |
1951 |
flowers, death |
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Man and His Field 51, Snake in the Strawberries 23. |
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662 |
Where Did They Go? |
Where did they go, the maple grove, |
A Country Man |
1993 |
time, memory |
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A Country Man 46. |
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663 |
Stream and Tree |
The stream's promise |
Wascana Review |
1975 |
nature, suicide |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 70. |
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664 |
Subscription to Salvation |
What do you know, |
Wormwood Review |
1981 |
religion, solicitation |
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665 |
A Home of Her Own |
I left the evening chores and went to the door and spoke |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
death, neighbors |
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Planting Red Geraniums 15 |
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666 |
Pride in Love |
The neighbors laugh up their sleeve |
Poet Lore |
1971 |
flowers, love |
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667 |
Dirge for an old Wound |
Any root worth its salt |
Lamp in the Spine |
1972 |
nature, perseverance |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 12, Snake in the Strawberries 68. |
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668 |
Sauce for the Gander |
The last person to bed starts the |
Cedar Arts Forum |
1978 |
marriage, night |
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669 |
The Oracle |
The oracle whose customer I am |
Poetry |
1951 |
uncertainty, foretelling |
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Snake in the Strawberries 23. |
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670 |
Cleaning the Barn |
We put it off, not having to prove |
The Small Farm |
1976 |
work, farming |
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Landmark and Other Poems 40, Snake in the Strawberries 93. |
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671 |
Now I Hear This |
Your Honor, she cried, I need help. |
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1982 |
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672 |
[Thank goodness it doesn't bug you often] |
Thank goodness it doesn’t bug you often, |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
purpose, routine |
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Planting Red Geraniums 33. |
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673 |
Change in Appetites |
We had a hired man whose remarks |
South Dakota Review |
1978 |
sex, animals |
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674 |
The Will to Possess |
Shoemaker had some Bokhara seed to sell, |
Chowder Review |
1977 |
farming, greed |
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Snake in the Strawberries 87. |
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675 |
Time of Contrition |
Today I saw the gossip pack |
Denver Post |
1959 |
gossip, regret |
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