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

| Title | First Line | Original Citation | 
|---|---|---|
| Warm-Eyed Memory | "While I wait for my next student" | Sou'wester Literary Quarterly (1968) 24. | 
| A Green Voice | "Whatever cold tones" | Midwest Quarterly (April 1969) 274.  | 
              
| Bluejay and I | "The bluejay perches on the" | Spectrum, the Richmond Tri-Annual Review 5 (Winter 1969-1970) 25. | 
| Cry Shame | "Stones outlast weather," | America (1Nov. 1969) 393.  | 
              
| Destruction | "The barn stood for shelter" | The Denver Quarterly 4 (Spring 1969) 85.  | 
              
| Dogma | "Sucked and bitten I shake" | Virginia Quarterly Review 45 (Winter 1969) 64.  | 
              
| Hard Words | "Hard words married to" | Southwest Review 54 (Autumn 1969) 397.  | 
              
| Leaves Like Tears | "You say the leaves fall" | Midwest Quarterly 3 (October 1969) 66.  | 
              
| Names for an Obstacle | "This iceberg of granite" | Poem (Nov. 1969) 13. | 
| Not Floods but Emptiness | "This morning I stepped outdoors" | Discourse: A Review of Liberal Arts 12 (Summer 1969) 322. |