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

| Title | First Line | Original Citation | 
|---|---|---|
| Once Glimpsed | "Once I thought I saw it" | Poem (Nov. 1969) 11.  | 
              
| The Chipmunk and I | "The chipmunk sits upright" | Chicago Tribune Magazine (3 Aug. 1969) Section 7 page 60.  | 
              
| Valley and Mountain | "The valley floor crawls with streets" | Michigan Quarterly 8 (Fall 1969) 244.  | 
              
| View by View | "Poplars mark the limit of the yard" | New York Times (2 Oct. 1969) 46.  | 
              
| Weeds of Anger | "A man who plowed America's future" | Poem (Nov. 1969) 12.  | 
              
| Wish for a Season | "Today you said you would not sigh" | South Dakota Review 7 (Autumn 1969) 90. | 
| Wren Logic | "The stump braces its roots" | America (3 May 1969) 531.  | 
              
| Alien | "The winter trees replied" | Harper's Bazaar (June 1970) 36.  | 
              
| Between Neighbors | "A raw nerve jumped in our" | Wisconsin Review 6 (Fall 1970) 21. | 
| Come On, Let's Go | "Wake up, dope head, wake up," | KPFA Folio 1 (Feb. 1970) 33. |