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76 |
Buried Seeds |
The buried seeds drink up the snow |
New York Herald Tribune |
1964 |
nature, spring |
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A Single Focus 43. |
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77 |
Survival [1] |
Lightning hit the poplar tree |
Poetry Scope |
1981 |
trees, perseverance |
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78 |
Our Country |
The lady in the harbor |
View Magazine |
1978 |
promise, disillusionment |
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79 |
The Warning Cry |
The warning cry of wild geese from cold and cloudy roads |
Country Men |
1937 |
spring, renewal |
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80 |
Father |
Nailheads broke off with the sound |
Wascana Review |
1976 |
family, kindness |
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Snake in the Strawberries 74. |
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81 |
Time to Act |
At last the revelation, a brisk wind peels |
Kansas City Magazine |
1959 |
spring, anticipation |
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82 |
Spring Lament |
The season has sounded its call to the farm's sleepy ears, |
Limited View |
1962 |
spring, loneliness |
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Landmark and Other Poems 53. |
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83 |
The Change |
The same plowed field and |
A Single Focus |
1967 |
fall, hunting |
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A Single Focus 59. |
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84 |
Only Flowers Seem Not to Die |
On our May Day anniversary |
Poetry Now |
1982 |
flowers, loss |
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85 |
Book of the Mind |
Chilled and seared by the weather |
Planting Red Geraniums: Discovered Poems of James Hearst |
2017 |
introspection, thoughts |
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Planting Red Geraniums 22 |
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86 |
Instead of Honey |
Let's get to work, time may be short with us, |
Poetry Now |
1976 |
labor, religion |
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Snake in the Strawberries 4. |
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87 |
Born Each Morning |
What a shocking way to enter the world, |
Colorado Quarterly |
1977 |
morning, birth |
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Snake in the Strawberries 89. |
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88 |
The Happy Farmer |
This farm where I live |
Music for Seven Poems |
1958 |
farming, poverty |
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89 |
Late Meadowlark |
We know the meaning when we read the signs |
The Saturday Evening Post |
1960 |
birds, fall |
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Limited View 11, Snake in the Strawberries 34. |
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90 |
Of Course It Matters |
My neighbor stopped by this morning |
The Complete Poetry of James Hearst |
2001 |
misfortune, money |
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91 |
Spring Rain |
An early frost last fall |
Ladies Home Journal |
1968 |
fall, persistence |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 40, Landmark and Other Poems 55. |
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92 |
Facts |
I do not read portents, |
Chowder Review |
1976 |
superstition, work |
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Proved by Trial 9, Snake in the Strawberries 88. |
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93 |
There Are Those Who Say This |
I lit the bonfire, |
Chariton Review |
1983 |
fire, destruction |
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94 |
The Vine |
His wife and young son in his heart, the future riding his shoulders |
The Sun at Noon |
1943 |
farming, nature |
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The Sun at Noon 14, Man and His Field 39, Snake in the Strawberries 18. |
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95 |
Apparition in the Afternoon |
The telephone lies in its incubator. |
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1979 |
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96 |
Out of Season |
Half of the elms along the street looked dead, |
Pebble: A Magazine of Poetry |
1971 |
decay, wistfulness |
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Snake in the Strawberries 53. |
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97 |
Morning Walk |
The first thing after breakfast |
Aspen Times |
1967 |
community, morning |
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98 |
Wren Logic |
The stump braces its roots |
America |
1969 |
birds, persistence |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 58, Snake in the Strawberries 74. |
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99 |
A Winter Review |
The farm wraps itself for winter |
The Wormwood Review |
1972 |
winter, farming |
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Shaken by Leaf-Fall 11. |
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100 |
The Hurt of Pleasure |
Once a week she comes to share |
A Country Man |
1986 |
gardening, friendship |
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A Country Man 42. |
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